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Abigail E. Owen is an Associate Teaching Professor and the Program Director at the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research at Carnegie Mellon University. She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University, which she completed in 2011. Her research primarily focuses on environmental history, particularly related to groundwater management and its implications for international development. Owen's dissertation, titled 'Hidden Waters: Groundwater Histories in Iran and the Mediterranean', has informed many of her current projects, including a multi-author edited translation and commentary of the 11th-century Arabic text, al-Karaji’s 'Treatise on Extraction of Hidden Waters'. She has also contributed to academic discourse as a co-editor for the book 'Knowledge Translation: Global Patterns of Scientific Exchange, 1000–1800 CE' published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2018. Alongside her research, Owen is actively involved in teaching and has led various courses that engage students in global environmental issues, food security, and environmental ideas.
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