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Lori Peek, Ph.D. Department of Sociology 303-492-9061 (office)

Natural Hazards Center 303-492-6818 (Hazards Center)

University of Colorado-Boulder Lori.Peek@colorado.edu

327 UCB http://www.colorado.edu/sociology/

Boulder, CO 80309-0327 https://hazards.colorado.edu/

Education

2005 Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology

University of Colorado-Boulder

Dissertation Title: “The Identity of Crisis: Muslim Americans after September 11”

1999 Master of Education

Colorado State University

1997 Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

Ottawa University Summa Cum Laude

1996 Summer Study Abroad Program

Nottingham Trent University – Nottingham, England

Current Positions

2017- Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado-Boulder

2017- Director, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado-Boulder

Other Faculty Appointments and Affiliations

2011-16 Associate Professor, Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public

Health

2011-16 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2010-16 Co-Director, Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis (CDRA), Colorado State University

2015- Research Associate Professor, Program on Population Impact, Recovery, and Resiliency

(PIR2), College of Global Public Health, New York University

2013- Adjunct Research Scientist, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Earth Institute,

Columbia University

2013- Co-Founder and Co-Director, SHOREline Youth Empowerment and Disaster Recovery

Program

2012-13 Visiting Research Scientist, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Mailman School

of Public Health, Columbia University

Curriculum Vitae 2017

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2012-16 Co-Founder and Co-Director, Youth Creating Disaster Recovery and Resilience

2010- External Research Affiliate, Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University

2007-15 Associate Chair, Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Task Force on Hurricane

Katrina and Rebuilding the Gulf Coast

2006-16 Faculty Affiliate, The Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, Colorado

State University

2005-16 Faculty Affiliate, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

2005-11 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2002-03 Graduate Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder

1999-2005 Research Assistant, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

1997-99 Director, Minority Students as Leaders in Science, Colorado State University

Areas of Specialization

Sociology of Disaster Children and Youth

Race, Ethnicity, and Religion Qualitative Methods

Sex and Gender Environmental Sociology

Books

2015 Fothergill, Alice and Lori Peek. Children of Katrina. Austin: University of Texas Press.* *Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine, Association of College and Research

Libraries/American Library Association, 2017.

*Winner, Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award, American Sociological Association Section on

Children and Youth, 2016.

*Co-Winner, Association for Humanist Sociology Betty and Alfred McClung Lee Book Award, 2016.

*Finalist, Colorado Book Award – General Nonfiction, Colorado Humanities and Center for the

Book, 2016.

*Honorable Mention, Leo Goodman Award for Outstanding Contributions to Sociological

Methodology, American Sociological Section on Methodology, 2016.

2012 Weber, Lynn and Lori Peek, eds. Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora. Austin: University

of Texas Press.

2011 Peek, Lori. Behind the Backlash: Muslim Americans after 9/11. Philadelphia: Temple

University Press.* *Winner, Best Book Award, American Sociological Association Section on Altruism, Morality, and

Social Solidarity, 2013.

*Winner, Distinguished Book Award, Midwest Sociological Society, 2012.

*Selected as a Significant University Press Title for Undergraduates by Choice Magazine, Association of

College and Research Libraries/American Library Association, 2010-11.

*Chapter 4 reprinted in: Arab and Muslim American Civil Rights and Identity: A Selection of

Scholarly Writings from the Decade after 9/11, edited by Alyaa El-Abbadi. Washington, DC: American-Arab

Anti-Discrimination Committee Research Institute, 2011.

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Journal Articles

In Press Sutley, Elaina, John W. van de Lindt, and Lori Peek. “Multi-Hazard Analysis: Demonstrating

How Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors Act as a Hazard for Natural Disasters.”

Forthcoming in the Journal of Structural Engineering.

2016 Sutley, Elaina, John W. van de Lindt, and Lori Peek. “Community-Level Framework for

Seismic Resiliency, Part I: Coupling Socioeconomic Characteristics and Engineering

Building Systems.” Natural Hazards Review DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-

6996.0000239.

2016 Sutley, Elaina, John W. van de Lindt, and Lori Peek. “Community-Level Framework for

Seismic Resiliency, Part II: Multi-Objective Optimization and Illustrative Examples.”

Natural Hazards Review DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000230

2016 Fletcher, Sarah, Robin S. Cox, Leila Scannell, Cheryl Heykoop, Jennifer Tobin-Gurley, and

Lori Peek. “Youth Creating Disaster Recovery and Resilience: A Multi-Site Arts-Based

Youth Engagement Project.” Children, Youth and Environments 26(1): 148-163.

2016 Lai, Betty S., Ann-Margaret Esnard, Sarah Lowe, and Lori Peek. “Schools and Disasters:

Safety and Mental Health Assessment and Interventions for Children.” Current Psychiatry

Reports 18(12): 1-9.

2016 Meyer, Michelle, Lori Peek, Prabha Unnithan, Rebekah Ann Coşkun, Jennifer Tobin-Gurley,

and Katherine Hoffer. “Planning for Diversity: Evaluation of a Volunteer Disaster Response

Program.” Journal of Cultural Diversity: An Interdisciplinary Journal 23(3): 106-113.

2016 Peek, Lori. “Drivers, Scales, and Contexts of Disaster Risk: An Editorial Introduction.”

Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 8(2): 1-2.

2016 Peek, Lori, Jennifer Tobin-Gurley, Robin Cox, Leila Scannell, Sarah Fletcher, and Cheryl

Heykoop. “Engaging Youth in Post-Disaster Research: Lessons Learned from a Creative

Methods Approach.” Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and

Engagement 9(1): 89-112.

2016 Trumbo, Craig, Lori Peek, Michelle A. Meyer, Holly L. Marlatt, Eve Gruntfest, Brian

McNoldy, and Wayne Schubert. “A Cognitive-Affective Scale for Hurricane Risk

Perception.” Risk Analysis: An International Journal doi: 10.1111/risa.12575

2014 Browne, Katherine E. and Lori Peek. “Beyond the IRB: An Ethical Toolkit for Long-Term

Disaster Research.” International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 32(1): 82-120.

2014 Gracy, Delaney, Roy Grant, Grifin Goldsmith, Anupa Fabian, Lori Peek, and Irwin E.

Redlener. 2014. “Health Barriers to Learning: A Survey of New York City Public School

Leadership.” SAGE Open 4 DOI: 10.1177/2158244013520613.

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2014 Peek, Lori and Alice Fothergill. “Post-Disaster Decline: Understanding Children’s

Vulnerability Before, During, and After Katrina.” The Dialogue: A Quarterly Technical

Assistance Journal on Disaster Behavioral Health 10(3): 2-4.

2014 Peek, Lori, Alice Fothergill, Jessica W. Pardee, and Lynn Weber. “Studying Displacement:

New Networks, Lessons Learned.” Sociological Inquiry 84(3): 354-359.

2014 Trumbo, Craig, Michelle Meyer, Holly Marlatt, Lori Peek, and Bridget Morrissey. “An

Assessment of Change in Risk Perception and Optimistic Bias for Hurricanes among Gulf

Coast Residents.” Risk Analysis 34(6): 1013-1024.

2013 Gavenus, Katie, Jennifer Tobin-Gurley, and Lori Peek. “Children of the Spills – Phase I:

Alaska and the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill.” Children, Youth and Environments 23(1): 155-166.

2013 Gavenus, Katie, Jennifer Tobin-Gurley, and Lori Peek. “Children of the Spills – Phase II: The

Gulf Coast and the BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Children, Youth and Environments

23(1): 167-179.

2013 Zahran, Sammy, Lori Peek, Jeffrey Snodgrass, Stephan Weiler, and Lynn Hempel.

“Abnormal Labor Outcomes as a Function of Maternal Exposure to a Catastrophic Hurricane

Event during Pregnancy.” Natural Hazards 66(1): 61-76.

2012 Lueck, Michelle and Lori Peek. “Disaster Social Service Volunteers: Evaluation of a Training

Program.” Journal of Applied Social Science 6(2): 191-208.

2011 Mando, Ahed M., Lori Peek, Lisa M. Brown, and Bellinda L. King-Kallimanis. “Hurricane

Preparedness and Sheltering Preferences of Muslims Living in Florida.” Journal of

Emergency Management 9(1): 51-64.

2011 Peek, Lori, Bridget Morrissey, and Holly Marlatt. “Disaster Hits Home: A Model of

Displaced Family Adjustment after Hurricane Katrina.” Journal of Family Issues 32(10):

1371-1396.

2011 Trumbo, Craig, Michelle Lueck, Holly Marlatt, and Lori Peek. “The Effect of Proximity to

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Subsequent Hurricane Outlook and Optimistic Bias.” Risk

Analysis: An International Journal 31(12): 1907-1918.

2011 Zahran, Sammy, Lori Peek, Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, Stephan Weiler, and Lynn Hempel.

“Economics of Disaster Risk, Social Vulnerability, and Mental Health Resilience.” Risk

Analysis: An International Journal 31(7): 1107-1119.

2010 Peek, Lori and Krista Richardson. “In Their Own Words: Displaced Children’s Educational

Recovery Needs after Hurricane Katrina.” Disaster Medicine and Public Health

Preparedness 4(3): S63-S70.

2010 Peek, Lori and Laura M. Stough. “Children with Disabilities in the Context of Disaster: A

Social Vulnerability Perspective.” Child Development 81(4): 1260-1270.

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2010 Tobin-Gurley, Jennifer, Lori Peek, and Jennifer Loomis. “Displaced Single Mothers in the

Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Resource Needs and Resource Acquisition.” International

Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 28(2): 170-206.

2010 Zahran, Sammy, Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, Lori Peek, and Stephan Weiler. “Maternal Hurricane

Exposure and Fetal Distress Risk.” Risk Analysis: An International Journal 30(10): 1590-

1601.

2009 Peek, Lori and Alice Fothergill. “Using Focus Groups: Lessons from Studying Daycare

Centers, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina.” Qualitative Research 9(1): 31-59.

