December 31, 2020 – Jeremy Spoon, Ph.D.

Publication Announcement: “Anatomy of disaster recoveries: Tangible and intangible short-term recovery dynamics following the 2015 Nepal earthquakes”

by Jeremy Spoon / On December 31, 2020

Our team is pleased to announce the second publication from the Nepal Critical Transitions Project in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, entitled "Anatomy of disaster recoveries: Tangible and intangible short-term recovery dynamics following the 2015 Nepal earthquakes." The highlights and abstract follow. Thank you to all of our wonderful collaborators (please see...

Press Release: “Navigating multidimensional household recoveries following the 2015 Nepal earthquakes”

by Jeremy Spoon / On December 31, 2020

It is my pleasure to share our first publication from the Nepal Critical Transitions Project in the journal World Development entitled “Navigating multidimensional household recoveries following the 2015 Nepal earthquakes.” This article would not have been possible without the help of many. Thanks to: Meeta S. Pradhan Purushotam Bhattarai Parbati Gurung Selina Nakarmi Ichchha Thapa Magar Mul...

Jeremy Spoon wins John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teacher Award for Anthropology (June 2020).

by Jeremy Spoon / On December 31, 2020

The dean at Portland State University delivered the award and prizes to Jeremy's house for winning this year’s outstanding teacher award for anthropology. It is especially important as it is voted on by the students. This is his fourth time winning this award since he started working at PSU.

Jeremy Spoon and Drew Gerkey receive NSF Senior Research Grant in Cultural Anthropology to study long-term rural and Indigenous disaster recovery in Nepal

by Jeremy Spoon / On December 31, 2020 / In Gallery

It is my pleasure to share that our team was awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to continue our research on earthquake recovery in Nepal. A true team effort with lots of persistence. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria....

Jeremy Spoon, Richard Arnold, and Collaborators win prestigious Hackenberg Award for their collaborative work with tribes and federal agencies in the Great Basin/Northern Mojave (March 2019)

by Jeremy Spoon / On December 31, 2020

I am humbled to share that the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) awarded our team the 2019 Robert A. and Beverly H. Hackenberg Prize for our long-term work in southern Nevada. The Prize recognizes SfAA members and their community partners whose work demonstrates sustained and meaningful collaboration to improve the communities where they live and work. As part of the award, we will...