Interests
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Water Resources
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Water Law
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Public Lands Management
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Transboundary Issues
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Environmental Management
Curriculum Vitae
Educational Background
Doctor of Philosophy, 1980
University of Washington, Geography
Doctoral Dissertation: “Legal Elements in Mineral Development with Special Reference to Idaho”
Juris Doctor, 1975
University of Idaho, Law
Master of Arts, 1971
University of Washington, Geography
Master’s Thesis: “Government Policy and American Indian Cultural Change”
Bachelor of Arts, 1969
University of Washington, Geography
Courses Taught
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Water management
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Public Lands
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World Regional Geography
Selected Publications
Matthews, Olen Paul, and Dan St. Germaine, “Boundaries and Transboundary Water Conflicts ”, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 133, pp.386 – 396 (2007).
Matthews, Olen Paul and Michael Pease, “The Commerce Clause, Interstate Compacts, and Marketing Water across State Boundaries”, Natural Resources Journal, Vol. 46: 3, pp. 601 – 656 (2006).
Matthews, Olen Paul, Bradley Cullen, and Robert Campbell, “Up and Down but Not Out: A History of the Geography Department at the University of New Mexico”, Southwestern Geographer, Vol. 9, pp. 65 – 84 (2005).
Matthews, Olen Paul, “Ground Water Rights, Spatial Variation, and Transboundary Conflicts,” Ground Water, Vol. 43:5, pp. 691-99 (September-October 2005).
Matthews, Olen Paul, “Fundamental Questions about Water Rights and Market Reallocation,” Water Resources Research, Vol. 40 No. 9 W09S08 (August 2004).
Administrative Duties
Professor
Undergraduate Advisor