2009 Zahran, Sammy, Tara O’Connor Shelley, Lori Peek, and Samuel D. Brody. “Natural

Disasters and Social Order: Modeling Crime Outcomes in Florida.” International Journal of

Mass Emergencies and Disasters 26(1): 26-52.

2008 Peek, Lori. “Children and Disasters: Understanding Vulnerability, Developing Capacities,

and Promoting Resilience.” Children, Youth, and Environments 18(1): 1-29.

2008 Peek, Lori and Alice Fothergill. “Displacement, Gender, and the Challenges of Parenting

after Hurricane Katrina.” National Women’s Studies Association Journal 20(3): 69-105.

2008 Peek, Lori, Jeannette Sutton, and Judy Gump. “Caring for Children in the Aftermath of

Disaster: The Church of the Brethren Children’s Disaster Services Program.” Children,

Youth, and Environments 18(1): 408-421.

2008 Zahran, Sammy, Lori Peek, and Samuel D. Brody. “Youth Mortality by Forces of Nature.”

Children, Youth, and Environments 18(1): 371-388.

2006 Krueger, Patrick and Lori Peek. “Figuring It Out: A Conversation About How to Complete

Your Ph.D.” College Student Journal 40(1): 149-157.

2006 Peek, Lori. “Headscarves and Generational Conflict.” Contexts 5(4): 14-15.

2006 Peek, Lori. “Transforming the Field of Disaster Research through Training the Next

Generation.” International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 24(3): 371-389.

2005 Peek, Lori. “Becoming Muslim: The Development of a Religious Identity.” Sociology of

Religion 66(3): 215-242.

2004 Peek, Lori. “Backlash Mitigation Plan: Protecting Ethnic and Religious Minorities Following

a Terrorist Attack.” The Journal of the American Society of Professional Emergency

Planners 11(1): 115-122.

2004 Peek, Lori. “Constructing the Enemy during Times of Crisis: America after 9/11.” Divide:

Journal of Writing and Ideas 1(2): 26-30.

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2004 Fothergill, Alice and Lori Peek. “Poverty and Disasters in the United States: A Review of

Recent Sociological Findings.” Natural Hazards 32(1): 89-110.

2003 Peek, Lori. “Reactions and Response: Muslim Students’ Experiences on New York City

Campuses Post-9/11.” Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs 23(2): 273-285.

2003 Peek, Lori and Jeannette N. Sutton. “An Exploratory Comparison of Disasters, Riots, and

Terrorist Acts.” Disasters: The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy, and Management 27(4):

141-157.

2002 Peek, Lori and James E. Beavers. “Role of the Natural Hazards and Disaster Field in the

Aftermath of September 11.” Natural Hazards Review 3(1): 2-3.

2001 Mileti, Dennis S. and Lori Peek. “Hazards and Sustainable Development in the United

States.” Risk Management: An International Journal 3(1): 61-70.

2000 Beavers, James E., Dennis S. Mileti, and Lori Peek. “Dealing with Natural Hazards Requires

a New Approach.” Natural Hazards Review 1(2): 65-66.

2000 Mileti, Dennis S. and Lori Peek. “The Social Psychology of Public Response to Warnings of

a Nuclear Power Plant Accident.” Journal of Hazardous Materials 75(2): 181-194.

Special Journal Issue Editorships

2016 Peek, Lori, Guest Editor, with Dewald van Niekerk and Gideon Wentink. Drivers, Scales, and

Contexts of Disaster Risk in the Southern Africa Development Community, Volume 8, Issue

2, Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies http://www.jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba

2008 Peek, Lori, Guest Editor. Children and Disasters, Volume 18, Issue 1, Children, Youth, and

Environments http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/18_1/index.htm

Chapters in Books and Monographs

In Press Enarson, Elaine, Alice Fothergill, and Lori Peek. “Gender and Disasters.” Forthcoming in the

Handbook of Disaster Research, 2nd ed., edited by H. Rodriguez, W. Trainor, and W.

Donner. New York: Springer.

In Press Peek, Lori, David Abramson, Robin Cox, and Alice Fothergill. “Children and Disasters.”

Forthcoming in the Handbook of Disaster Research, 2nd ed., edited by H. Rodriguez, W.

Trainor, and W. Donner. New York: Springer.

2016 Peek, Lori and Michelle Meyer. “When Hate is a Crime: Temporal and Geographic Patterns

of Anti-Islamic Hate Crime after 9/11.” Crime and Criminal Justice in Disaster, 3rd ed.,

edited by D. W. Harper and K. Frailing, pp. 247-270. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.

2016 Peek, Lori, Stacia Ryder, Justin Moresco, and Brian Tucker. “Disaster Risk Reduction

Strategies in Earthquake-Prone Cities.” Multi-Hazard Approaches to Civil Infrastructure

Engineering, edited by P. Gardoni and J. M. LaFave, pp. 507-532. New York: Springer.

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2016 Tobin-Gurley, Jennifer, Robin Cox, Lori Peek, Kylie Pybus, Dmitriy Maslenitsyn, and Cheryl

Heykoop. “Youth Creating Disaster Recovery and Resilience in Canada and the United

States: Dimensions of the Male Youth Experience.” Men, Masculinities, and Disaster, edited

by E. Enarson and B. Pease, pp. 152-161. Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge.

2015 Peek, Lori. “Foreword.” Disability and Disaster: Exchanges and Explorations, edited by I.

Kelman and L. M. Stough, pp. xi-xiv. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

2014 Abramson, David, Kallin Brooks, and Lori Peek. “The Science and Practice of Resilience

Interventions for Children Exposed to Disasters.” Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

Considerations for Children and Families: Workshop Summary, edited by T. Wizemann, M.

Reeve, and B. M. Altevogt, pp. 177-202. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.

2013 Davis, Elizabeth A., Rebecca Hansen, Jane Kushma, Lori Peek, and Brenda Phillips.

“Identifying and Accommodating High-Risk, High-Vulnerability Populations in Disasters.”

Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological

Terrorism and Other Hazards, 3rd ed., edited by T. G. Veenema, pp. 519-541. New York:

Springer.

2013 Peek, Lori. “Age.” Social Vulnerability to Disasters, 2nd ed., edited by D. S. K. Thomas, B.

D. Phillips, W. E. Lovekamp, and A. Fothergill, pp. 167-198. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

2012 Fothergill, Alice and Lori Peek. “Permanent Temporariness: Displaced Children in

Louisiana.” Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora, edited by L. Weber and L. Peek, pp.

119-143. Austin: University of Texas Press.

2012 Lueck, Michelle Meyer and Lori Peek. “The Crude Awakening: Gulf Coast Residents Reflect

on the BP Oil Spill and the 2010 Hurricane Season.” Black Beaches and Bayous: BP

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Disaster, edited by L. A. Eargle and A. M. Esmail, pp. 159-180.

Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

2012 Peek, Lori. “They Call it ‘Katrina Fatigue’: Displaced Families and Discrimination in

Colorado.” Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora, edited by L. Weber and L. Peek,

pp. 31-46. Austin: University of Texas Press.

2012 Peek, Lori and Michelle Meyer Lueck. “When Hate is a Crime: Temporal and Geographic

Patterns of Anti-Islamic Hate Crime after 9/11.” Crime and Criminal Justice in Disaster, 2nd

ed., edited by D. W. Harper and K. Frailing, pp. 203-225. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic

Press.

2012 Weber, Lynn and Lori Peek. “Documenting Displacement: An Introduction.” Displaced: Life

in the Katrina Diaspora, edited by L. Weber and L. Peek, pp. 1-20. Austin: University of

Texas Press.

2010 Peek, Lori. “Age.” Social Vulnerability to Disasters, edited by B. D. Phillips, D. S. K.

Thomas, A. Fothergill, and L. Blinn-Pike, pp. 155-185. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

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2009 Peek, Lori. “Muslim Self-Identities after 9/11.” Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary

Readings in Introductory Sociology, 3rd ed., edited by P. A. Adler and P. Adler, pp. 332-340.

Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

2009 Peek, Lori and Alice Fothergill. “Parenting in the Wake of Disaster: Mothers and Fathers

Respond to Hurricane Katrina.” Women, Gender, and Disaster: Global Issues and Initiatives,

edited by E. Enarson and D. Chakrabarti, pp. 112-130. New Delhi: Sage.

2006 Enarson, Elaine, Alice Fothergill, and Lori Peek. “Gender and Disaster: Foundations and

Directions.” Handbook of Disaster Research, edited by H. Rodriguez, E. L. Quarantelli, and

R. R. Dynes, pp. 130-146. New York: Springer.

2006 Fothergill, Alice and Lori Peek. “Surviving Catastrophe: A Study of Children in Hurricane

Katrina.” Learning from Catastrophe: Quick Response Research in the Wake of Hurricane

Katrina, pp. 97-130. Boulder: Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado.

2003 Peek, Lori. “Community Isolation and Group Solidarity: Examining the Muslim Student

Experience after September 11, 2001.” Beyond September 11: An Account of Post-Disaster

Research, edited by J. L. Monday, pp. 333-354. Boulder: Institute of Behavioral Science,

University of Colorado.

2002 Mileti, Dennis S. and Lori Peek. “Disasters and Sustainable Development.” Sustainable

Development for Island Societies: Taiwan and the World, edited by H. M. Hsiao, C. Liu, and

H. Tsai, pp. 31-47. Taiwan: Asia-Pacific Research Program.

2002 Mileti, Dennis S. and Lori Peek. “Understanding Individual and Social Characteristics in the

Promotion of Household Disaster Preparedness.” New Tools for Environmental Protection:

Education, Information, and Voluntary Measures, edited by T. Dietz and P. C. Stern,

pp. 125-139. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

2002 Peek, Lori and Dennis S. Mileti. “The History and Future of Disaster Research.” Handbook

of Environmental Psychology, edited by R. B. Bechtel and A. Churchman, pp. 511-524.

New York: John Wiley & Sons.

