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Hurricane Katrina: Quick Response Grants
<br />As of October 5, the Natural Hazards Center had ac-
<br />tivated 24 Hurricane Katrina - related Quick Response
<br />grants. As a condition of the grant, grantees are required
<br />to submit a report on their research to share with the haz-
<br />ards and disasters community. These reports will be avail-
<br />able on the Center's Web site (http://lvww.colorado.edu/
<br />hazards /qrn and announced in the Observer and Disaster
<br />Research when they become available.
<br />Coordinating the Incident Command Post, Emergency
<br />Operations Center, and National Incident Management
<br />System during Time of Disaster, David Neal, Oklahoma
<br />State University
<br />Covering Katrina: The Multiple Dilemmas of Local Jour-
<br />nalists, Marguerite Moritz, University of Colorado at Boulder
<br />Diffusion of Information: Access and Use of Mass Media
<br />Information Preceding Hurricane Katrina, Traci Hong,
<br />Tulane University
<br />Disaster Realities in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina:
<br />Revisiting the Looting Myth Research Problem, Lauren
<br />Barsky, University of Delaware
<br />The Ecology of Peer -to -Peer Communication for a Disas-
<br />ter- Displaced Population, Leysia Palen, University of Colo-
<br />rado at Boulder
<br />Examining Search and Rescue in Large Scale Flooding
<br />Events: The Case of Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf
<br />Coast, David Simpson, University of Louisville
<br />Housing of Evacuees during Relocation: The Use of Fa-
<br />milial and Extrafamilial Networks for Sheltering In Disas-
<br />ter, JoAnne Darlington, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
<br />Hurricane Experience and Emergency Preparation in the
<br />Southeast United States, Augusto Newell, Florida Interna-
<br />tional University
<br />Hydro - Meteorological Hazards: How Does Prior Experi-
<br />ence Influence Impacts and Adaptation, Francis Adeola,
<br />University of New Orleans
<br />Information Flow among Victims of and Responders to
<br />the Collapse of Infrastructure in the Aftermath of Disas-
<br />ter, Tisha Pipes, University of North Texas
<br />Major Coastal Storms and Family Functioning, Betsy
<br />Garrison, Louisiana State University
<br />Media Trends in Reporting Disasters Following Hurricane
<br />Katrina, Richard Olson, Florida International University and
<br />Vince Gawronski, Birmingham Southern College
<br />Moving Forward in the Aftermath of a Disaster: The Im-
<br />pact of Communication and Social Capital on the Health
<br />and Well -Being of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees, Christo-
<br />pher Beaudoin, Tulane University
<br />Narrative Accounts of Displaced Disaster Victims, Greg-
<br />ory Button, Independent Researcher and Consultant
<br />Needs Assessment for the Grand Bayou Residents, Brenda
<br />Phillips, Oklahoma State University and Kristina Peterson,
<br />University of New Orleans
<br />Obstacles and Facilitators to Evacuation from Hurricane
<br />Katrina, David Eisenman, University of California -Los
<br />Angeles
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<br />Photographs and Interviews with Children Displaced by
<br />the Destruction of Hurricane Katrina, Jennifer Kirschke,
<br />University of Colorado at Boulder
<br />Post - Katrina Urban Damage Assessment: Deciphering the
<br />Signatures of Windstorm Effects, Storm Surge, and Levee
<br />Breach Using Remote Sensing Technologies, Beverley Ad-
<br />ams, ImageCat, Inc.
<br />Providing for Pets during Disasters, Leslie Irvine, Univer-
<br />sity of Colorado at Boulder
<br />To Rebuild or to Relocate? An Investigation of Postcatas-
<br />trophe Housing Intentions among Hurricane Katrina
<br />Evacuees, John Barnshaw, University of Delaware
<br />Race, Class, and Gender Differences in Governmental
<br />Response following a Natural Disaster, Duke Austin and
<br />Michelle Miles, University of Colorado at Boulder
<br />Reconstructing Childhood: An Exploratory Study of Chil-
<br />dren following Hurricane Katrina, Alice Fothergill, Uni-
<br />versity of Vermont and Lori Peek and Megan Underhill,
<br />Colorado State University
<br />Reframing Crime: Race, Gender, Class, Criminality, and
<br />Enforcement of Laws in a Natural Disaster, Hillary Potter,
<br />University of Colorado at Boulder
<br />The Response to Katrina: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,
<br />Henry W. Fischer III, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
<br />New Research Assistants
<br />at the Natural Hazards Center
<br />This fall, the Natural Hazards Center welcomed
<br />three new research assistants:
<br />Erica Kuligowski is a graduate student in the de-
<br />partment of sociology's PhD program. Her bache-
<br />lor's and master's degrees are in fire protection en-
<br />gineering from the University of Maryland, College
<br />Park. Before coming to the University of Colorado,
<br />Erica worked for the National Institute of Standards
<br />and Technology in the Fire Research Division.
<br />Sophia Liu is a graduate student working on her
<br />PhD in a new interdisciplinary program that is part
<br />of the ATLAS (Alliance for Technology, Learning,
<br />and Society) Institute in combination with a human -
<br />computer interaction emphasis in the computer sci-
<br />ence department. She has a bachelor's degree in so-
<br />cial science with a research and analytical methods
<br />specialization and a minor in computer science and
<br />digital arts from the University of California, Irvine.
<br />Sarah Stapleton is a graduate student in the depart-
<br />ment of environmental studies' PhD program. She
<br />has her master's in civil engineering from the Uni-
<br />versity of Colorado and a bachelor's degree in phys-
<br />ics from Creighton University. Sarah is interested in
<br />the impacts of climate change on water supplies in
<br />developing countries.
<br />Welcome Erica, Sophia, and Sarah, we are thrilled
<br />to have you on board!
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