PhD assitantship: long-term recovery from hurricanes

[Bethany Cutts]

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Now recruiting MS or PhD student for community engagement research focused on long-term recovery from Hurricane Matthew

Start date: Spring 2018 or Fall 2018

Research Area: Building Resilience and Innovation through Diverse Group Engagement

This project aims to understand how concern for justice fits into natural disaster resilience.  The selected student will use participatory mapping and video methods to understand whether communities are able to define and create solutions to long-standing structural inequities as part of disaster recovery plans.  The strongest candidates will bring their own ideas to an emerging research project focused on long-term recovery from Hurricane Matthew in NC.  The selected student will show promise as a researcher able to communicate in academic channels and to work and live in a multiracial community.  Dr. Cutts will consider MS candidates with work or volunteer experience that indicates promise as a scholar and would be contribute to project goals. PhD-level applicants should have a MS in geography, sociology, community development, public health, Native American studies, parks, recreation and tourism management or a related field.  An emerging record of publication and promise as an interdisciplinary scholar are highly desired. 

To learn more: Please email bbc...@ncsu.edu with a (a) resume or CV, (b) contact information for three professional references, and (c) a letter that outlines your interest and previous experience as it relates to any of the following: knowledge of rural North Carolina (ii) flood and hurricane damage, and (iii) ideas of resilience, vulnerability, environmental justice, and natural disasters.  Please also highlight any experience making and editing video, or working with geographic information systems (GIS). Use the subject line “Student opportunity addressing Long-term Recovery from Hurricane Matthew.”  Competitive candidates will be contacted for additional information.