Monday, July 14, 5:10 to 5:30 p.m. MDT
Location: Centennial E

Please join us for a festive celebration of the winners of the Mary Fran Myers Scholarship, Disability and Disasters Award, and Hazards and Disaster Student Paper Competition. The award selection committee chairs will briefly describe each Natural Hazards Center-sponsored award and introduce the recipients.

We hope that all Workshop participants will take a moment to meet and congratulate the award recipients during this special session and throughout the duration of the Workshop. There will also be a session on Wednesday morning, honoring the winners!

Mary Fran Myers Scholarship

Committee Member

Oluponmile Olonilua, Texas Southern University

2025 Winners

Dana Murray, University of Toronto

Oluwaseun Olowoporoku, The World Bank

Mohammad Newaz Sharif, University of Central Florida

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Disability and Disasters Award

Committee Member

Kate McNeely, Natural Hazards Center

2025 Winners

Angela Frederick, University of Texas at El Paso

Katherine (Kate) M. Thorstad, Disability Law United

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Student Paper Competition

Chair

Rachel Adams, Natural Hazards Center

2025 Undergraduate Winner

Connie Yu, Mount Royal University
Queering Japan:Ignored and Forgotten, An Analysis on the Tōhoku 2011 Disaster, LGBTQ+ People, and The Japanese Government

2025 Graduate Winner

Jonathan Eaton, University of British Columbia
Disaster Times: Perspectives on Crisis Governance in Vancouver, Canada