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publications
Trends in Flood Insurance Behavior Following Hurricanes in North Carolina
Published in North Carolina Geographer, 2021
This study examines county level NFIP insurance uptake behavior after six major hurricanes in North Carolina to understand the relationship between experiencing a hurricane and novel insurance uptake in the following year, and finds conflicting results as to whether experiencing a hurricane is associated with a comparative increase in novel insurance uptake as compared to counties that did not experience hurricane damage.
Examining the shifting role of the human in disaster studies
Published in Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society, 2022
This review essay considers the development of the field of disaster studies
Disruption to EMS Service During Flood Scenarios in Western North Carolina
Published in Journal of Rural Social Sciences, 2022
This paper analyzes accessibility for EMS provisioning during a historical and modeled flood scenario in Western NC and finds that network disruption during flood events is a major concern for the study area.
Community perceptions of a floodplain buyout program in Charlotte, North Carolina
Published in Natural Hazards, 2023
This paper examines community perceptions of post buyout land use in Charlotte, North Carolina and finds that community members agree that the floodplain buyout program is effective in reducing flood risk. However, the results indicated that there are salient inequities in “second-level” success of buyout programs (beyond reducing flood risk) where communities with less social and economic capital benefit less from buyout financial incentives and post-buyout land use.
Local news sentiment towards FEMA recovery efforts after Hurricane Florence in North Carolina
Published in Disasters, 2023
This paper examines local news framing after Hurricane Florence in North Carolina. While initial coverage was often positive, subsequent coverage in the weeks, months, and years following the storm increasingly reflected the challenges and frustrations experienced by residents navigating complex disaster recovery aid programs.
Trends in recovery aid concentration following Hurricane Florence in North Carolina: Exploring the role of physical damage, community vulnerability, and Hurricane Matthew
Published in Environmental Hazards, 2023
This paper considers trends in federal aid payout after Hurricane Florence in North Carolina and found that divergences in federal aid could be partially predicted by social variables after accounting for physical variables.
talks
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teaching
Introduction to Spatial Data Science
Undergraduate course, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024
Remote Sensing and Natural Hazards
Undergraduate Course, In Development, 2024