Category Archives: CRGC

Audio-Video • CRGC • Webinars • Webinar: The Benefits and Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research 4448/4489

The webinar, titled “The Benefits and Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research,” features Drs. Rajeev Ramchand and Michael Blum as they discuss their experiences collaborating with researchers from other disciplines. Learn more here!  

Audio-Video • CRGC • GoMRI Students • People • Webinars • Webinar: CRGC Student Webinar Explores the Graduate School Process 4888

Graduate students Jacqueline Fiore and Vanessa Parks recently discussed their graduate school experiences and working on a transdisciplinary research team in a recent webinar for the Student Spotlight Series. Watch the webinar here.

CRGC • GoMRI Students • People • Get to Know CRGC Grad Student Patel 4594

Megha Patel is a social work Ph.D. student at Tulane University and a member of the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC)’s Community Action Planning and Resilience Building efforts. Learn more about her background and research interests here.

Classroom Materials • CRGC • Fact Sheets • Fact Sheet: CRGC Two-Pager Details Transdisciplinary Student Outreach 4557

Experts at the Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC) come from from diverse fields. Working directly with experts outside their own fields of study enhances students’ insights about disaster, recovery, and resilience, while improving their problem solving skills and passion for their work. The two-page pamphlet describes the consortium’s efforts to provide graduate and undergraduate Read More

CRGC • GoMRI Students • People • Grad Student Parks Assesses How Disasters and Social Factors Influence Human Health Vanessa inside a helicopter at a heliport in Cut Off, LA, where offshore oil workers commute to and from work. (Provided by Vanessa Parks)

A person’s socioeconomic position can influence their health and well-being, and disasters can place additional strain on those whose health and well-being are already compromised. Vanessa Parks compiles and analyzes data on Gulf Coast communities that explores how the Deepwater Horizon oil spill affected mental and physical health and how social factors contributed to post-disaster health outcomes. “I Read More

CRGC • GoMRI Science • Resource: CRGC Releases Database of Oil Spill Claim Sources 4448/4489

Since the 2010 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill, there has been extensive data collection across the Gulf of Mexico region to better understand the economic impacts of the disaster, particularly on the fishing, seafood, and tourism industries in Gulf Coastal communities that were affected by the spill. There has also been a need to locate Read More

CRGC • GoMRI Students • People • Grad Student Fiore Investigates Oil Spill Impacts on Gulf Economy and Fisheries Resiliency 3719a

Natural and manmade disasters often involve long-term effects, but the majority of follow-up research tends to focus on the biophysical impacts rather than the social. Jacqueline Fiore, a Louisiana resident, understands how disasters such as hurricanes and oil spills can impact local industries, citizens, and ecosystems. Jacqueline, a Ph.D. student in Tulane University’s Economic Analysis Read More