Lori Peek
Lori Peek is associate professor of sociology and do-director of the Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis at Colorado State University. She also serves as the associate chair for the Social Science Research Council Task Force on Hurricane Katrina and Rebuilding the Gulf Coast.
Peek has published widely on socially vulnerable populations in disaster is author of Behind the Backlash: Muslim Americans after 9/11 and co-editor of Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora. In 2008, she served as the guest editor of a special issue on children and disasters for the journal Children, Youth and Environments. She is currently working on several projects, including a longitudinal study of risk perception in hurricane-prone communities along the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic Coasts; an examination of innovative earthquake risk reduction activities in eleven cities in high seismic risk zones around the globe; and a five-year project on the health and social effects of the BP Oil Spill on children.
In 2012, Behind the Backlash was selected to receive the Distinguished Book Award from the Midwest Sociological Society. In 2009, the American Sociological Association Section on Children and Youth honored her with the Early Career Award for Outstanding Scholarship. At Colorado State University, she has won the Greek Life Professor of the Year Award, the Alumni Association's Best Teacher Award, the College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Waterpik Excellence in Education Award.
Workshop Abstracts
Center for Disaster and Risk Analysis
With Michelle Meyer Lueck and Jennifer Tobin-Gurley
Children of Katrina
With Alice Fothergill
A Multidimensional Examination of Hurricane Preparedness and Evacuation Intention
With Craig Trumbo, Lori Peek, Brian McNoldy, Wayne Schubert, Eve Gruntfest, Holly Marlatt, and Michelle Meyer Lueck
Child Impact Study: A Research Project of the Women and Their Children’s Health (WATCH) Consortium
With David Abramson, Virginia Rauh, and Robin Whyatt
Hurricane Preparedness and Sheltering Preferences of Muslims Living in Florida
With Lisa Brown
Youth-Centered Disaster Recovery: A Participatory Action Research Project
With Robin Cox
Childcare Centers and Disaster Preparedness in Colorado
With Sarah Gill
Disaster Hits Home: A Model of Displaced Family Adjustment After Hurricane Katrina
With Bridget Morrissey and Holly Marlatt
Displaced: Life in the Katrina Diaspora
With Lynn Weber
Related Resources from Lori Peek
Children and Disasters: Understanding Vulnerability, Developing Capacities, and Promoting Resilience – An Introduction
Children, Youth and Environments, 2008
