Poster Session Abstracts Index


Abbasi, Diako and Allison Reilly
Reforming FEMA Public Assistance Insurance With Risk-Based and Public-Private Partnership Designs

Abbasi, Diako and Safoura Safari
Resilience of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure During Natural Disasters: Insights From Hurricane Beryl

Abukhalaf, Amer
Using Housing Conditions to Predict Disaster-Related Protective Behaviors

Acevedo, Andrew, Felicia Olmeta Schult, Joshua Blockstein, and Jenna Tilt
Advancing Equitable Disaster Preparedness for Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Communities on the Oregon Coast

Ado Sabari, Adam and Abdullahi Salman
Post-Hurricane Power Outage Recovery: Impacts of Social Vulnerability, Economy, and Critical Facilities

Alakhdhair, Zahra
Household Reactions and Service Referrals Across U.S. Disasters

Allstadt, Kate, Lauren Schaefer, Francis Rengers, Kelli Baxstrom, Marísa Macías, Robert Schmitt, Olivia Hoch, Liam Toney, Mason Einbund, and Elaine Collins
The U.S. Geological Survey's Landslide Situational Awareness and Event Response Team

Anderson, Sarah, Mark Buntaine, Sara Constantino, Cesar Martinez-Alvarez, Longjiao Yu, and Gabrielle Wong-Parodi
The Effects of Firewise USA® on Vegetation Management and Wildfire Risk Reduction

Andrews, Jesse, Sara Hamideh, and Ali Nejat
Benchmarks for Post-Disaster Recovery Needs

Anwar, Haider Waseem and Tasnim Isaba
Why Should Planners Plan for Cultural Heritage and Disaster Risk?

Asif, Syed Mostofa, Heloyse Leonard-Saillant, and Flavia-Ioana Patrascu
Urban Sewerage Systems Disaster Impacts: Evidence from 311 Call Data in Louisiana

Atsumi, Tomohide
Disaster Volunteers Over Three Decades in Japan

Baxstrom, Kelli, Lauren Schaefer, Kate Allstadt, Francis Rengers, Marisa Macias, Robert Schmitt, Benjamin Mirus, Olivia Hoch, Paula Burgi, and Jaime Kostelnik
The U.S. Geological Survey's Response to Landsliding During Hurricane Helene

Beeva, Saptarshi
Socio-Climatic Drivers of Health Seeking Behavior Among Climate-Displaced Communities in Bangladesh

Bender, Ava, Jiayi Zhu, Goshtasb Shahriari Mehr, Sofiia Egorova, and Jason von Meding
From Lived Experience to Actionable Evidence for Health and Risk Reduction

Black, Alan
Variation in Snowfall Amounts and Vehicle Crash Risk in Iowa

Boeth, Brandon, Emily Brennan, Tristan Lin, Shelbylee Rhodes, Ashley Ross, and Laura Siebeneck
Seeing Is Believing? Visual Layout, Social Confirmation, and Response to Hurricane Warnings

Brown, Meredith, Richard Garrett, and Phillip Kay
Human-Caused Wildfire Ignition Risk and Spread Potential Modeling for Informing Public Safety

Browne, Katherine
Using Disaster Social Science to Win a Precedent-Setting Lawsuit About Forced Dislocation

Byrne, Micheal, Ragini Roy, and Kesley Richardson
Deloitte-NEMA National Risk Study 2025: Changing Landscapes in State Emergency Management

Calderon, Wendy, Sara Hamideh, Farinaz Motlagh, and Rajee Tamrakar
Tracking Housing Recovery After Hurricane Ian in Southwest Florida

Cámara Torres, Isabella, Anishka M. Ruiz Perea, Karla H. Torres Angleró, and K. Stephen Hughes
LandslideReady Community Engagement Program in Puerto Rico: 2026 Status Update

Caryl, Zoe, Joseph Trujillo-Falcón, Anna Wilson, and Abby Bitterman
Public Understanding and Protective Action Thresholds on the Atmospheric River Scale

Chandrasekhar, Divya, Omur Damla Kuru, Mahdis Borhani, Fielding Norton, John Lin, William Love, Max Seawright, and Nadia Colombi
Wildfire Resilience and Insurability in Utah Communities

Chang, Stephanie, Yoshio Kajitani, Maria Watson, Elsamari Botha, Marleen de Ruiter, Sanna Malinen, Bernard Walker, Sahar Derakhshan, Juri Kim, and Siriporn Darnkachatarn
A Multinational Comparison of Post-Pandemic Business Recovery and Supportive Policies