2001 Mileti, Dennis S. and Lori Peek. “How Do Societies Manage Risk? Rational

Decision-Making in the Preservation of Cultural Property, edited by N. S. Baer and

F. Snickars, pp. 35-45. Berlin: Dahlem University Press.

Encyclopedia Entries

In Press Peek, Lori and Kai Erikson. “Hurricane Katrina.” Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd

ed., edited by G. Ritzer. Oxford: Blackwell.

2014 Brown, Lisa M. and Lori Peek. “Disasters.” Cultural Sociology of Mental Illness: An A-Z

Guide, edited by A. Scull. New York: Sage Publications.

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2012 Stough, Laura and Lori Peek. “Children with Disabilities in Disaster.” Handbook of Hazards,

Disaster Risk Reduction, and Management, edited by B. Wisner, J. C. Gaillard, and I.

Kelman. New York: Routledge.

2008 Peek, Lori and Kai Erikson. “Hurricane Katrina.” Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology,

edited by G. Ritzer. Oxford: Blackwell.

2006 Peek, Lori. “Women, Gender, and Marriage Practices in the United States.” Encyclopedia of

Women and Islamic Cultures. Volume 3: Family, Body, Sexuality, and Health, edited by S.

Joseph, pp. 264-267. Herndon, VA: Brill.

Book Reviews

In Press Peek, Lori. Review of Community Revival in the Wake of Disaster. Forthcoming in the

Austrian Journal of Economics.

2012 Peek, Lori and Lisa M. Brown. Review of Older People in Natural Disasters: The Great

Hanshin Earthquake of 1995, by Junko Otani. International Journal of Mass Emergencies

and Disasters 30(2): 242-244.

2009 Peek, Lori and Paul Stretesky. Review of Race, Place, and Environmental Justice after

Hurricane Katrina: Struggles to Reclaim, Rebuild, and Revitalize New Orleans and the Gulf

Coast, edited by R. D. Bullard and B. Wright. Teaching Sociology 37(4): 423-425.

Reports and Guidebooks

2016 Applied Technology Council Project Management Committee. “Stronger, Safer, Smarter: A

Guide to Improve School Natural Hazards Safety.” Washington, D.C.: Federal Emergency

Management Agency and Applied Technology Council.

2015 Abramson, David, Donna Van Alst, Alexis Merdjanoff, Rachael Piltch-Loeb, Jaishree

Beedasy, Patricia Findley, Lori Peek, Meghan Mordy, Sandra Moroso, Kerri Ocasio, Yoon

Soo Park, Jonathan Sury, and Jennifer Tobin-Gurley. “The Hurricane Sandy Place Report:

Evacuation Decisions, Housing Issues, and Sense of Community.” The Sandy Child and

Family Health Study, Rutgers University School of Social Work, New York University

Global Institute of Public Health, Columbia University National Center for Disaster

Preparedness, and Colorado State University Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis, Briefing

Report 2015_1.

2015 Abramson, David, Donna Van Alst, Alexis Merdjanoff, Rachael Piltch-Loeb, Jaishree

Beedasy, Patricia Findley, Lori Peek, Meghan Mordy, Sandra Moroso, Kerri Ocasio, Yoon

Soo Park, Jonathan Sury, and Jennifer Tobin-Gurley. “The Hurricane Sandy Person Report:

Disaster Exposure, Health Impacts, Economic Burden, and Social Well-Being.” The Sandy

Child and Family Health Study, Rutgers University School of Social Work, New York

University Global Institute of Public Health, Columbia University National Center for

Disaster Preparedness, and Colorado State University Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis,

Briefing Report 2015_2.

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2015 Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction. “Effectiveness of the National

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.” Gaithersburg, MD: National Institute of Standards

and Technology.

2014 Prelog, Andrew, Elke Weesjes, Lori Peek, Meagan Templeton-Lynch, Sara Gill, Rachel

Prelog, and Andrea Akers. Childcare and Natural Hazards: State of Colorado. Fort Collins,

CO: Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis, Colorado State University.

http://cdra.colostate.edu/reports.aspx

2013 Abramson, David, Lori Peek, Irwin Redlener, Jaishree Beedasy, Tom Aguilar, Jonathan

Sury, Akilah Banister, and Rebecca May. “Children’s Health after the Oil Spill: A Four-State

Study. Findings from the Gulf Coast Population Impact (GCPI) Project.” NCDP Briefing

Report 2013_1. New York: National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Mailman School of

Public Health, Columbia University. http://academiccommons.columbia.edu/item/ac:156715

2013 Redlener, Irwin, Delaney Gracy, Anupa Fabian, Roy Grant, Grifin Goldsmith, Lori Peek,

Morissa Sobelson, and Colby Kelly. “Crisis in the Classroom: How Untreated Medical

Problems Interfere with School Performance. A Survey of New York City Public School

Leadership.” New York, NY: Children’s Health Fund.

http://www.childrenshealthfund.org/advocacy-and-research/crisis-classroom

2012 Hansen, Rebecca, Annie Grunewald, Robert Wingate, Michelle Meyer, Elizabeth Plombon,

Claudia Rosty, Stacia Sydoriak, Lori Peek, and Elizabeth Davis. “Disability Preparedness in

Hurricane Irene and Superstorm Sandy in New York City.” New York: EAD & Associates,

LLC.

2012 Peek, Lori, Justin Moresco, Jennifer Tobin-Gurley, Michelle Meyer Lueck, Kristen Yawitz,

Liesel Schilperoort, and Brian Tucker. “Understanding the Global Earthquake Model’s

(GEM’s) Potential Beneficiaries: A Study of Earthquake Risk Reduction Activities, Needs,

and Barriers.” Pavia, Italy: GEM Foundation.

2011 Comerio, Mary, Kenneth Elwood, Russell Berkowitz, Michel Bruneau, James Dismuke,

Henri Gavin, Nathan Gould, Kishor Jaiswal, Thomas Kirsch, Tao Lai, Justin Marshall,

Ronald Mayes, Judith Mitrani-Reiser, Troy Morgan, Tim Mote, Lori Peek, Sri Sritharan,

Jeannette Sutton, Fred Turner, Anne Wein, and Mark Yashinsky. “The M6.3 Christchurch,

New Zealand, Earthquake of February 22, 2011.” Learning from Earthquakes Special

Report. Oakland, CA: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

http://www.eeri.org/site/images/eeri_newsletter/2011_pdf/EERI_NewZealand_EQRpt_web.

pdf

2010 Peek, Lori, Michelle Meyer Lueck, Jennifer Tobin-Gurley, Rebecca Hansen, and Elizabeth

Davis. “Disability Preparedness: A Gap Analysis for Los Angeles County.” New York: EAD

& Associates, LLC.

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2009 Lueck, Michelle Meyer, Prabha Unnithan, and Lori Peek. “Church of the Brethren Children’s

Disaster Services: An Evaluation Report.” Fort Collins: Department of Sociology, Colorado

State University.

2006 Peek, Lori and Alice Fothergill. “Reconstructing Childhood: An Exploratory Study of

Children in Hurricane Katrina.” Quick Response Report #186. Boulder: Natural Hazards

Research and Applications Information Center, University of Colorado.

2002 Peek, Lori. “Religious and Ethnic Issues after September 11, 2001: Examining Muslim

University Student Experiences.” Quick Response Report #156. Boulder: Natural

Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, University of Colorado.

Research Bibliographies

2011 Erikson, Kai and Lori Peek. “Hurricane Katrina Research Bibliography.” New York: Social

Science Research Council.

2008 Gill, Sara, Lindsey Gulsvig, and Lori Peek. “Children and Disasters Annotated Resource

List.” Children, Youth, and Environments 18(1): 485-510.

2006 Mileti, Dennis S., Rachel Bandy, Linda B. Bourque, Aaron Johnson, Megumi Kano, Lori

Peek, Jeannette Sutton, and Michele Wood. “Annotated Bibliography for Public Risk

Communication on Warnings for Public Protective Actions, Response, and Public

Education.” Boulder: Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center,

University of Colorado.

Teaching Materials and Publications

2015 Peek, Lori. “From Academia to Practical Application and Back Again: Involving

Undergraduate Students in Hazards and Disaster Internships.” Natural Hazards Observer

39(4): 28-29. Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center.

2013 Mordy, Meghan, Emily Doerr, and Lori Peek. “Instructor’s Manual Supplement for Chapter

7: Age.” In Social Vulnerability to Disasters, 2nd ed., edited by D. S. K. Thomas, B. D.

Phillips, W. E. Lovekamp, and A. Fothergill. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

2012 Ciscell, Galen, Lori Peek, and Meghan Mordy. “Teaching Race and Ethnicity: An Annotated

Bibliography.” Fort Collins: The Institute for Learning and Teaching, Colorado State

University.

2012 Ciscell, Galen, Emily Thorn, and Lori Peek. “Teaching Large Classes: An Annotated

Bibliography.” Fort Collins: The Institute for Learning and Teaching, Colorado State

University.

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Papers in Conference Proceedings

2015 Jennings, Elaina N., John W. van de Lindt, and Lori Peek. “Multi-Objective Community-

Level Seismic Retrofit Optimization for Resiliency Using Engineering and Socioeconomic

Variables.” Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Applications of Statistics

and Probability in Civil Engineering, Vancouver, Canada.

2014 Jennings, Elaina N., John W. van de Lindt, and Lori Peek. “Multi-Objective Optimization

Approach for Decision-Making: Considering Engineering and Socio-Economic Variables for

Community Resiliency.” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Urban Disaster

Reduction, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Boulder, CO.

2004 Peek, Lori. “Backlash Mitigation Plan: Protecting Ethnic and Religious Minorities Following

a Terrorist Attack.” Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Disaster Resistant California

Conference. Sacramento, CA: Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

2004 Peek, Lori. “Transforming the Field of Disaster Research Through Training the Next

Generation.” Proceedings of the Conference on Disaster Research and the Social Sciences:

Lessons Learned and Future Trajectories. Newark, DE: Disaster Research Center, University

of Delaware.

