Jamie Vickery is a disaster researcher and environmental sociologist and serves as the research coordinator for the Collaborative on Extreme Event Resilience at the University of Washington. She has worked on a variety of research and evaluation projects concerning disaster-affected communities, risk communication and perception, disaster recovery, and program evaluation. Vickery's research interests focus on the social production of disaster vulnerability, particularly among marginalized and precariously housed communities. She specializes in the use of qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews, focus groups, content analysis, participant observation, and participatory asset mapping.
Currently, Vickery is leading a Quick Response Research Award supported by the Natural Hazards Center titled, Participatory Risk Communication Planning: Engaging Precariously Housed Communities. This is supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Program Office. Vickery is also the lead for the Homelessness, Housing Precarity, and Disaster Network.