Dr. Sandra Brown

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Associate Professor

Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Dr. Sandra Brown is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. She is a geographer, with expertise in soil and water resources, and a specific focus on international development. Sandra’s research interests include characterization of soil–water properties of Andean soils, developing indicators for water quantity and access to water resources. She teaches introductory and upper-level soil science courses, and actively engages students with the UBC Farm.

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  • The Canadian Society of Soil Science Annual Meeting 2024 (CSSS 2024)

    June 9-13, 2024

  • The Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS) hosts annual meetings that offer an excellent opportunity to expand your knowledge with lectures, symposia, and numerous oral and poster presentations. The CSSS annual meeting allows you to share ideas, successes, and challenges with your peers and to connect with colleagues from around Canada.

Publications

  • Rinaldi, P., M.C. Roa-García, and S. Brown. 2025. Perpetually planning: Expertise, uncertainty, and the politics of delay in Colombia’s Guaryuriba river-basin. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space.
    2025
  • Wells, A., M. Krizc, S. Brown, and A. Bomke. 2025. University farm benefits from a long-term student-generated dataset. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, Vol 105.
    2025
  • Brown, S., and M. Krzic. 2022. Student perspectives of online teaching: lessons learned for the post-COVID classroom. NACTA, 66: 79-91.
    2022
  • Brown, S., G. Fu, and L. White. 2022. Complementary teaching approaches facilitating interdisciplinarity in soil science education. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, Vol 102(2) 433-444.
    2022
  • Rinaldi, P., M.C. Roa-García, and S. Brown. 2021. Producing energy, depleting water: the energy sector as a driver of seasonal water scarcity in an extractive frontier of the upper Orinoco watershed, Colombia. Water International, 46(5): 723-743.
    2021