Dr. Berardo is a native of Argentina where he obtained his bachelor degree in political science in 1996. In 2001 he came to the U.S. funded by the Fulbright Program to enter the Ph.D. program in the Department of Political Science at Florida State University. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. Dr. Berardo focuses his research on the management and governance of water, with an emphasis on understanding how policy networks facilitate collaborative efforts among policy-makers.