Leadership and Executive Team
Leadership
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Dr. Brittany Brand
Executive Director
Research Interest:
- Volcanology
- Effective hazard and risk communication strategies
- Risk Perception
- Preparedness Behavior
- Community Resilience
Research Interest:
- Volcanology
- Effective hazard and risk communication strategies
- Risk Perception
- Preparedness Behavior
- Community Resilience
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Dr. Nick Hudyma
Co-Director
Research Interest:
- Assessment, characterization, prediction, and understanding rock related geologic hazards
- Laboratory characterization of rock
- Imaging techniques in geotechnical and geological engineering
Research Interest:
- Assessment, characterization, prediction, and understanding rock related geologic hazards
- Laboratory characterization of rock
- Imaging techniques in geotechnical and geological engineering
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Kyle Peterson, MPH
Community Engagement Coordinator/Research Associate
Research Interest:
- Sustainability
- Community Resilience
- Mental Health
- Creative Writing / Science Communications
Research Interest:
- Sustainability
- Community Resilience
- Mental Health
- Creative Writing / Science Communications
Executive Team
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Dr. Kelly Rossetto
Personal Resilience Communication
Research Interest:
- Family Communication
- Interpersonal Communication
- Stress and Coping in Relationships
- Supportive Communication
Research Interest:
- Family Communication
- Interpersonal Communication
- Stress and Coping in Relationships
- Supportive Communication
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Dr. Saleh Ahmed
Assistant Professor
Research Interest:
- Climate Risk Management and Resilience Planning
- Land Use Change and Growth Management
- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Urban Planning Change Global StudiesResearch Interest:
- Climate Risk Management and Resilience Planning
- Land Use Change and Growth Management
- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Dr. Jared Talley
Assistant Professor
Research Interest:
- Environmental Philosophy
- Environmental Policy & Governance
- Philosophy of Science and Technology
- American West Studies
- Embodied Imagination
Research Interest:
- Environmental Philosophy
- Environmental Policy & Governance
- Philosophy of Science and Technology
- American West Studies
- Embodied Imagination
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Dr. Lee Parton
Assistant Professor
Research Interest:
- Climate change adaptation
- Climate change policy evaluation
- Non-market valuation
- Land use policy
- Recreation
Research Interest:
- Climate change adaptation
- Climate change policy evaluation
- Non-market valuation
- Land use policy
- Recreation
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Dr. Eklas Hossain
Associate Professor
Research Interest:
- Power and Energy Systems
- Climate Change
- Energy Storage
- Renewable Energy and Distributed Energy Resources
- Carbon Capture Technology
the Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringResearch Interest:
- Power and Energy Systems
- Climate Change
- Energy Storage
- Renewable Energy and Distributed Energy Resources
- Carbon Capture Technology
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Ben Wells
Assistant Director of Emergency Management
Boise State Office of Emergency Management -
Dr. Mac McCullough
Associate Professor
Research Interest:
- Public health
- Health care
- Population health
Research Interest:
- Public health
- Health care
- Population health