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Dr. Eve Gruntfest
SSWIM Director
- 30 years as a social scientist working with meteorologists,
hydrologists and engineers
- Building communities that recognize the value of
integrating social science in sustainable ways
- Imagining a "communitarium" as a grass-roots testbed
along the weather-climate
hydrologists and engineers
- Building communities that recognize the value of
integrating social science in sustainable ways
- Imagining a "communitarium" as a grass-roots testbed
along the weather-climate
Heather Lazrus
SSWIM Deputy Director
- Environmental anthropologist poised to lead the social
science movement in weather & climate
- Experience with NOAA Fisheries, conducting interviews in
Alaska & Pacific Northwest on how climate change & new
policies are affecting livelihoods & outlooks
- Dissertation research: 10 months living on Tuvalu, a small
island nation in the South Pacific studying human
adaptation to climate change
science movement in weather & climate
- Experience with NOAA Fisheries, conducting interviews in
Alaska & Pacific Northwest on how climate change & new
policies are affecting livelihoods & outlooks
- Dissertation research: 10 months living on Tuvalu, a small
island nation in the South Pacific studying human
adaptation to climate change
Monica Zappa
SSWIM Research Assistant
- OU Ph.D. Student in Geography
- Master's thesis; Assessing Human Vulnerability to
Hurricanes: A Case Study of Bluefields, Nicaragua
- Societal impacts of meteorology on vulnerable places &
populations
- Master's thesis; Assessing Human Vulnerability to
Hurricanes: A Case Study of Bluefields, Nicaragua
- Societal impacts of meteorology on vulnerable places &
populations
Gina Eosco
SSWIM Research Assistant
- OU Ph.D. Student in Risk Communication
- Five years experience working at American Meteorological
Society
- Master's work at Cornell University interviewing
forecasters, government officials & others about their
interpretations, objectives, & desired behavioral responses
to the cone of uncertainty, a hurricane track graphic tool
- Five years experience working at American Meteorological
Society
- Master's work at Cornell University interviewing
forecasters, government officials & others about their
interpretations, objectives, & desired behavioral responses
to the cone of uncertainty, a hurricane track graphic tool