Position/Role
Assistant Professor
Department
School
Building
New Academic Building
Room
3041
E-mail
Courses Taught
- HI 3001: Intro to Environmental Studies
- HI 3110: Latin American Culture
- HI 3120: Latin America Environment and Society
- HI 3600: Global Geography: Peoples, Places and Environments
- HI 4700: Modern Global Environments
Degrees
- PhD, Geography, Syracuse University
- MA, Latin American Studies, University of Arizona
- MPH, Public Health (Environmental Health), University of Arizona
- BS, Soil, Water, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arizona
Research Interests
- Environmental justice
- Urban political ecology
- Latin America
- Water politics in El Salvador
Publications
- Díaz-Combs, Claudia. (2025). Working-Class Water Justice: Salvadoran Sindicalistas and the Fight for a ‘Just and Dignified Life’ Water Alternatives 18(3): 477-498. https://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/alldoc/articles/vol18/v18i…
- Díaz-Combs, Claudia, Mingolarra Garaizar, Ainhoa, Perreault, Tom. (2024). “Water Governance in Latin America.” In Oliver Fritsch and David Benson, (eds.), Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Water Resources. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing
- Díaz-Combs, Claudia. (2023). “In El Salvador, Workers Fight to Protect Public Services” NACLA Reporting on the Americas. https://nacla.org/el-salvador-workers-protect-public-services/
- Díaz-Combs, Claudia. (2023). “People are no longer quiet”: Ordinary Environmental Citizenship in Lago Agrio, Ecuador. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 7(1): 375-390. https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486231160642.