Other Publications

2016 Carter, Lucy and Lori Peek. “Participation Please: Barriers to Tribal Disaster Mitigation

Planning.” Natural Hazards Observer 40(4). Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Research and

Applications Information Center. https://hazards.colorado.edu/article/participation-please-

barriers-to-tribal-mitigation-planning

2016 Peek, Lori and Elke Weesjes. “Still Under Attack: Muslim Americans, Bigotry, and the

Enduring Backlash.” Natural Hazards Observer 40(3): 28-32. Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards

Research and Applications Information Center. https://hazards.colorado.edu/article/still-

under-attack-muslim-americans-bigotry-and-the-enduring-backlash

2016 Peek, Lori. “Children, Youth, and Disasters: Listening, Learning, and Moving Toward

Democratic Engagement.” London: Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable

Development. http://www.fdsd.org/publications/children-youth-and-disasters-listening-

learning-and-moving-towards-democratic-engagement/

2015 Abramson, David and Lori Peek. “The New Orleans Class of 2015: What It Tells Us and

What It Doesn’t.” The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-new-orleans-class-of-

2015-what-it-tells-us-and-what-it-doesnt-46771

2015 Fothergill, Alice and Lori Peek. “Children and Trauma.” University of Texas Press Blog.

http://utpressnews.blogspot.com/2015/08/nine-scholars-on-katrinas-hard-lessons.html

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2015 Gill, Sara and Lori Peek. “Disaster Preparedness among Colorado Childcare Centers and

Home-Based Providers: A Statewide Survey and Assessment.” Canadian Risk and Hazards

Network HazNet Newsletter 6(2): 6-8.

http://www.crhnet.ca/sites/default/files/library/HazNet_2015-05_v6n2.pdf

2015 Peek, Lori. “Evacuation, Displacement, and Prolonged Recovery.” University of Texas Press

Blog. http://utpressnews.blogspot.com/2015/08/nine-scholars-on-katrinas-hard-lessons.html

2015 Peek, Lori and Alice Fothergill. “No Place Like Home: Hurricane Katrina, Children, and the

Importance of Shelter and Housing Stability.” Engineering for Climate Extremes.

https://www.ecep.ucar.edu/no-place-home-hurricane-katrina-children-and-importance-

shelter-and-housing-stability-lori-peek-and

2014 Peek, Lori. “Anti-Islamic Hate Crime and the Enduring Effects of 9/11.” North Philly Notes,

September. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

http://templepress.wordpress.com/2014/09/

2014 Peek, Lori. “Disasters Fast and Slow: Grieving for a Lost Home.” CoLab Radio, September.

Cambridge: Community Innovators Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

http://colabradio.mit.edu/disasters-fast-and-slow-grieving-for-a-lost-home/

2014 Fothergill, Alice and Lori Peek. “Lessons from Katrina: Recommendations for Fostering

More Effective Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Efforts for Children and

Youth.” Canadian Risk and Hazards Network HazNet Newsletter 5(2): 4-9.

http://www.crhnet.ca/sites/default/files/library/HazNet%2010th%20Edition%20%20FINAL

%20April%204%202014_0.pdf

2013 Abramson, David and Lori Peek. “SHOREline: A Youth Empowerment and Post-Disaster

Recovery Program.” Canadian Risk and Hazards Network HazNet Newsletter 5(1): 15-17.

http://207.23.111.231/sites/default/files/library/HazNet_2013-10_v5n1.pdf

2013 Cox, Robin and Lori Peek. “Creating Recovery: A New Canadian-U.S. Participatory Project

on Youth Empowerment after Disaster.” Canadian Risk and Hazards Network HazNet

Newsletter 4(2): 9-10. http://www.crhnet.ca/newsletters/HazNetMar2013.pdf

2013 Moresco, Justin and Lori Peek. “The Way Forward: Overcoming Barriers to Disaster Risk

Reduction.” Natural Hazards Observer 37(3): 6-9. Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Research

and Applications Information Center.

2013 Weesjes, Elke and Lori Peek. “Ordinary People Doing Remarkable Things: Part 4 – Dr. Alan

Shapiro, Children’s Health Fund.” Amsterdam, Netherlands: United Academics Magazine.

2013 Weesjes, Elke and Lori Peek. “Ordinary People Doing Remarkable Things: Part 5 – Sandra

Arévalo, South Bronx Health Center.” Amsterdam, Netherlands: United Academics

Magazine.

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2013 Weesjes, Elke and Lori Peek. “Surviving Sandy: Staying Put in Far Rockaway.” Amsterdam,

Netherlands: United Academics Magazine.

2011 Peek, Lori. “Behind Behind the Backlash.” North Philly Notes, January. Philadelphia:

Temple University Press. http://templepress.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/behind-lori-peeks-

behind-the-backlash/

Book in Preparation

Erikson, Kai and Lori Peek. Katrina: Looking Back. Under contract with the University of Texas

Press.

Manuscripts in Progress Masoomi, Hassan, John W. van de Lindt, and Lori Peek. “Quantifying Socioeconomic Impact of a

Tornado by Estimating Population Outmigration as a Resilience Metric at the Community

Level.” Under review at the Journal of Structural Engineering.

Pardee, Jessica, Lynn Weber, Alice Fothergill, and Lori Peek. “The Collective Method: Collaborative

Social Science Research and Scholarly Accountability.” Revised and resubmitted to

Qualitative Research.

Peek, Lori and Casey Davidson. Review of The Disaster Experts Mastering Risk in Modern America,

by Scott G. Knowles. In preparation for submission to International Journal of Mass

Emergencies and Disasters.

Peek, Lori, Michelle Meyer, Holly Marlatt, and Craig Trumbo. “Real Time Hurricane Evacuation

Telephone Interviews: A Methods Note.”

External Fellowships, Grants, and Contracts

2016-18 Principal Investigator, “Interdisciplinary Methods for Disaster Research.” Funded by

the National Science Foundation. ($49,763)

2015-20 Co-Investigator, “Community Resiliency to Natural Disasters: NIST-Center of

Excellence.” Funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. John van

de Lindt and Bruce Ellingwood, Principal Investigators. ($20,000,000)

2015-20 Co-Investigator, “Demographic and Health Disparities in Recovery from Hurricane

Katrina: KATRINA@10.” Funded by the National Institute of Health. Mark

VanLandingham, David Abramson, and Mary Waters, Principal Investigators.

($6,700,000)

2015-19 Co-Principal Investigator, “A Risk-Informed Decision Framework to Achieve Resilient

and Sustainable Buildings that Meet Community Objectives.” Funded by the National

Science Foundation. John van de Lindt, Principal Investigator. ($760,000)

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2015-18 Co-Principal Investigator, “Shelter-in-Place Compliance during Hazardous Release

Emergencies: The Effect of Communications Access in Terrorist/ Accidental/

Chemical/ Radiological Events.” Funded by the National Science Foundation. Craig

Trumbo, Principal Investigator. ($581,759).

2015-17 Project Management Committee, “Reducing the Risk to Our Schools from Natural

Hazards and Improving the Safety of Our Children.” Funded by the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, contract to the Applied Technology Council. ($28,950)

2014-16 Investigator, “Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering: Stakeholder Project Team.”

Funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, contract to the Applied

Technology Council. ($16,000)

2014-15 Co-Principal Investigator, “Sandy Child and Family Health Study.” Funded by the New

Jersey State Department of Health. David Abramson and Donna VanAlst, Principal

Investigators. ($1,190,000)

2014 Recipient, “American Sociological Association Travel Award Grant.” Funded by the

National Science Foundation. ($1,500)

2014 Recipient, “Research Committee Session Organizer Registration Grant.” Funded by the

International Sociological Association. ($170)

2013-15 Co-Principal Investigator, “The Gulf Coast Children’s Initiative.” Funded by the Baton

Rouge Area Foundation. Irwin Redlener, Principal Investigator. ($2,104,484)

2013-15 Principal Investigator, “Poverty, Middle School Dropout, and High School Completion

in El Salvador.” Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant to support Meghan Mordy.

Funded by the National Science Foundation Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and

Economic Sciences. ($11,989)

2012-15 Co-Principal Investigator, “Youth-Centered Disaster Recovery: A Participatory Action

Research Project.” Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of

Canada. Robin Cox, Principal Investigator. ($187,867)

2012-14 Principal Investigator, “Disaster Preparedness in Colorado Childcare Centers and In-

Home Care Facilities.” Funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency,

National Preparedness Division, Region VIII. ($30,000)

2012 Principal Investigator, “Disability Preparedness.” Funded by EAD & Associates, LLC.

($15,000)

2012 Participant, “U.S.-Vietnam Workshop on Multiple Natural Hazards Assessment and

Mitigation under the Impact of Climate Change.” Funded by the National Science

Foundation. Yue Li, Principal Investigator. ($39,450)

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2012 Consultant, “Population Case Finding: Identifying Community Clusters of Children

Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Funded by the Baton Rouge Area

Foundation. David Abramson, Principal Investigator. ($20,000)

2012 Consultant, “Children and Disasters.” Funded by Save the Children. ($2,000)

2011-16 Investigator, “The Women and Their Children’s Health (WATCH) Gulf Coast Research

Consortium: Child Impact Study.” Funded by the National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences. Ed Trapido, Principal Investigator, WATCH Consortium; David

Abramson, Principal Investigator, Child Impact Study. ($600,113)

2011-12 Co-Principal Investigator, “Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU).” Funded

by the National Science Foundation, Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing

Innovation Supplement Award. Craig Trumbo, Principal Investigator. ($12,000)

2011 Investigator, “Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Learning from

Earthquakes Program: Christchurch, New Zealand.” Funded by the National Science

Foundation RAPID Program. ($24,000)

2010-12 Co-Principal Investigator, “Discovering GEM’s Beneficiaries’ Needs.” Funded by the

Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation. Brian Tucker, Principal Investigator.

