Chandler Wilkins

Chandler Ian Wilkins is a PhD candidate studying urban and regional science at Texas A&M University. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in community and regional planning from Iowa State University and a Master of Urban Planning degree from Texas A&M University. Wilkins is also a William Averette Anderson Fund fellow, commonly referred to as the Bill Anderson Fund.

Wilkins’s current research examines the unmet needs of Houston public housing residents throughout Hurricane Harvey, Winter Storm Uri (the Texas Freeze), and COVID-19. The goals of this research are to: (1) identify how public housing residents perceive their agency during current disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery planning processes; (2) identify needs that went unmet for public housing residents during recent disasters; and (3) identify how public housing authorities and local, state, and federal agencies can better support public housing residents during disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.