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Adriana Núñez successfully defended her dissertation "Mexican Americans on the Border: Ethnic and Political Identities in the Trump Era." Her committee members were Christi Sue, Matt Desan, Rachel Rinaldo, Eddie Telles, and Rob Buffington.
A Framework for Convergence Research in the Hazards and Disaster Field: The Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure CONVERGE Facility
Lori Peek and Kathleen Tierney are both quoted throughout this New York Times article, focused on gender and helping behaviors in the pandemic.
Last week the Natural Hazards Center hosted their 45th Annual Natural Hazards Workshop – and first ever online gathering. With over 800 people registered, it was the largest in the Center’s history. In addition, the Natural Hazards Center co-
Hillary Steinberg's article "Distance and acceptance: Identity formation in young adults with chronic health conditions" has won the ASA Section on Disability and Society's Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award. This project started as her
Marley Olson successfully defended her dissertation proposal -- "Legitimacy Deficits with a Gendered Diagnosis: How Men and Women Navigate Concussion." Congrats Marley!
Matt McQueen (PI) and Jason Boardman (co-I) recently received five years of funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to collect and analyze oral and gut microbiome data from respondents of the National
Jocelyn West presented a webinar about an ongoing collaborative research project on risk communication for landslides in Puerto Rico. The project team includes Lori Peek as well as students and scientists from the University of Puerto
David Pyrooz and Jenn Tostlebe, along with Ryan Labrecque (UCF) and Bert Useem (Purdue) published an article on prisoner perceptions of COVID-19 in Justice Evaluation Journal using mixed methods data from their ongoing study in
Hillary Steinberg received the United Government of Graduate Students Graduate Teaching Excellence Award in recognition of her teaching this past year. Congrats Hillary! Our alumnus Angel Hoekstra was featured in this week’s