($297,826)

2010-11 Co-Principal Investigator, “Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU).” Funded

by the National Science Foundation, Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing

Innovation Supplement Award. Craig Trumbo, Principal Investigator. ($12,000)

2010 Principal Investigator, “Disability Preparedness: A Gap Analysis.” Funded by EAD &

Associates, LLC and Los Angeles County. ($24,708)

2010 Principal Investigator, “Family Dynamics, Hurricane Evacuation, and Post-Disaster

Decision-Making.” Funded by the Natural Hazards Center and the National Science

Foundation Quick Response Research Grant Program. Craig Trumbo, Eve Gruntfest,

Holly Marlatt, and Michelle Meyer Lueck, Co-Principal Investigators. ($3,000)

2009-12 Co-Principal Investigator, “Dynamics of Hurricane Risk Perception: A Multimethod

Panel Study.” Funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration. Craig Trumbo, Principal Investigator. ($461,229)

2008-12 Co-Principal Investigator, “Learning from Katrina: Documenting the Impacts of a

Unique National Disaster.” Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Kai

Erikson, Principal Investigator. ($1,438,425)

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2008-10 Participant, “Middle East and North African Studies Enhancement Project.” Funded by

the U.S. Department of Education Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign

Language Program. Mohammed Hirchi and Mary Vogl, Project Co-Directors.

($174,833)

2007-12 Co-Principal Investigator, “Learning from Katrina: Documenting the Impacts of a

Unique National Disaster.” Funded by the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller

Foundation. Kai Erikson, Principal Investigator. ($515,000)

2007 Co-Principal Investigator, “Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU).” Funded

by the National Science Foundation, Cultural Anthropology Supplement Award.

Katherine Browne, Principal Investigator. ($4,000)

2006-08 Participant, “Research Education in Disaster Mental Health Mentoring Program Grant.”

Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Fran Norris, Principal Investigator.

($21,600)

2006 Co-Principal Investigator, “Loss and Survival: Culture, Community, and Family

Following Hurricane Katrina.” Funded by the National Science Foundation, Cultural

Anthropology Supplement Award. Katherine Browne, Principal Investigator. ($10,000)

2006 Co-Principal Investigator, “Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU).” Funded

by the National Science Foundation, Cultural Anthropology Supplement Award.

Katherine Browne, Principal Investigator. ($4,500)

2006 Principal Investigator, “Conquering Disaster: Reconstructing Lives Following

Hurricane Katrina.” Funded by the Midwest Sociological Society Endowment

Committee. ($1,500)

2005 Co-Principal Investigator, “Loss and Survival: Culture, Community, and Family

Following Hurricane Katrina.” Funded by the National Science Foundation Small

Grants for Exploratory Research Program. Katherine Browne, Principal Investigator.

($40,000)

2005 Co-Principal Investigator, “Reconstructing Childhood: An Exploratory Study of

Children in Hurricane Katrina.” Funded by the Natural Hazards Center and the National

Science Foundation Quick Response Research Grant Program. Alice Fothergill, Co-

Principal Investigator. ($3,500)

2004-05 PERIShip National Dissertation Fellowship. Funded by the National Science

Foundation and the Public Entity Risk Institute. ($9,180)

2003 Brown/Ricketts/Udick Grant. Funded by the American Association of University

Women, Boulder Branch. ($1,000)

2003 Student Forum Travel Grant. Funded by the American Sociological Association. ($200)

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2001 Principal Investigator, “Religious and Ethnic Issues on University Campuses after

September 11: Muslim Student Response.” Funded by the Natural Hazards Center and

the National Science Foundation Quick Response Research Grant Program. ($3,900)

Internal Fellowships and Grants 2016 Professional Development Program Award. Funded by the College of Liberal Arts,

Colorado State University. ($1,604)

2015-16 Global Challenges Research Team Grant: Sustainable Adaptation to Alternating

Extreme Events of Drought, Wildfire, and Flooding. Funded by the School of Global

Environmental Sustainability. Craig Trumbo, Principal Investigator. ($10,000)

2014-16 Master of Public Health Graduate Research Assistant Funding Award, Colorado School

of Public Health. ($40,000)

2014 Professional Development Program Award. Funded by the College of Liberal Arts,

Colorado State University. ($2,000)

2013 Professional Development Program Award. Funded by the College of Liberal Arts,

Colorado State University. ($1,576)

2012-13 Global Challenges Research Team Grant: Vulnerability and Resilience to “Weather

Whiplash” Events. Funded by the School of Global Environmental Sustainability. Craig

Trumbo, Lori Peek, and Melinda Latiuri, Co-Principal Investigators. ($18,000)

2011-12 Provost’s Course Redesign Grant. Funded by The Institute for Learning and Teaching

(TILT), Colorado State University. ($14,991)

2011 Professional Development Program Award. Funded by the College of Liberal Arts,

Colorado State University. ($1,648)

2010 Professional Development Program Award. Funded by the College of Liberal Arts,

Colorado State University. ($1,081)

2009 Professional Development Program Award. Funded by the College of Liberal Arts,

Colorado State University. ($1,045)

2008 Professional Development Program Award. Funded by the College of Liberal Arts,

Colorado State University. ($1,500)

2008 College of Liberal Arts Visiting Artist and Lecturer Fund Award. Funded by the

College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University. ($500)

2007 Professional Development Program Award. Funded by the College of Liberal Arts,

Colorado State University. ($1,350)

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2006-07 Academic Enrichment Program Grant. Funded by the College of Liberal Arts, Colorado

State University. Katherine Browne, Lori Peek, and J. Ross Beveridge, Co-Principal

Investigators. ($50,000)

2006 Professional Development Program Award. Funded by the College of Liberal Arts,

Colorado State University. ($710)

2005 Professional Development Program Award. Funded by the College of Liberal Arts,

Colorado State University. ($655)

2003-04 Center for Humanities and the Arts Fellowship. Funded by the Center for Humanities

and the Arts, University of Colorado. ($6,600)

2003 Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant. Funded by the Graduate School,

University of Colorado. ($700)

2002 Ph.D. Dissertation Grant. Funded by the Graduate School, University of Colorado. ($200)

2001 Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant. Funded by the Graduate School,

University of Colorado. ($1,000)

1999-2000 Enrollment Enhancement Fellowship. Funded by the Graduate School, University of

Colorado. ($8,000)

1999-2000 University Fellowship. Funded by the Graduate School, University of Colorado. ($2,000)

Honors and Awards 2017 Outstanding Achievement Award, Ottawa University Alumni Association

2016 Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award for Children of Katrina, American Sociological

Association Section on Children and Youth

2016 Betty and Alfred McClung Lee Book Award for Children of Katrina, Association for

Humanist Sociology

2016 Board of Governor’s Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Colorado State

University System

2016 Distinguished Scholar, National Science Foundation Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center,

Post-Doctoral Socio-Environmental Immersion Program, University of Maryland

2016 Honorable Mention, Leo Goodman Award for Outstanding Contributions to Sociological

Methodology, American Sociological Association Section on Methodology

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2016 Finalist, Colorado Book Awards for Children of Katrina, Colorado Humanities and Center

for the Book

2015 Ann Gill Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University

2013 Best Book Award for Behind the Backlash: Muslim Americans after 9/11, American

Sociological Association Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity

2012 President’s Award for Volunteer Service, Natural Hazards Mitigation Association

2012 Distinguished Book Award for Behind the Backlash: Muslim Americans after 9/11, Midwest

Sociological Society

2011 Choice’s Compilation of Significant University Press Titles for Undergraduates, 2010-11,

Behind the Backlash: Muslim Americans after 9/11

2011 Teaching Fellow, The Institute for Learning and Teaching (TILT), Colorado State University

2011 Nominated for the Margaret B. Hazaleus Award for “Enhancing the Campus Environment for

Women,” Colorado State University

2010 Professor of the Year, Colorado State University Greek Life and the Panhellenic Council

2009 Early Career Award for Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship, American Sociological

Association Section on Children and Youth

2008 Outstanding Advisor Award, Colorado State University Muslim Student Association

2008 Outstanding Faculty Member Designation, Colorado State University Greek Life and the

Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils

2007 Best Teacher Award, Colorado State University Alumni Association and the Student Alumni

Connection

2007 Excellence in Teaching Award, Colorado State University College of Liberal Arts

2007 Waterpik Excellence in Education Award, Colorado State University Athletics

2007 Outstanding Faculty Member Designation, Colorado State University Greek Life and the

Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils

2006 Nominated for the Outstanding Faculty Effort Award, Colorado State University Office of

Resources for Disabled Students

2004 First Place, Student Paper Competition, Association of Professional Emergency Planners

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2004 Outstanding Doctoral Student Mentor Award, McNair Post-Baccalaureate Scholars Program,

University of Colorado

2003 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award, Department of Sociology, University of

Colorado

2003 Highest Honors, Social Psychology Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam, University of Colorado

2002 Blaine E. Mercer Outstanding Departmental Service Award, University of Colorado

1998 Rainey Bookstore National Scholarship Essay Winner, Colorado State University

1997 Highest Honors, Senior Sociology Thesis, Ottawa University

1996 Jerry Cambell Cross-Cultural Scholarship Recipient, Ottawa University

1995-97 Carol Sandstrom Outstanding Social Sciences Student Award, Ottawa University

Editorial Positions

2016-20 Series Co-Editor, Environment and Society Series, Columbia University Press

2016-18 Editorial Review Board, Children, Youth and Environments

2016-18 Editorial Review Board, American Sociological Association Rose Series

2015-18 Co-Editor, Unscheduled Events, International Sociological Association (ISA),

International Research Committee on the Sociology of Disasters (RC39)

2008-15 Field Report Editor, Children, Youth and Environments

2013 Editorial Review Board, Furthering Perspectives: Anthropological Views of the World

2003- Editorial Review Board, Environment and Behavior

1999-2002 Assistant Co-Editor, Natural Hazards Review

Scientific Committees, Advisory Committees, and Working Groups

2017-19 Research Advisory Committee, Scholarly Borderlands, Social Science Research

Council with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation.

2016-17 Oversight Committee, Mitigation Saves Study, National Institute of Building Sciences,

with funding from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, International

Code Council, and Institute for Business and Home Safety.

