She has received research grants, online course development grants, and service-learning development grants from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Louisiana Sea Grant, the Louisiana State University Coastal Sustainability Studio, and the Ascension Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
She has served as a panel reviewer of grant proposals numerous times at the National Science Foundation. She has published books and peer-reviewed journal articles on disaster dynamics and anthropology, as well as numerous book chapters and encyclopedia entries about disasters and pedagogy.
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She has received Service-Learning Scholar and Advisor of the Year awards, as well as a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) award to conduct educational research for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Her research interests include using cultural theory to understand disasters and crisis, environmentally- and socially-sustainable methods of mitigation and disaster recovery, and interdisciplinary approaches to education.
I am interested in how environmental, social, and cultural factors shape disasters and the field of emergency management. Planning, mitigation, response and recovery from disasters require a complex array of decision-making that is incumbent upon individuals, small groups, organizations, and governments. Specific areas of interest include cross-cultural emergency management and education, organizational culture, communication and coordination, how expectations and justifications shape decision-making in disasters, and environmental disasters involving petrochemicals.
Dowty, Rachel. 2011. A cultural perspective on humanitarian logistics. Chapter 11 in Humanitarian Logistics: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing for and Responding to Disasters. Peter Tatham and Martin Christopher (eds.) London: Kogan Page Publishers. Pp 201-214.
Childers, G.W., G.P. Shaffer, and R.A. Dowty. 1996. Establishing a protocol for bioremediation of small-scale oil spills in Louisiana. Louisiana. Applied Oil Spill Research and Development Program. OSRADP Technical Report Series 96-007, 55p.
Dowty, Rachel. 2011. Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief. K.B. Penuel, M.S. Statler, J.G. Golson. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications. Author of the following entries: Institutional coordination, Role of the private sector in response, & Southeast and Gulf Coast of the United States
Childers, G.W., G.P. Shaffer, and R.A. Dowty. 1996. Establishing a protocol for bioremediation of small-scale oil spills in Louisiana. Louisiana Applied Oil Spill Research and Development Program. OSRADP Technical Report Series 96-007, 55p.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Advancement at the American Educational Research Association Conference, Toronto, Canada. Conducted research for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) education programs. (2019)
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