Michelle Lueck
Michelle Meyer Lueck is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at Colorado State University. She is currently a research assistant at the Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis at CSU and also a research assistant on a National Science Foundation and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-funded project on hurricane risk perception along the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic coasts.
Lueck’s dissertation research focuses on the interrelation of individual and community resilience and social vulnerability in hurricane-prone communities. She is a 2011 recipient of the National PERISHIP Dissertation Fellowship supporting hazards and disasters research. Michelle recently participated in the fifth annual Summer Academy on Social Vulnerability entitled “Protecting Environmental Migrants: Creating New Policy and Institutional Frameworks” sponsored by the Munich Re Foundation and United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security.
Her research interests include disaster resilience and mitigation, climate change displacement, environmental sociology and community sustainability, and the interplay between environmental conditions and social vulnerability. Lueck has worked on research projects focusing on a variety of topics including disaster risk perception, organizational energy conservation, volunteer training program evaluation, evaluation of disaster response plans for individuals with disabilities, and environmental attitudes and behaviors.
Workshop Abstracts
Psychological Aspects of Hurricane Perception and Behavior
Social Aspects of Hurricane Perception and Behavior
Hurricane Risk Perception and Evacuation Decision Making Among Persons with Disabilities
Dynamics of Hurricane Risk Perception: Year Two
Related Resources from Michelle Lueck
The Effect of Proximity to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Subsequent Hurricane Outlook and Optimistic Bias
With Craig Trumbo, Holly Marlatt, and Lori Peek
Risk Analysis, 2011