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2015-18 Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction, National Earthquake Hazards

Reduction Program Reauthorization Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

National Institutes of Standards and Technology, United States Department of

Commerce

2014-19 Board Member and Program Council Liaison, The William Averette Anderson Fund

2014-17 Roundtable Member, Risk, Resilience, and Extreme Events, Resilient America

Roundtable, National Academy of Sciences

2014-16 Mentor, Enabling the Next Generation of Hazards and Disaster Researchers, funded by

the National Science Foundation

2012-16 Expert Member, Learning from Earthquakes Seismic Observatory for Community

Resilience: A Program to Learn from Earthquakes, Earthquake Engineering Research

Institute, Funded by the National Science Foundation

2012 Member, Advisory Panel, Workforce Preparedness Initiative, U.S. Department of the

Treasury

2012 Academic Stakeholder, Presidential Policy Directive 8: National Preparedness

Mitigation Framework Stakeholder Event, Convened by the Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration

2011- Board of Advisors, GeoHazards International

2011- Advisory Team Member, Emergency Preparedness Initiative (EPI) Global

2008-11 Advisor, Enabling the Next Generation of Hazards and Disaster Researchers, funded by

the National Science Foundation

2006-12 Member, Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Research Network on Persons

Displaced by Katrina

2006-08 Member, Advisory Panel, Preparing Your Communities for Tsunamis: A Guidebook for

Local Advocates. Palo Alto, CA: GeoHazards International.

2006-07 Co-Organizer, Gender and Disaster Network Working Group Meetings

2006 Participant, Expert Group Meeting on the Provision of Disaster Housing Assistance by

the Federal Government, Convened by the National Academies, Sponsored by the U.S.

Government Accountability Office (GAO) – Final Report: Disaster Assistance: Better

Planning Needed for Housing Victims of Catastrophic Disasters. GAO-07-88.

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0788.pdf

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Keynote Addresses

2016 Peek, Lori. “Children in a Changing Climate: The Importance of Childcare Providers in

Disasters.” 55th Annual Arkansas Early Childhood Association Conference, Little Rock, AR.

2016 Peek, Lori. “Disasters Disrupt, Teachers Transform: Lessons from Katrina.” Teachers of the

Year Award Luncheon, Rotary Clubs of Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO.

2016 Peek, Lori. “Children in Changing Environments: Disaster Loss and Risk Reduction.”

International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology, Santa Ana, CA.

2016 Peek, Lori. “Learning from Children in Disasters.” Peter M. Hall Plenary Speaker, Midwest

Sociological Society and North Central Sociological Association Joint Annual Meeting,

Chicago, IL.

2016 “Capability and Capacity: Children and Youth Take the Lead in Disaster Risk Reduction.”

Keynote Address, Colorado Emergency Management Conference, Colorado Springs, CO.

2015 Peek, Lori. “Children in Crisis.” Poudre School District Crisis Response Team Training, Fort

Collins, CO.

2014 Peek, Lori. “From Catastrophic Exposure to Community Engagement: Children, Youth, and

Disaster Risk Reduction.” 2nd Biennial Conference of the Southern Africa Society for

Disaster Reduction, Windhoek, Namibia, Africa.

2014 Peek, Lori. “Children, Youth, and Disasters: From Catastrophic Exposure to Community

Empowerment.” Centre for Community Disaster Research, Mt. Royal University, Calgary,

Alberta, Canada.

2011 Peek, Lori. “An Attitude of Gratitude.” Greek Life Faculty Appreciation Banquet, Colorado

State University, Fort Collins, CO.

2011 Peek, Lori. “First Generation Faculty Speaker: Patchwork Quilts and Communities of Care.”

27th Annual First Generation Award Recognition Celebration, Colorado State University,

Fort Collins, CO.

2010 Peek, Lori. “Human Behavior in Disaster: What (We Think) We Know.” Hostetter-DeFries

Family Endowed Cultural Event, Ottawa University, Ottawa, KS.

2007 Peek, Lori. “Children and Disaster: Understanding Vulnerabilities, Developing Capacities,

and Promoting Resilience.” Australasian Natural Hazards Management Conference,

Brisbane, Australia.

Book Presentations – Children of Katrina

2017 University of Kentucky, Department of Sociology, Lexington, KY.

2017 University of Tennessee, Department of Sociology, Knoxville, TN.

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2016 Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

2016 Louisiana State University, Department of Sociology Seminar Series, Baton Rouge, LA.

2016 Colorado Book Awards Finalists Book Readings, Colorado Humanities and Center for the

Book, Denver, CO.

2015 Risk Prevention and Disaster Management Lecture Series, University of Vienna, Vienna,

Austria.

2015 Poudre School District, Crisis Response Team Training, Fort Collins, Colorado.

2015 New York University, College of Global Public Health, Program on Population Impact,

Recovery, and Resilience, Children and Disasters: The Katrina Decade Panel, New York, NY.

2015 Southern Sociological Society Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA.

2015 University of Arizona, Department of Sociology Seminar Series, Tucson, AZ.

2014 Colorado State University, Sociology in Progress Lecture Series, Fort Collins, CO.

Book Presentations – Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora

2015 Southern Sociological Society Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA.

2014 Colorado State University, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Fort Collins, CO.

2013 Drexel University, Science, Technology, and Society Perspectives on Risk and Disaster,

Philadelphia, PA.

2013 Oklahoma State University, Disaster Recovery Graduate Seminar, Stillwater, OK.

2012 Ashe Cultural Center, New Orleans, LA.

Book Presentations – Behind the Backlash: Muslim Americans after 9/11

2017 University of Kentucky, Department of Sociology, Lexington, KY.

2017 University of Tennessee, Department of Sociology, Knoxville, TN.

2012 Kansas State University, Criminological Theory Graduate Seminar, Manhattan, KS.

2012 Oklahoma State University, College of Arts and Sciences Social Science Seminar Series,

Stillwater, OK.

2011 John Jay College, September 11th Graduate Seminar, New York, NY.

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2011 Midwest Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Author Meets Critics, St. Louis, MO.

2011 Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Author Meets Reviewers, Seattle, WA.

2011 Old Firehouse Books, Fort Collins, CO.

2010 Ottawa University, Hostetter-DeFries Family Endowed Cultural Event, Ottawa, KS.

2010 Colorado State University, College of Liberal Arts Great Conversations Series, Fort Collins, CO.

2010 Millersville University, Center for Disaster Research and Education Seminar Series,

Millersville, PA.

Recent Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

2016 Abramson, David, Lori Peek, Sarah Friedman, Ed Peters, Arianne Rung, Robin Whyatt, and

Virginia Rauh. “Discordant Reports of Psychological Distress, Behavioral Problems, and

Serious Emotional Disturbance among Mothers and Children in the WaTCH Study.” Gulf of

Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Conference, Tampa, FL.

2015 Peek, Lori. “Issues in Disaster Recovery: Household and Community Recovery.” Annual

Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Broomfield, CO.

2015 Peek, Lori. “Temporal and Spatial Dimensions of Disaster.” Annual Meeting of the American

Historical Association, New York, NY.

2014 Peek, Lori, Jennifer Tobin-Gurley, Robin Cox, and Cheryl Heykoop. “Youth Creating

Disaster Recovery: An International Community-Based Participatory Research Project with

Youth.” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.

2014 Cox, Robin, Lori Peek, and Jennifer Tobin-Gurley. “Youth Creating Disaster Recovery:

Building a Theoretical Framework for Youth Recovery.” International Sociological

Association World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama, Japan.

2014 Peek, Lori. “Aging and Vulnerability in America.” Annual Natural Hazards Research and

Applications Workshop, Broomfield, CO.

2014 Peek, Lori. “Emerging Trends in Child Protection.” Annual Natural Hazards Research and

Applications Workshop, Broomfield, CO.

2014 Peek, Lori, Stacia Sydoriak, and Justin Moresco. “Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies in

Earthquake-Prone Cities.” International Conference on Multi-Hazard Approaches to Civil

Infrastructure Engineering (ICMAE), Chicago, IL.

2014 Tobin-Gurley, Jennifer, Robin Cox, Lori Peek, Cheryl Heykoop, and Sarah Michaud. “Youth

Creating Disaster Recovery: A Youth Empowerment Project.” International Research

Committee on Disasters Researchers Meeting, Broomfield, CO.

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2014 Abramson, David, Jaishree Beedasy, and Lori Peek. “Exposure and Health Impact

Differences between an Exposure and Epidemiological Study.” Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and

Ecosystem Science Conference, Mobile, AL.

2013 Abramson, David and Lori Peek. “Examining the Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

on Children: A Mixed Method Approach in a Four-State Study.”Annual Meeting of the

American Public Health Association, Boston, MA.

2013 Peek, Lori. “Supporting College Students from Diverse Faith Backgrounds.”American

College Personnel Association Third Annual International Colloquium, Las Vegas, NV.

2012 Trumbo, Craig, Michelle Meyer Lueck, Lori Peek, and Holly Marlatt. “A Multidimensional

Understanding of Hurricane Preparedness and Evacuation Intention.” International Research

Committee on Disasters Researchers Meeting, Broomfield, CO.

2012 Peek, Lori. “Educating the Public about Disaster Risk.” Annual Natural Hazards Research

and Applications Workshop, Broomfield, CO.

Recent Posters Presented at Professional Meetings

2015 Cox, Robin, Cheryl Heykoop, Lori Peek, and Jennifer Tobin-Gurley. “Youth Creating

Disaster Recovery and Resilience.” Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications

Workshop, Broomfield, CO.

2014 Peek, Lori. “Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis.” Brazil-U.S. Frontiers of Science and

Engineering Symposium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2014 Tobin-Gurley, Jennifer, Lori Peek, Robin Cox, and Cheryl Heykoop. “Youth Creating

Disaster Recovery.” Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Broomfield, CO.

2012 Fothergill, Alice and Lori Peek. “Children of Katrina: Tracing the Long-Term Recovery of

Displaced Children and Youth.” Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop,

Broomfield, CO.

2012 Peek, Lori, Michelle Meyer Lueck, and Jennifer Tobin-Gurley. “Center for Disaster and Risk

Analysis.” Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Broomfield, CO.

