Dr. Bonnie Keeler is an Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Dr. Keeler has expertise in integrated assessment modeling, benefit cost analysis, water and agriculture policy, non-market valuation, and environmental justice. She integrates quantitative modeling, economic valuation, and spatial analyses with qualitative and participatory approaches to capture multiple perspectives on complex social and environmental problems. Current projects include investigating the effects of climate change on water resources, environmental justice implications of nature-based solutions, governance dimensions of state and tribal groundwater management, and quantification of the social costs of water pollution.

Keeler is the Co-Director of the CREATE Initiative, a community-engaged research project that aims to leverage the resources of the research university in service to the needs and priorities of environmental justice organizations in urban watersheds. Keeler is a Co-Investigator of the Minneapolis-St.Paul Urban Long-Term Ecological Research site where she oversees research on contemporary and historical dynamics of green infrastructure investments and wealth distribution. Keeler also directs the Beyond the Academy network - a coalition of university leaders seeking to reform academic models to promote actionable, engaged scholarship on sustainability.