KERRI JEAN ORMEROD
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia St.
Mail Stop 0154
Reno, NV 89557
775-784-6347
Email: kormerod@unr.edu
EDUCATION
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2015 Ph.D., Geography, School of Geography and Development
2012 Graduate Certificate in Water Policy
2010 M.A., Geography, School of Geography and Development
University of California, Berkeley, California
2006 B.A., with High Distinction, Interdisciplinary Field Studies
Berkeley City College (formerly Vista) Berkeley, California
2003 A.A., American Sign Language
EMPLOYMENT
University of Nevada, Reno
2015-Current, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and the College of Cooperative Extension in Water, Climate, and Drought Hazards
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona
Spring 2009, Summer 2010, Fall 2011, Graduate Research Associate
Project: Optimization of Dual Conjunctive Water Supply and Reuse Systems with Distributed Treatment for High-Growth Water-Scarce Regions (National Science Foundation), Advisor: Chris Scott
Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Summer 2010, Graduate Research Assistant
Project: Water Reuse to Offset Growth-Driven Water Scarcity in the Southwest: From Augmentation to Substitution (WateReuse Foundation), Advisor: Chris Scott
California Birth Defects Monitoring Program, Berkeley, California
2002 – 2007, Executive Assistant to Research Director
2001 – 2002, Research Assistant
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Ormerod KJ. (2017). Common Sense Principles Governing Potable Water Recycling in the Southwestern US: Examining Subjectivity of Water Stewards Using Q methodology. Geoforum (86) 76-85.
Ormerod, KJ, Silvia, L. (2017). Newspaper Coverage of Potable Water Recycling at Orange County Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System, 2000−2016. Water, 9(12), 984.
McEvoy, J, Gilbertz, SJ, Anderson, MB, Ormerod, KJ, Bergmann, NT. (2017). Cultural Theory of Risk as a Heuristic for Understanding Perceptions of Oil and Gas Development in Eastern Montana, USA. The Extractive Industries and Society, 4(4), 852-859.
Ormerod KJ. (2016). Illuminating Elimination: Public Perception and the Production of Potable Water Reuse. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water (3)4: 537–547.
Akhter M, Ormerod KJ. (2015) The Irrigation Technozone: State Power, Expertise, and Agrarian Development in the U.S. West and British Punjab, 1880-1920. Geoforum (60) 123-132.
Ormerod KJ, Scott CA. (2013). Drinking Highly Treated Wastewater: Public Trust in the Next Water Frontier. Science, Technology and Human Values 38(3): 351-373.
Meehan K, Ormerod KJ, Moore S. (2013). Remaking Waste as Water: The Governance of Recycled Effluent for Potable Water Supply. Water Alternatives 6(1): 67-85.
Scott CA, Bailey CJ, Marra R., Woods G, Ormerod KJ, Lansey K. (2012). Scenario Planning to Address Critical Uncertainties for Robust and Resilient Water-Wastewater Infrastructures under Conditions of Water Scarcity and Rapid Development. Water 4(4) 848-868.
Browning-Aiken A, Ormerod KJ, Scott CA. (2011). Testing the Climate for Non-potable Water Reuse: Opportunities and Challenges in Water-scarce Urban Growth Corridors. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning 13(3) 253-275.
Akhter, M, Ormerod KJ, Scott CA. (2010). Lost in Translation: Resilience, Social Agency, and Water Planning in Tucson, Arizona. Critical Planning (17) 46-65.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Ormerod, KJ, McAfee, SA. (2017). Nevada’s Weather and Climate (Factsheet-17-04 ed.). University of Nevada Cooperative Extension.
Ormerod KJ. (2017). The Water Knife (book review), 5(1) AAG Review of Books.
Ormerod KJ. (2016). Cover Image, Volume 3, Issue 4, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water.
Ormerod, KJ (2012). Case Study: Environmental Operations Park. 2012 Guidelines for Water Reuse, EPA/600/R-12/618, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington DC, pp. pp. D10-D11.
Scott, CA, Browning-Aiken, A, Ormerod KJ, Varady RG, Mogollon CD, Tessmer C. (2011). Guidance on Links between Water Reclamation and Reuse and Regional Growth. WateReuse Research Foundation Product Number: 06-016-1.
Ormerod, K J (2009). Drinking Highly Treated Wastewater: Public Trust in the Next Water Frontier. Pacifica, Newsletter of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, 1, 7-8.
PUBLICATIONS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Woods, G, Ormerod, KJ, Bailey, C, Kang, D, Quintanar, D, Curley, E, Lansey, K, Scott, CA, and Arnold, R. (2012). Scenario Planning for Robust Water Supply Infrastructure Design. Published in the conference proceedings of World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 20-24, 2012, p. 2838-2845.
Scott, CA, Marra, R, Ormerod, KJ, Bailey, C. (2012). Scenario Planning to Address Critical Uncertainties for Resilient Water-Wastewater Infrastructures under Conditions of Water Scarcity and Rapid Development. Published in the conference proceedings of the UCOWR/NIWR Annual Conference, Universities Council on Water Resources, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 17-19, 2012.
Ormerod KJ, Scott CA, Browning-Aiken A. (2010). Public Attitudes toward Expanding Reclaimed Water Use in Arizona. Published in the conference proceedings of Water Reuse & Desalination Conference, Tampa, FL. May 24-25, 2010.