2012 Trumbo, Craig, Lori Peek, Brian McNoldy, Wayne Schubert, Eve Gruntfest, Holly Marlatt,

and Michelle Meyer Lueck. “A Multidimensional Understanding of Hurricane Preparedness

and Evacuation Intention.” Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop,

Broomfield, CO.

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Recent Activities at Professional Meetings

2015 Organizer, Student Workshop Webinar Series, The William Averette Anderson Fund.

2014 Organizer, Regular Sessions and Roundtable Sessions for the Section on Environment and

Technology, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

2014 Chair, “Disaster Capitalism: Exploring the Political Economy of Disaster.” International

Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama, Japan.

2014 Presider, “Disasters: Resilience, Vulnerability, and Risk.” American Sociological Association

Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

2014 Organizer and Moderator, “Mary Fran Myers Scholarship Winners: A Special Session.”

Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Teaching Panel, Broomfield, CO.

2013 Organizer, Roundtable Sessions for the Section on Children and Youth, American

Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY.

2013 Co-Organizer and Moderator, “Building Resilience to Address Access and Functional Needs:

A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective to Inclusive Disaster Planning and Policy.” Veterans

Emergency Management Evaluation Center (VEMEC) Advancing and Redefining

Communities for Emergency Management Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

2012 Discussant, “Utopias and Rebuilding: Cities and Communities after Disaster.” American

Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

2012 Co-Organizer and Co-Moderator, “Children and Disasters.” Annual Natural Hazards

Research and Applications Workshop, Broomfield, CO.

2012 Moderator, “Integrating Disaster Recovery: What Should Long-Term Disaster Recovery

Look Like?” Disasters Roundtable, Convened by the National Academies, Washington, DC.

Professional Affiliations

Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society

American Sociological Association (ASA)

ASA Section Memberships: Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity; Children and Youth;

Environment and Technology; Racial and Ethnic Minorities; Sociological Practice and Public

Sociology; Sociology of Religion

Children, Youth, and Disaster Network

Gender and Disaster Network

International Sociological Association (ISA)

ISA Section Membership: International Research Committee on Disasters (RC39)

Midwest Sociological Society

Natural Hazards Mitigation Association

Southern Sociological Society

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Professional Certification

2007 Level I Volunteer Child Care Provider, Church of the Brethren Children’s Disaster Services

Program

Grant Proposal Reviewer

National Science Foundation CAREER Panelist (2008, 2013)

National Science Foundation Panelist (2006, 2012)

National Science Foundation Ad Hoc Proposal Reviewer (2006, 2010, 2015)

Public Entity Risk Institute Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (2009, 2010)

Technical Report Reviewer

American Red Cross

United States Geological Survey

United States Forest Service

Book Manuscript Reviewer

Blackwell Publishing

Lynne Reinner Press

Palgrave Macmillan

Polity Press

Princeton University Press

Temple University Press

Journal Article Reviewer – 2016

Children’s Geographies

International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters

Natural Hazards

Risk Analysis: An International Journal

Sociological Studies of Children and Youth

Social Indicators Research

The Sociological Quarterly

Professional and Community Service

2016-18 Council Member, American Sociological Association Section on Altruism, Morality,

and Social Solidarity

2016-17 Publications Committee, American Sociological Association Section on Altruism,

Morality, and Social Solidarity

2015-18 President, International Sociological Association Research Committee on Disasters

2015 Member, Best Book Award Review Committee, American Sociological Association

Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity

2014-15 Chair, Section on Environment and Technology, American Sociological Association

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2013-14 Chair-Elect, Section on Environment and Technology, American Sociological

Association

2012-14 Co-Organizer, World Congress Sessions, Yokohama, Japan, International Sociological

Association Research Committee on Disasters

2013 Member, Program Committee, American Sociological Association Section on Children

and Youth

2011-13 Chair, International Hazard Mitigation Practitioner’s Workshop Planning Committee,

Natural Hazards Mitigation Association

2009-11 Elected Board Member, Natural Hazards Mitigation Association

2007-10 At-Large Representative, Nominations and Elections Committee, Midwest Sociological

Society

2007-10 Co-Organizer, World Congress Sessions, Gothenburg, Sweden, International

Sociological Association Research Committee on Disasters

2006-10 Elected Member, Executive Board, ISA International Research Committee on Disasters

(RC-39)

2006 Co-Developer, MileHiNewOrleans.org Website and Co-Editor, Katrina Research

Newsletter, Colorado State University Research Group

2005-16 Chair, Mary Fran Myers Scholarship Selection Committee, Natural Hazards Center,

University of Colorado

2005-07 Elected Chair, Teaching and Training Committee, ASA Section on Environment and

Technology

2005-06 Annual Meeting Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society

2004 Chair, Mary Fran Myers Award Selection Committee, Gender and Disaster Network

and Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado

2001-02 Membership Committee, ASA Section on Environment and Technology

University and College Service 2016 Elected Member, University Faculty Council, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State

University

2015-16 Stern Award Selection Committee, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University

2015 Graduate Admissions Committee, Colorado School of Public Health

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2014 Review Committee, Master of Public Health Student Diversity Award, Colorado

School of Public Health

2011-12 Advisory Board, Women, Population, and Environment Working Group, School of

Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES), Colorado State University

2011 Review Committee, Provost’s Course Redesign Grant, The Institute for Learning and

Teaching (TILT), Colorado State University

2011 Coordinator, Master Teacher Initiative Series, College of Liberal Arts and Institute for

Teaching and Learning, Colorado State University

2008-12 Member, Middle East and North Africa Option, International Studies Advisory Board,

College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University

2009-10 Member, Professional Development Program Funding Committee, College of Liberal

Arts, Colorado State University

2007-16 Faculty Advisor, Muslim Student Association, Colorado State University

2005-06 Faculty Advisor, CSU Chapter of the Colorado Public Interest Research Group

(Co-PIRG), Colorado State University

2004 Graduate Student Representative, Internal Review Committee, Department of

Psychology, University of Colorado

2002-03 Supervisor, National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates

Program, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado

2001-03 Doctoral Mentor, McNair Post-Baccalaureate Scholars Program, University of Colorado

1998-99 Vice President, Graduate Student Council, Colorado State University

1994-97 Student Body President, Ottawa University

Departmental Service

2016 Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2016 Member, Assistant Professor Search Committee, Quantitative Research Methods Hire,

Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2013-16 Chair, Awards Committee, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2012 Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

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2010-15 Elected Member, Executive Committee, Department of Sociology, Colorado State

University

2009-11 Member, Undergraduate Scholarship Committee, Department of Sociology, Colorado

State University

2008-09 Member, Methods Comprehensive Examination Committee, Department of Sociology,

Colorado State University

2007 Member, Assistant Professor Search Committee, Theory Hire, Department of

Sociology, Colorado State University

2006-08 Member, Theory Comprehensive Examination Committee, Department of Sociology,

Colorado State University

2005-16 Faculty Advisor, Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society, Gamma

Chapter, Colorado State University

2005-12 Member, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2004 Graduate Student Representative, Outstanding Student Paper Award Selection

Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado

2004 Graduate Student Representative, Outstanding Dissertation Proposal Award Selection

Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado

2002-05 Member, Feminist Scholars in Sociology Betsy Moen Award Selection Committee,

Department of Sociology, University of Colorado

2002-05 Co-Chair, Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award Selection Committee, Department of

Sociology, University of Colorado

2002 Co-Organizer, Professionalization Series for Graduate Students Program, Department of

Sociology, University of Colorado

2000-05 Peer Mentor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado

2000-02 Co-Chair, Sociology Graduate Student Association, University of Colorado

Recent Guest Lectures and Public Presentations

2017 “Children and Disasters.” Forum on Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events,

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC.

2016 “Comments on Community Revival in the Wake of Disaster.” Mercatus Center Book Lecture

Series, George Mason University, Arlington, VA.

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2016 “Children and Disasters: Service Provision and Service Gaps.” National Advisory Committee on

Children and Disasters (NACCD) Webinar Series, Fort Collins, CO.

2016 “Children’s Capacities in Disasters.” Osher Lifelong Learning Lecture Series, Society for Senior

Scholars, Fort Collins, CO.

2016 “Youth, Gender, and Disasters.” The Kathryn T. Bohannon Speaker Series, Women and Gender

Advocacy Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

2015 “Developing Scholarly Work – How to Get Published.” The William Averette Anderson Fund

Student Council Workshop, Broomfield, CO.

2015 “From Tots to Teens: Emerging Research and Practices to Address the Unique Needs of Young

Disaster Survivors.” Federal Emergency Management Agency Youth Preparedness Technical

Assistance Center Webinar.

2015 “Children in a Changing Climate,” Global Climate Change and Inequality: Local to Global

Perspectives Symposium, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

2015 “Studying Children’s Mental and Physical Health in Post-Disaster Contexts,” Psychology Brown

Bag Seminar Series, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

2015 “Disaster Studies and Qualitative Research Methods,” Emergency Management Graduate

Seminar, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, FL.

2014 “Leadership through Service.” Ram Leadership Team, Colorado State University, Fort

Collins, CO.

2014 “Undergraduate Life at Colorado State University.” Senior Recruitment Event, Office of

Admissions, Colorado State University, Las Vegas, NV.

2014 “Myths Matter: Human Behavior in Disasters.” Senior Scholarship Day, Office of Admissions,

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

2014 “Katrina to Colorado: How Children of Disaster Change Lives.” President’s Community Lecture

Series, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

2014 “The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Enduring Health Effects and Youth Empowerment Efforts

along the U.S. Gulf Coast.” Geology and Sociology Colloquium Series, University of Cincinnati,

Cincinnati, OH.

2014 “Youth Creating Disaster Recovery.” Highwood High School, High River, Alberta, Canada.

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2014 “Improving the Role of Extramural Clinical and Academic Researchers, Centers, and Networks.”

Enabling Public Health Research During Disasters Meeting, Forum on Medical and Public

Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of

Medicine of the National Academies, Bethesda, MD.

