Duane Gill
Duane A. Gill is Professor and Head of Sociology at Oklahoma State University. He is part of a research team that has been investigating human impacts of the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in Alaska through a series of longitudinal studies funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council, and the Earthwatch Center for Field Studies. He recently led a NSF-funded research project to document and understand social and psychological impacts of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in coastal Alabama. He has also conducted research on community impacts of the 2004 Selendang Ayu shipwreck and oil spill in the Aleutian Islands and the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay. These research activities seek to understand community capacity to respond to and recover from disasters, as well as ways to enhance community preparedness and resilience.