Vulnerability to disasters most often a burden born by those who don’t have the social or financial capital to refuse it. Lori Peek discusses why we must choose our words carefully when we talk about those who bear vulnerability.

Learn how the knowledge and awareness of disaster risk gained by engaging in residents in citizen science activities can be incorporated into recovery in our most recent Quick Response research report.

Natural Hazards Center Graduate Research Assistant Melissa Villarreal received a National Science Foundation grant to continue her much-needed research on immigrants in disasters.