2014 “Taking Stock and Taking Action: Synergistic Solutions to Disasters.” Disaster Research Center

50th Anniversary Workshop and Celebration, Newark, DE.

2014 “Ethical Challenges in Disaster Research.” Science, Technology and Society Workshop, Drexel

University, Philadelphia, PA.

2014 “SHOREline: Disaster Recovery and Youth Empowerment along the U.S. Gulf Coast. ”

Colorado State University, College of Liberal Arts Great Conversations Series, Fort Collins, CO.

2014 “Children and Disasters: Research and Applications.” Sociology of Disasters Class,

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

2014 “Intersectionality and Natural Disasters.” The Diversity and Human Rights Committee,

School of Social Work, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

2014 “How to Write a Thesis or Dissertation: Tips for Success.” Friday Afternoon Forum,

Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

2013 “The SHOREline Program: Disaster Recovery, Project-Based Learning, and Youth

Empowerment along the U.S. Gulf Coast.” Upward Bound Event, Colorado State University,

Fort Collins, CO.

2013 “The Importance of Being a Leader in Diverse Environments.” Ram Leadership Team

Seminar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

2013 “Understanding Vulnerability and Identifying Capacities: Research and Engagement with

Marginalized Communities.” Risk and Uncertainty Workshop, University of Liverpool,

Liverpool, England.

2013 “The Gulf Coast Population Impact Project and the SHOREline Program: Children’s Health

Research and Youth Empowerment along the U.S. Gulf Coast.” Department of Geography

Seminar Series, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.

2013 “Children’s Health and Well-Being after the BP-Oil Spill.” Children’s Environmental Health

Graduate Seminar, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.

2013 “Preparing Vulnerable Populations for Crisis.” Post-Sandy: Rebuilding and Reimagining

Resilient Communities, Philanthropy New York Annual Meeting, Ford Foundation, New

York, NY.

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2013 “Children’s Health and Well-Being after the BP Oil Spill: A Four-State Study.” Department

of Sociology Seminar Series, Queens College, New York, NY.

2013 “Earthquake Risk Reduction Activities in Eleven Cities in Seven Countries: Barriers and

Opportunities.” Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar Series, New

Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ.

2013 “Learning from Sandy: Is Philadelphia Prepared for the Next Natural Disaster?” Urban

Sustainability Forum, Drexel University and the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia,

PA.

Undergraduate Courses Taught

Introduction to Sociology (SOCY 1001)

Contemporary Race-Ethnic Relations (SOC 205)

Contemporary Sociological Theory (SOC 302)

Methods of Sociological Inquiry (SOC 311)

Sociology of Disaster (SOC 463)

Social Movements and Collective Behavior (SOC 474)

Graduate Courses Taught Hazards, Disasters, and Society (SOCY 5037)

Methods of Qualitative Analysis (SOC 610)

Doctoral Dissertations Supervised – In Progress

Chair: Staying In or Dropping Out in El Salvador: What Keeps Low-Income Students in School?,

Meghan Mordy, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

Chair: Educational Continuity after the 2013 Colorado Floods: A Case Study of Lyons, Colorado,

Jennifer Tobin-Gurley, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

Member: Stacia Ryder, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

Member: Rosemary Kreston, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

Doctoral Dissertations Supervised – Completed

2016 Outside Member: Carlie Trott, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University

2016 Outside Reader: Ireen Mutombwa, Development and Management, Disaster Studies, North-

West University, South Africa

2016 Outside Reader: Chipo Muzenda-Mudavanhu, Bindura University of Science Education,

Zimbabwe

2015 Outside Member: Julie DeMuth, Department of Journalism and Technical Communication,

Colorado State University

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2015 Outside Member: Elaina Jennings, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,

Colorado State University

2015 Outside Member: Alexis Merdjanoff, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University

2014 Outside Reader: Victoria Johnson, School of Psychology, Massey University, New Zealand

2014 Outside Member: Phoenix Mourning-Star, Department of Chemical and Biological

Engineering, Colorado State University

2013 Chair: Social Capital and Collective Efficacy for Disaster Resilience: Connecting Individuals

with Communities and Vulnerability with Resilience in Hurricane-Prone Communities in

Florida, Michelle A. Meyer, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2013 Member: Galen Ciscell, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2013 Outside Member: Brandi Gilbert, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder

2013 Outside Member: Jesse Smith, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder

2012 Co-Chair: Longitudinal and Geographic Analysis of the Relationship between Natural

Disasters and Crime in the United States, Andrew Prelog, Department of Sociology, Colorado

State University

2012 Member: Jennifer Keahey, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2012 Outside Reader: Heather Taylor, Department of Emergency Management, Massey University,

New Zealand

2012 Outside Reader: Briony Towers, School of Psychology, University of Tasmania

2009 Member: Tanya Kaanta, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2009 Outside Member: Frank Turina, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado at Denver

2006 Member: Eileen Connell, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

Master’s Theses Supervised – In Progress

Chair: Disaster Preparedness among Childcare Centers in Colorado, Sara Gill, Department of

Sociology, Colorado State University

Chair: Children and Disaster Exposure, Lubna Mohammad, Department of Sociology, Colorado State

University

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Master’s Theses Supervised – Completed

2017 Member: Heidi Stuckert, Student Affairs in Higher Education, Colorado State University

2016 Chair: An Investigation of United States Federal Policy Attempts to Reduce American Indian

and Alaska Native Disaster Vulnerability, Lucy Carter, Department of Sociology, Colorado

State University *Winner, 2016 Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Department of Sociology, Colorado State

University

2016 Chair: Colorado School Safety: An Examination of Web Availability of Emergency

Management Information, Scott Kaiser, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University *Winner, 2016 Annual Hazards and Disasters Graduate Student Paper Competition, Natural Hazards

Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

2016 Chair: Waste Management in Disaster-Prone Areas: A Case Study of the Nepal Earthquake,

Erin Prapas, Colorado School of Public Health

2016 Member: Jason Pohl, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2016 Outside Member: Todd Clapp, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado

State University

2016 Outside Member: Renee Curry, Department of Ecology, Colorado State University

2015 Co-Chair: Elderly Migration and Natural Disasters in the United States from 1960 to 2010,

John Boyne, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2015 Outside Reader: Avianto Amri, Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie

University, Australia

2015 Outside Member: Laura Blythe, Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State

University

2015 Outside Member: Trevor Even, Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University

2015 Outside Member: Christian J. Harrison, Student Affairs in Higher Education, Colorado State

University

2015 Outside Member: Evan Lowe, Jason Lynch, Christina Nunez-Wood, and Bailey Skiba, School

of Social Work, Colorado State University

2015 Outside Member: Jeffrey Perkins, Student Affairs in Higher Education, Colorado State

University

2014 Chair: The Impact of Heir Property on Post-Katrina Housing Recovery in New Orleans,

Richard Klückow, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

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2014 Member: Michelle Wellman, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2014 Outside Member: Sarah Gillespie, Department of English, Colorado State University

2013 Chair: Stress Trajectories among the Ex-Partners of Registered Sex Offenders, Alyssa Dawson,

Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2012 Chair: The Sociological Imagination in the Classroom: Three Teaching Modules on Race and

Gender in the Media, Monica Rivera, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2012 Chair: How Community Institutions in Turkey Engage in Disaster Risk Reduction: A Case

Study of Istanbul and Antakya, Liesel Schilperoort, Department of Sociology, Colorado State

University

2011 Outside Member: Aziza Bayou, Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University

2011 Outside Member: Andrew Eggers, Department of Political Science, Colorado State University

2010 Member: Erin Butler, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2010 Member: Kate Koczynski, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2010 Member: John Sztukowski, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2010 Outside Member: Catherine Lundy, Department of Journalism and Technical Communication,

Colorado State University

2010 Outside Member: Bridget Morrissey, Department of Journalism and Technical Communication,

Colorado State University

2009 Chair: Faith and Community: An Ethnography of a Megachurch in Colorado, Jenna Griebel,

Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2008 Chair: Hurricane Katrina: Displaced Single Mothers, Resource Acquisition, and Downward

Mobility, Jennifer Tobin-Gurley, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University *Winner, 2011 Annual Hazards and Disasters Graduate Student Paper Competition, Natural Hazards

Center, University of Colorado at Boulder

*Winner, 2011 U.S. Gender and Disaster Resilience Alliance Student Paper Competition

2008 Outside Member: Megan Underhill, Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University

2008 Outside Member: Toni-Lee Viney, Department of Speech Communication, Colorado State

University

2007 Member: Sarah Beach, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2007 Member: Susan Singley, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

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Undergraduate Honors Theses Supervised – Completed

2014 Member: Olivia F. Vila, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University

2013 Member: Emily Doerr, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2011 Chair: Vulnerable Victims: Media Constructions of Children after the BP Oil Spill, Audrey

Matusich, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University *Winner, 2012 Annual Hazards and Disasters Student Paper Competition, Natural Hazards Center,

University of Colorado at Boulder

2010 Member: Julia Anglen, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University

2010 Member: Kelsi Ottenbacher, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University

2009 Chair: Katrina’s Children: An Analysis of Educational Outcomes among Displaced Children in

Colorado, Krista Richardson, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University *Winner, 2009 Annual Hazards and Disasters Student Paper Competition, Natural Hazards Center,

University of Colorado at Boulder

2009 Co-Chair: Being Black: Examining the Relationship between Sociodemographic

Characteristics, Racial Residential Segregation, and Evacuation Behavior in Hurricane

Katrina, Ysaye Zamore, Research Experience for Undergrads (REU) Summer Disaster

Research Program, Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the University of

Delaware *Winner, 2010 Annual Hazards and Disasters Student Paper Competition, Natural Hazards Center,

University of Colorado at Boulder

2008 Member: Jessica Garrick, Department of Political Science, Colorado State University

2007 Chair: Social Impacts of Fear: An Examination of the 2002 Washington, DC Sniper Shootings,

Alex Mitchell, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University *Winner, 2007 Annual Hazards and Disasters Student Paper Competition, Natural Hazards Center,

University of Colorado at Boulder

2007 Member: Tania Valdez, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University