Graduate Student Spotlights

Jocelyn West's Research Funded

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 19:06:32 +0000

Jocelyn West's Research Funded Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/06/2023 - 12:06

Jocelyn West's collaborative research proposal "Assessing Social Vulnerability to Landslides in Rural Puerto Rico" was approved for funding ($49,764) from the Public Health Disaster Research Award Program: Research in U.S. Territories, Tribal Areas, and Rural Communities, which is administered by the Natural Hazards Center with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This funding will support Jocelyn and an interdisciplinary team of colleagues and students in Puerto Rico who will work together to conduct mixed methods research to understand the population exposed to landslide hazards. The proposal title and project abstract are included below.

Assessing Social Vulnerability to Landslide Hazards in Rural Puerto Rico
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Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz, USDA Caribbean Climate Hub
K. Stephen Hughes, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez

Although landslides frequently affect mobility and health across rural Puerto Rico, it is still unknown how many people live in high-risk areas for landslides. This study will first estimate the population exposed to landslide hazards based on a high-resolution susceptibility map. Then, this study will quantitatively analyze social vulnerability among the exposed populations. Finally, we will validate the quantitative analysis through qualitative fieldwork with key rural communities, resulting in a map-based public health tool in both Spanish and English for understanding and addressing the needs of populations at risk to landslides in Puerto Rico.

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Grad student, Robert Scott, won Doctoral Fellowship

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 22:59:07 +0000

Grad student, Robert Scott, won Doctoral Fellowship Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/24/2023 - 15:59

Robert Scott won a Doctoral Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to support his dissertation research on wildland firefighters.

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Jessica Austin Received Award from NSF

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 17:46:48 +0000

Jessica Austin Received Award from NSF Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 01/23/2023 - 10:46

Jessica Austin was recently named a National Science Foundation Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students awardee. Jessica will work with Esri, a leading global Geographic Information Systems software company, utilizing data from the Social Science Extreme Events Research (SSEER) network to tell the story of social science researchers’ work on hazards and disasters. Read more about Jessica’s plans for her internship in this NHC News story.

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Musabber Ali Chisty published an article in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 22:34:00 +0000

Musabber Ali Chisty published an article in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 12/06/2022 - 15:34

Rahman, M. M., Islam Arif, Md. S., Mahdi, I., Rafi, Md. A., Chisty, M. A., & Khan, S. J. (2022). Cyclone vulnerability in ethnic minority: A case study among Rakhain community of Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 83, 103449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103449 .

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Jennifer Tostlebe Published an Article with David Pyrooz

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:40:08 +0000

Jennifer Tostlebe Published an Article with David Pyrooz Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 08/26/2022 - 12:40

Jennifer Tostlebe published an article (w/ David Pyrooz), “Procedural justice, legal orientations, and gang membership: Testing an alternative explanation to understand the gang-misconduct link,” in Criminology, the flagship journal of the American Society of Criminology.

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Jocelyn West Awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:36:58 +0000

Jocelyn West Awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 04/19/2021 - 10:36

Jocelyn West was awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which offers $34,000 per year for three years to support her research and graduate education. With this award, she will be studying the social dimensions of landslides in Puerto Rico. After 71,000 landslides were triggered by Hurricane María in 2017, she hopes to identify which residents were most affected by landslide hazards, and why. She will also research the cascading impacts of landslides on communities during the response to Hurricane María. This information will support ongoing efforts to improve landslide risk communication and disaster preparedness in Puerto Rico.

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Melissa Villareal received the ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG)

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 18:15:13 +0000

Melissa Villareal received the ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 04/15/2021 - 12:15

Melissa received the ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) for her dissertation project, “Documenting the Undocumented: How Mexican Immigrants Navigate Long-Term Post-Disaster Recovery.” She was selected to receive funding in the amount of $14,157 to cover research costs related to her dissertation, including research equipment, participant incentives, and the cost of relocation to her research site, Houston, Texas. In addition to the award amount, she received a one-year membership to ASA as well as conference registration for the ASA Virtual Annual Meeting, August 6-10, 2021.

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Bertha Bermúdez Tapia awarded the Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:14:15 +0000

Bertha Bermúdez Tapia awarded the Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 04/15/2021 - 10:14

Bertha's dissertation work explores the relationship between deportation, asylum policies, and different forms of violence acting simultaneously towards asylum seekers and Mexican deportees in heightened violent border cities. Her research is an ethnographic work combining participant observation and intensive interviews on the U.S.- Mexico border, in the city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Particularly at the Gateway International Bridge (GIB) refugee camp and the migrant shelters located in the city.

She was recently awarded the Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship to support the process of completing her dissertation.

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Bertha Bermúdez Tapia’s important work at the U.S.-Mexico border was highlighted in A&S Magazine!

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:15:47 +0000

Bertha Bermúdez Tapia’s important work at the U.S.-Mexico border was highlighted in A&S Magazine! Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 02/12/2021 - 11:15

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