Where Are They Now?
WRRC Alum Returns to AZ
Soon after serving in the role of Graduate Outreach Assistant at the WRRC from August 2013 to June 2014, alongside working toward her PhD, Lucero Radonic joined the faculty at Michigan State University. There, she developed a research agenda that focused on household water insecurity and water conservation programs in the US. While living in the Midwest, Radonic maintained her connections to Arizona, returning regularly to conduct qualitative research on water conservation policies and practices with an emphasis on the adoption of nature-based solutions.
In 2023, Radonic—an applied environmental anthropologist working at the intersection of water governance, infrastructure, and environmental change in Latin America and the US— returned to Arizona, where she now works as an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and the School of Earth and Sustainability at Northern Arizona University. She leads the Water, Society, and Policy Lab, and her team is currently conducting a Regional Landscape Analysis of Water Security in the Colorado Plateau, which aims to identify shared priorities for water security across northern Arizona and to foster collaboration. Radonic and her team are examining how people in the area approach water security, identify water security priorities, and define the components of effective water leadership.