Jeannette Sutton conducts research related to community resilience and disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Her primary focus is on the evolving role of information and communication technology, specifically the uses of social media in crisis and disaster situations and has studied these phenomena both domestically and internationally. Additional research interests include the socio-behavioral aspects of disaster warning systems, outreach and service provision to vulnerable populations via online communications, and volunteer technical communities in disaster.

Sutton is the principal investigator on three National Science Foundation grants, each having an emphasis on networked online communications. She is a senior research scientist at the Trauma, Health, and Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

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Workshop Abstracts

When Online Is Off: Public Communications Following the February 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand Earthquake

Disaster Resilient Rural Communities: Access to Online Information and Perceptions of Collective Efficacy
With Charles Benight

HEROIC: Hazards, Emergency Response, and Online Informal Communications
With Carter Butts, Emma Spiro, Shawn Fitzhugh, and Britta Johnson

The Use of ICTs in the Stage of Recovery in L’Aquila
With Serena Tagliacozzo