Hampshire College

Christina Cianfrani, assistant professor of hydrogeology, received her B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania, M.S. from Yale University, and Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Vermont. Her research focuses on watershed processes approached from an ecological and engineering perspective, and on the public policies involved in creating successful management programs.

Specifically, she explores the effects of urbanization on stream systems, develops stream restoration plans, and conducts basic geomorphological research relating hydrologic stream characteristics with biotic integrity. To conduct these interdisciplinary research projects she partners with local and state agencies, research institutions, non-profit organizations, and private consultants.

Her teaching interests include watershed ecology; watershed management and planning; geographic information systems; stream restoration; hydrology; and fluvial geomorphology.

Affiliations
School of Natural Science

Recent Courses
Environmental Resources Seminar (Spring 2010)
Sustainable Water Resources (Spring 2010)
Science and Politics of Water (Fall 2009)
Stream Ecology (Fall 2009)