Ormerod KJ (2008). Public Acceptance and the ‘Politics of Shit’: Agricultural Sludge Recycling in Kern County, California. Published in the conference proceedings of Waste: The Social Context, Edmonton, AB, Canada. May 11‐15, 2008.
TEACHING
Department of Geography, University of Nevada, Reno
2018 Spring, Asst. Professor, Geography 325: Research Methods
2017 Fall, Asst. Professor, Geography 438/638 Western Water Resources and Management
2017 Spring, Asst. Professor, Geography 490/690: Geography Colloquium
2016 Fall, Asst. Professor, Geography 438/638 Western Water Resources and Management
School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona
Spring 2015, Instructor for Geography 260: Environmental Studies: Ideas and Institutions
Fall 2014, Grader for Geography 379: Urban Growth and Development
Spring 2013, Co-Instructor for Geography 260: Environmental Studies: Ideas and Institutions
Summer 2012, Instructor for Geography 367: Population Geography
Fall 2008, Graduate Teaching Assistant for Individuals and Societies 102: Human Geography and Global Systems
Fall 2007, Graduate Teaching Assistant for Geography 210: The Political and Cultural Geography of Globalization.
RESEARCH FUNDING
2012 P.E.O. Scholar Award, International Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood ($15,000)
2011 Science To Achieve Results Fellowship for Graduate Environmental Study, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA STAR) ($126,000)
2008 Margaret Trussell Scholarship, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers ($1,000)
CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS (INVITED & ACCEPTED)
Ormerod, KJ. Forging Working Partnerships to Connect Citizen-Science with Decision-Making in Nevada. Association of American Geographers (AAG). New Orleans, LA. April 10-14, 2018.
Ormerod, KJ, Silvia, L. Newspaper Coverage of Potable Water Reuse at Orange County Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG). Chico, CA. Oct. 28, 2017.
Ormerod KJ. The production and promotion of potable water recycling in the United States. Association of American Geographers (AAG). Boston, MA. April 5- 9, 2017.
Ormerod, KJ. Citizen-Science and the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network. 12th Annual Winter Weed Conference. Ely, NV. [Invited] Jan. 11, 2017.
Ormerod, KJ. Uncommon sense: the future of planned potable water recycling in the Southwestern United States, Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG). Portland, OR. Oct. 7, 2016.
Ormerod KJ. Principles and Presumptions Governing Potable Water Recycling in the Southwestern US. International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity (ISSSS). New Orleans, LA. Sept. 8, 2016.
Ormerod KJ, No Shit: ‘Common Sense’ and the Future of Planned Potable Water Recycling. Association of American Geographers (AAG). Chicago, IL. April 21-26, 2015.
Ormerod, KJ. No Shit: A Study of Potable Water Recycling and ‘Common Sense’ using Q Methodology. Montana State University Department of Earth Sciences Colloquium Series, Bozeman, MT. Sept. 11, 2014.
Ormerod, KJ. Securing Sewage: A Prescription for Potable Water Reuse. University of Arizona Water/Air/Mexico (WAM) Research Seminar, Tucson, AZ. May 2, 2014.
Ormerod, KJ. Automatism and Reverse Adaptation: A Prescription for Planned Potable Reuse. Dimensions of Political Ecology (DOPE): Conference on Nature/Society, Lexington, KY. March 1, 2014.
Ormerod, KJ. Perspectives on Potable Reuse in Arizona. [Invited] National Water Research Institute/National Science Foundation Direct Potable Reuse Workshop. Fountain Valley, CA. Feb., 25, 2014.
Ormerod, KJ. Securing Sewage: the Promise of Planned Potable Water Reuse. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). San Diego, CA. Oct., 9-12, 2013.
Ormerod, KJ. Sewage as Source Water: the Politics of Engineering Effluent for Drinking Water Supply. Association of American Geographers (AAG). Los Angeles, CA. April 9-13, 2013.
Ormerod, KJ, Scott, CA. Keeping up with Urban Growth: the Paradox of Potable Water Reuse. Association of American Geographers (AAG). Seattle, WA. April, 12-16, 2011.
Ormerod, KJ, Scott CA, Browning-Aiken. Public Attitudes toward Expanding Reclaimed Water Use in Arizona. Water Reuse and Desalination Conference. Tampa, FL. May 24-25, 2010.
Ormerod, KJ, Scott, CA. Potable Water Reuse: Public Trust in the Next Water Frontier. Association of American Geographers (AAG). Washington, DC. April 14-18, 2010.
Ormerod, KJ, Scott CA. Drinking Highly Treated Wastewater: Public Trust in the Next Water Frontier. Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG). San Diego, CA. Sept. 30-Oct 1, 2009.
Ormerod, KJ, Scott, CA, Browning-Aiken, A. Expanding Water Reuse: Public Trust in the Next Water Frontier. Association of American Geographers (AAG). Las Vegas, NV. March 22-27, 2009.
Ormerod, KJ, Scott, CA, Browning-Aiken, A. Public Attitudes toward Water Reuse in Southern Arizona. Water Resources Research Center 2009 Conference “Best Practices for Stakeholder Engagement in Water Planning” [Poster Session]. Tucson, AZ. March 17, 2009.
Ormerod, KJ. Public Acceptance and the ‘Politics of Shit’: Agricultural Sludge Recycling in Kern County, California. Waste: The Social Context, Edmonton, AB, Canada. May 11‐15, 2008.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Association of Pacific Coast Geographers (APCG)
International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity (ISSSS)
Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
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