Robert Glennon is the Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy in the Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona.
Glennon is the author of the highly-acclaimed Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America’s Fresh Waters (Island Press, 2002). His latest book, Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What To Do About It, was published in April 2009. Since then, he has been a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Diane Rehm Show, C-SPAN2’s Book TV, and numerous National Public Radio shows.
His other writings include pieces in the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, Bloomberg Businessweek, the Arizona Republic, and the Arizona Daily Star. He also blogs for the Huffington Post and for National Geographic’s Water Currents.
Glennon is featured in the new documentary, Last Call at the Oasis. He is also a recipient of two National Science Foundation grants, serves as Water Policy Advisor to Pima County, Arizona, and as a member of American Rivers’ Science and Technical Advisory Committee. He is a regular commentator and analyst for various television and radio programs and for the print media.
Since 2009, his speaking schedule has taken him to more than 30 states and to Switzerland, Canada, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia.
In 2010, the Society of Environmental Journalists bestowed on Unquenchable a Rachel Carson Book Award for Reporting on the Environment and Trout magazine gave it an Honorable Mention in its list of Must-Have Books ever published on the environment. In 2012, the University of Arizona made him a Regents’ Professor, the highest accolade the university can bestow on a faculty member.
Glennon received a J.D. from Boston College Law School and an M.A. and Ph.D. in American History from Brandeis University. He is a member of the bars of Arizona and Massachusetts.
