Michelle Annette Meyer

Michelle Meyer is the director of the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center and an associate professor in the Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Department at Texas A&M University. She received her PhD in sociology at Colorado State University. She uses the lens of social capital and collective efficacy to theoretically understand how relationships between individuals and between governmental and nongovernmental organizations generate or hinder disaster risk and recovery. Hence, her interests have led her to research expansively on volunteer organizations, volunteerism, and philanthropy in disaster.