Chavez Reyes, Denise, Kate Nelson, Sam Zipper, and Laura Moley
Validating an Adaptive Capacity Composite Indicator Through Empirical Climate Sensitivity Analysis

Cockerill, Tim, Krishna Kumar, and Ellen Rathje
DesignSafe: Enabling AI for Natural Hazards Computational Research and Data Publication

Contreras, Santina, Miriam Solis, Luke Chozick, and Max Horstman
Understanding the Role of Building Codes in Organizational Disaster Resilience Building Activities

Craig, Danielle, Ali Nejat, and Ashley Ross
Community Adaptive Capacity in the Lower Rio Grande Valley

Crowley, Julia and Sungyop Kim
An Analysis of the Impacts of Flood Buyouts on Future Land Uses

Culp, Amanda and Katherine Idziorek
Supporting Community-Based Informal Cooling Centers in Charlotte, North Carolina: Opportunities and Barriers

Dadson, Yvonne
Are You Trustworthy? Community Gatekeepers and Vulnerable Communities

Daimon, Hiroaki
From Ritual Planning to Improvisation in Disaster Preparedness for Aging Care

De Jesús-Otero, Elisabet, Joseph E. Trujillo-Falcón, Anthony L. Corrales, Samuel T. Halvorson, América Gaviria Pabón, Eduardo Muñoz Suáreze, and Salvatore Callesano
Workplace Safety in Extreme Weather: Institutional Gaps in Protecting Multilingual Immigrant Workers

de Souza, Matheus and Tricia Wachtendorf
From Compassion to Convergence: Drivers of Donations in Disaster Response

DeGrate, Breiana, Simone Domingue, and Aishwarya Borate
Early-Stage Approaches for Building Community Engagement Frameworks With Communities in Southwest Louisiana

Diaz, Jacob, Kanako Iuchi, Jacqueline Buford, Yue "Major" Zeng, and Sabine Loos
Relationships Between Sociodemographic Characteristics and Flood-Related Outcomes From Low-Attention Flooding

Doneghy, Annika
Reconsidering Disaster Through Dis/ability Narratives: An Ethnographic Examination of Eastern North Carolina

Dozier, Monty
Extension Disaster Education Network and Grassroots Emergency Management

Dulick, Inyoung and Shih-Kai Huang
Evacuation Inequality: Social Differences in the Interpretation of Hurricane Evacuation Impediments

Dunlap, Joseph, Chan Wang, and Shih Kai Huang
Insights From California: Comparing Wildland Fire Response in California With Federal Guidelines

Dyck, Sydney, Trevor Barnett, David Castillo, Danielle Midgyett, and Sarah DeYoung
Post-Disaster Home Repairs: Past and Ongoing Construction in Houston, Texas

Effah, Elvis, Adam M. Straub, Liesel Ritchie, and Duane A. Gill
Public Perceptions of Institutional Efficacy Following Hurricane Helene

Elliott, Julie and JamesKendra Kendra
Exploring Emergency/Disaster Managers’ Perceptions of Burnout

Ellis, Kelsey, Seth Thompson, Courtney Cronley, Dimitris Herrera, and Solange Muñoz
Assessing Climate Impacts on Unsheltered Populations Requires Strong Partnerships

Foley, Valerie, Mike Cooperstein, and Ethan Greene
Systematic Avalanche Runout Path Delineation for Colorado's Highway Corridors and Backcountry Zones

Goto, Hiroaki, Kaori Isawa, Saki Yotsui, Kensuke Otsuyama, and U Hiroi
Modeling Relocation Dynamics Under Shifting Spatial Conditions for Adaptive Post-Disaster Recovery Planning

Gupta, Himadri Sen, Salman Ibrahim Saad, Md Shoaib Mahmud, and Saptadeep Biswas
Equity-Aware Ambulance Dispatch After Earthquakes

Habets, Margot, Gwyneth Waddington, Julie Salinas, Madison Nordberg, Brett Robertson, and Susan Cutter
Where We Live: Perceptions of Climate Hazard Changes in Allendale, South Carolina

Hammond, John
U.S. Geological Survey River DroughtCast: Machine Learning for Sub-Seasonal Streamflow Drought Forecasting Across CONUS

Haraguchi, Masahiko
City-Scale Digital Twins for Participation in Disaster Risk Management

Hassan Swamy Gowda, Impana, Ramkumar Mahalingam, Daniel Chessar, Charan Gudla, and Joseph Purswell
Risk Assessment of Severe Weather Events Affecting Animal Production Facilities

