HVRI in the News
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HVRI is delighted to announce, Brett Robertson's appointment as Associate Director
Brett Robertson, our colleague from the School of Journalism and Mass Communications,
has agreed to join HVRI as an Associate Director. Brett studies communication technology
use in organizational, risk, and mass communication contexts with a focus on disaster
preparedness and prevention. We have appreciated our collaboration on projects over
recent years and are excited to have him more deeply involved in HVRI's work. Please
take a moment to learn more about Brett Robertson.
How Hurricane Helene became a deadly disaster across six states
Cary Mock leads The Conversation
How did South Carolina state leaders handle Helene? Depends on who you ask.
Cary Mock and Susan Cutter weigh in on SC's handling of Helene
With more hurricanes approaching, here is what experts suggest to prepare
Brett Robertson and Susan Cutter offer advice on preparing for a hurricane
Hurricane Lee — storms, simulations and society
Cary Mock joins the chat about Hurricane Lee
Jackson's SEDAAG paper honored
Sarah Jackson won the 2022 SEDAAG Graduate Honors Student Paper Competition for her paper, “Urban-Rural
Tornado Occurrence in the Midwestern & Southern U.S.” The paper was presented at
the annual meeting November 21–22, 2022, in Atlanta, GA.
Three articles appear in June
HVRI alum Tracy Whelen (M.S. 2020) published “A GIS-based risk assessment of the Columbia-Richland (SC) Fire Department," an article based on her thesis, in the May 2022 issue of Fire Engineering.
Sahar Derakhshan (Ph.D. 2020) and current HVRI team members (Leah Blackwood, Margot Habets, Julia
F. Effgen, and Susan Cutter) published their work titled "Prisoners of scale: downscaling community resilience measurements for enhanced use," in Sustainability (volume 14, issue 11).
In collaboration with a team from the University of Arizona, HVRI alum Rachel R. McCaster (M.S. 2015) and Susan Cutter co-authored a paper, "Adjusting statistical benchmark risk analysis to account for non-spatial autocorrelation,
with application to natural hazard risk assessment," in the recent issue (volume 49, issue 9) of Journal of Applied Statistics.
SPARC award to Jackson
Ph.D. student Sarah Jackson was awarded a UofSC SPARC award from the UofSC Office of the Vice President for Research to support her dissertation
research on the role of geographic context in tornado risk perception and response
(January 2022)
HVRI team publishes COVID-19 paper
The HVRI team, led by Ph.D. student Sarah Jackson, has published a COVID-19 paper,
"Spatial Disparities of COVID-19 Cases and Fatalities in United States Counties," in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The other
authors include Sahar Derakhshan, Leah Blackwood, Logan Lee, Qian Huang, Margot Habets,
and Susan L. Cutter. (August 16, 2021)