Kamal Alsharif
Associate Professor & Undergraduate Director for Geography, Environmental Science & Policy
Contact
Office: NES 311
Phone: 813.974.4883
Email
Bio
I have many years of working experience with formal and non-formal teaching settings. My education and experience cover the management, as well as, the technical aspect of the natural resources. I am also an associated faculty with the Patel College of Global Sustainability. I am an active member with the Association of American Geographers and belong to three specialty groups: Water, Middle East, and Applied Geography. I enjoy the outdoors and like to go biking and hiking.
Education
- Ph.D. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, St. Paul, Doctor of Philosophy, Water Resources
Science, 12/2004.
Dissertation title: Measuring the Efficiency of Water Use in the Palestinian Territories: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach. - M.S. Minnesota State University, Mankato, Master of Science, Environmental Science, 12/1996.
Thesis title: Nonpoint Source Pollution of Lake Shetek - B.S. St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud. B.S. in Biology, 11/1992.
Professional Experience
- 08/13 to current University of South Florida. School of Geosciences, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Water Policy, Tampa, FL.
- 08/13 to current University of South Florida. Associated Faculty, Patel College of Global Sustainability, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Water Policy, Tampa, FL.
- 08/14 to 08/17 University of South Florida. School of Geosciences, Graduate Director, Geography and Environmental Science and Policy, Tampa, FL.
- 08/10 to 08/13 University of South Florida. Associated Faculty, Patel College of Global Sustainability, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Water Policy, Tampa, FL.
- 08/07 to 08/13 University of South Florida. Department of Geography, Environment, and Planning, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Water Policy, Tampa, FL.
- 03/07 to 08/07 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Municipal Division, Project Specialist, St. Paul, MN.
- 04/06 to 03/07 Silver Creek Institute,Executive Director and Director of Environmental Management and Health Division, Two Harbors, MN.
Teaching
Undergraduate
- EVR 2001 Introduction to Environmental Science
- EVR 2002 Environmental Science
- EVR 2861 Introduction to Environmental Policy
- EVR 4027 Wetland Environments
- EVR 4930 Environmental Management
- EVR 4930 Environmental Regulations
- GEO 4284 Water Resources Management
- GEO 4280 Hydrology
- GEO 4910 Individual Research
Graduate
- EVR 6934 Environmental Management
- EVR 6216 Water Quality Policy/Management
- EVR 6908 ESP Independent Study
- EVR 6971 Thesis: Masters
- GEO 6908 Independent Study
- GEO 6918 Directed Research
- GEO 7980 Doctoral Dissertation Research
Research
I am a water scientist interested in interdisciplinary water resources policy and watershed management, sustainable domestic water policy, water scarcity and hydropolitics, urban water management, and establishing environmental benchmarks by using Data Envelopment Analysis. I study water on different spatial and temporal scales. More specifically, storm water management, lawn irrigation policy, non-point sources pollution and social indicators, decision support systems, policy evaluation effectiveness, and climate change/natural hazardous impact on water.
Graduate Students
Lubana Mazumder
Nodjidoumde Mbaigoto
Juan Carlos Peña-Philippides
Amy Pritt
Specialty Area
Water Resources Management and Policy, Environmental Policy, Sustainability