He, Qian, Sayma Khajehei, and Jennifer Lawrence
Disaster Aid After Hurricane Helene: Spatial Patterns and Path Dependence

Hodges, Lori
Managing Complexity in Disruptive Environments

Hotard, Abbey and Ashley Ross
Community Through the Lens of Capital: How Household Resources Shape Relocation Pathways

Hovis, Meredith, Cornelius Ojo, Gavin Smith, Chelsea Kasney, and Jordan Davidson
Understanding the Motivation for Supporting Government-Led Nature-Based Solutions for Flood Resilience

Isaba, Tasnim, Nishat Tasnim Maria, Michelle Meyer, and John Cooper, Jr.
Comparative Strategies for Disaster Preparedness and Land Retention in Heirs’ Property Communities

Islam, Muhammad Awfa and Afsana Kona
Barriers and Enablers of Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Management in Northern Bangladesh

Iyoha, Paul, Edgar Montejano, Sina Mostafavi, Erin Hunt, and Ali Nejat
Early Performance Evaluation of 3D Printed Concrete Walls Using Scaled Prototypes Simulation

Jackson, Sarah L. and Leah Blackwood
When Warnings Matter Most: Spatial Patterns and Messaging Differences During Hurricane Helene

Jayasinghe, Naduni, KayLynn Larrison, Teye Yevuyibor, Kevin Smiley, Ayat Al Assi, Nehal Mahmud Khan, Rubayet Bin Mostafiz, Adilur Rahim, and James M. Done
Wind Risk Mitigation Through Infrastructural Adaptation Across Past, Present, and Future Climates

Jeong, Sangman, Gyu Eo, Sunghyun Lee, Kukryul Oh, and Jongryul Park
Frequency Analysis of Design Snowfall Considering Climate Change

Kakar, Gulrukh, A.R. Siders, Jingya Wang, Rachel Davidson, and Linda Nozick
Who Benefits From Flood Mitigation? Evaluating Equity and Risk Reduction Outcomes

Kilgore, Paul, Matthew Seeger, and Marcus Zervos
Enabling Rapid Infectious Disease Research During Disasters Through Pre-Approved Protocols

Kim, Hyein
From Response to Resilience: Community Wildfire Actions in California and South Korea

Koeniger, Erika
Money, Money, Money, Must Be Funny: Congressional Characteristics for Supplemental Disaster Appropriations

Koeniger, Erika and Walter Peacock
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters

Kona, Afsana and Muhammad Awfa Islam
Community Perceptions and Technological Gaps in Rural Flood Preparedness in Bangladesh

Lennox-Morrison, Judanne
Race, Place, and Preparedness: Exploring Community Emergency Response Teams in Rural Areas

Lesher, Oliver, Rebecca Niemiec, and Lori Kogan
Evacuation Decision-Making and Behavior in Multispecies Households: A Systematic Review

Li, Julia
Green and Grey: Factors Affecting Perceived Protection by a Dike and Saltmarsh

Li, Qiushan, Jiuwei Liu, Xue Han, and François Libois
Stage-Based Causal Analysis of Policy Trade-Offs in Long-Run Disaster Recovery

Lim, Taeyun
Water Management and Disaster Resilience in Antelope Island and Bamseom Island Wetlands

Lin, LiPin, Shu-Chun Huang, and Rahmawati Husein
Psychological Resilience of Tourism Workers in Post-Disaster Recovery

Logan, Spencer, Ethan Greene, and Simon Trautman
Avalanche Fatalities in Relation to the Coverage of Recreational Avalanche Forecasts

López, Paulina, Robin Schwartz, Nicole Errett, BJ Cummings, Maja Jeranko, Clare McCarthy, Celina Balderas Guzmán, Bethany Gordon, Abigail Murray, and Becca Nixon
Living With Water: Co-Developing Flood Adaptation Strategies in the Duwamish Valley, Seattle

Lu, Jing-Chein, Yu-Chun Huang, and Zhao-Xuan Liu
Housing Recovery Pathways and Progress After Two Earthquake Events in Taiwan

Lu, Kaifa, Jesse Andrews, and Ali Nejat
Measuring Governmental Capacity in Disaster Recovery: Evidence From Texas Community Development Block Grant

Lunga, Wilfred, Mathias Alubafi, Gcina Malandela, Thabiso Moeti, and Kegomoditswe Mamabolo
Museums as Coalition Partners: Advancing Disaster Risk Reduction Across Sub-Saharan Africa

