- Publication Announcement: Tribal Revegetation Project Final Project Report
It is my pleasure to share our final report for the Tribal Revegetation Project. The project blends Indigenous knowledge and Western science to revegetate a low-level radioactive waste storage area […] - EMCR Speaker Series: Toward a Resilient Urban Forest with Dr. Vivek Shandas 05/06
The urban forest provides myriad benefits for improving the health and well-being of residents. Yet, a rapidly warming planet poses acute challenges for maintaining existing tree canopy due the localized […] - Publication Announcement: “Understanding short-term household recoveries from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes: lessons learned and recommendations”
I am pleased to share our third open access publication from the Nepal Critical Transitions Project titled “Understanding short-term household recoveries from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes: lessons learned and recommendations” […] - EMCR Speaker Series: Communicating Science and Risk with Dr. Brianne Suldovsky and Dr. Lauren Frank 4/8
In an era of climate change and global pandemics, engaging the public with environmental and health risks has never been more important. The first talk will cover the basics of […] - TAG, WE’RE IT Speaker Series: Voices on Resilience
02/25/2021 A global public health crisis that has exposed and exacerbated inequities. Raging wildfires. And the ever-looming Big One. As we navigate the challenges of a changing environment, building resilience […] - EMCR Speaker Series: Geo-disaster Resilience – Quakes, Floods, Landslides and More with Dr. Scott Burns 2/11
Listen to Dr. Scott Burns, Professor Emeritus of PSU Engineering Geology and President of IAEG (International Association of Engineering Geologists and the Environment), discuss geo-disaster resilience. - EMCR Speaker Series: Learn from Japan’s Earthquake & Tsunami Crisis with Dr. Masami Nishishiba and Dr. Hiro Ito 03/11
Listen to Dr. Masami Nishishiba and Dr. Hito Ito talk about what they learned from people in the Tohoku community and what we can do to be better prepared for […] - EMCR Speaker Series: Lessons from Rural and Indigenous Disaster Recoveries in Nepal with Jeremy Spoon 1/21
Listen to the first speaker in the “Toward Resilient Future” series Jeremy Spoon, Director of the Emergency Management and Community Resilience Program and Associate Professor of Anthropology, talk about lessons […] - Publication Announcement: “Cultural and spiritual significance of nature: Guidance for protected and conserved area governance and management”
It is my pleasure to share this recently published open access co-authored book entitled “Cultural and spiritual significance of nature: Guidance for protected and conserved area governance and management” published […] - Emergency Management and Community Resilience (EMCR) Monthly Speaker Series Begins Jan. 21
Please virtually join us for Portland State University’s Emergency Management and Community Resilience (EMCR) Program monthly speaker series ‘Toward Resilient Futures’. We will be hosting talks from the faculty of […] - Publication Announcement: “Anatomy of disaster recoveries: Tangible and intangible short-term recovery dynamics following the 2015 Nepal earthquakes”
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 […] - Press Release: “Navigating multidimensional household recoveries following the 2015 Nepal earthquakes”
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.” […] - Jeremy Spoon wins John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teacher Award for Anthropology (June 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 […] - Jeremy Spoon and Drew Gerkey receive NSF Senior Research Grant in Cultural Anthropology to study long-term rural and Indigenous disaster recovery in Nepal
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 […] - 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)
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 […]
