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Daniel Sambu
Associate Professor
Geography & Environmental Science
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Daniel Sambu
Associate Professor
Geography & Environmental Science
Specialty area(s)
Water Resources, Natural Hazards, Sustainable Development, Environmental Conservation, Community Livelihood, Conservation photography
Current courses at UWL
GEO 110 World Cultural Geography GEO 200 Conservation of Global Environments GEO/ESC 427 Water Resources ESC/GEO 460/560 Environmental Hazards and Land Use GEO/ESC 321 Sustainable Development
Education
Ph.D. (Geography): University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA 2011
M.Ed (School Administration): University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, USA 2001
B.Ed (Geography & Swahili): Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya 1994
Career
Teaching history
Associate Professor of Geography, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, July 2019- Present
Assistant Professor of Geography, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, August 2013 – July 2019.
Assistant Professor of Geography, Department of Social Studies, Glenville State College, August 2010- July 2013
Instructor, teacher assistant/research assistant, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma, August 2004-May 2010
Middle school earth science and general science teacher, Millwood Public Schools, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2000-2001
Research and publishing
Adams, E. A., Sambu, D., & Smiley, S. L. (2019). Urban water supply in Sub-Saharan Africa: historical and emerging policies and institutional arrangements. International journal of water resources development, 35(2), 240-263.
Sambu, D. (2016). Impact of global initiatives on drinking water access in Africa. African Geographical Review, 35 (2) 151-167.
Sambu, D., & Tarhule, A. (2013). Institutional water reforms in Kenya: an analytical review. Water Policy, 15, 777-793.
Sambu, D., & Tarhule, A. (2013). Progress of water service providers in meeting millennium development goals in Kenya. African Geographical Review,32 (2) 105-124.
Sambu, D. (2012). Water Reforms in Kenya: A Historical Challenge to Ensure Universal Water Access and Meet the Millennium Development Goal. Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.