Macías, Marísa, Kate Allstadt, Steven Sobieszczyk, Ayesha Davis, Stephen Slaughter, Jaime Kostelnik, Kelli Baxstrom, Elaine Collins, Lauren Palermo, and Corina Cerovski-Darriau
Seeking Feedback on the U.S. Geological Survey's Landslide Response Fact Sheets

McMullen, Shelley
Evaluating Land Use Policies for Flood Risk Reduction in Rwanda

Mezei, Lidia, Burak Güneralp, Nathanael Rosenheim, İnci Güneralp, and Michelle Meyer
Mental Models for Improving Equitable Flood Mitigation in Southeast Texas

Mitcham, Dionne and Crystal Watson
When Disasters and Pandemics Collide: State-Level Predictors of Compound and Cascading Effects

Mochizuki, Miki
The Meaning of Displacement in Post-Disaster Life

Monalisa, Shilthia and Rubayet Bin Mostafiz
Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence for Equitable Disaster Resilience

Moore, Ashley, Betty Bekemeier, Resham Patel, and Nicole Errett
Local Health Department Partnerships for Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Murray, Abigail, Austin Becker, and Jon Nelson
Cruise Industry Perspectives for Coastal Hazards Resilience in Cruise Ports

Nejat, Ali and Jesse Andrews
Longitudinal Housing Recovery Following Hurricane Sandy: A Survival Analysis

Ogunbayo, Oyeronke
Understanding Household Decision-Making for Property Flood Resilience

Olcese, Sean and Qian He
Sea-Level Rise and Tax-Base Vulnerability for New Jersey and Maryland Coastal Communities

Owens, Delaney, Wendy Stout, Julie Shortridge, Nazia Arbab, Jerri Husch, Mikel Manchester, and Jennifer Volk
Leveraging Cooperative Extension for Climate Resilience: Challenges and Opportunities in Agricultural Communities

Palermo, Lauren and Aleeza Wilkins
National Landslide Loss Interest Group: Year One Results and Takeaways

Paul, Logan
From Silos to Systems: Integrating Resilience Metrics for Smarter Disaster Decisions

Pavan, Emily and Roni Fraser
Foster Youth in Disasters: An Overlooked Population in Emergency Management

Popoola, Temidayo, Ali Nejat, Katharine Hayhoe, Jesse Andrews, and Kaifa Lu
Modeling Insured Housing Losses From Texas and Florida Flood Disasters

Popp, Zachary and Ian Sue Wing
Human and Built Environment Flood Hazards and Impacts Across Return Periods

Pourmostaghimi, Tarlan, Shannon Van Zandt, and Walter Gillis Peacock
Disaster Aid Programs and Post-Disaster Migration Patterns After Hurricane Harvey in Texas

Rashid, Najiba and Jenna Tilt
Community Impact of Post-Disaster Debris Management: Study on Hurricane Helene and Milton

Riker, Jenny, Corina Cerovski–Darriau, Jonathan Godt, Sarah Hall, and Stephen Slaughter
The National Landslide Hazard Reduction Program: Building Coalitions for Landslide Risk Reduction

Ross, Ashley, Laura Solitare, Abigail Ulman, Miranda Sauceda, and Ali Nejat
Understanding Subnational Capacity for Long-Term Housing Recovery: Insights From Literature and Practice

Ryan, Alekzander, Malini Roy, Ladd Keith, and Sara Meerow
Using Large Language Models to Write a Heat Action Plan: Limitations and Opportunities

Salimuesi, Makana, Christopher Williams, Lucas Evans, Elizabeth McClure, and Haleh Mehdipour
Reclaiming Infrastructure: Community-Centered Inquiry Into Disaster Risk and Access in Jacksonville

Salley, Christin, Roni Fraser, Kesley Richards, Thomas Barnes, and Nancy Brown
Civic Capacity Through Simulation: Insights From a Sonoma County Youth Program

Salley, Christin and Sabine Loos
Community Survey on Social Network Interactions During Disasters

Sauceda, Miranda, Dini Adyasari, Ashley Ross-Wootton, Karl Kaiser, David Hala, and Adelide Rianda
Well Aware? Perception and Private Water Quality After Disasters

Sharif, Mohammad Newaz
Information and Knowledge Management in Humanitarian Response: Lessons From the Rohingya Crisis

Sharma, Prabin, Oyeronke Ogunbayo, and DeeDee Bennett Gayle
U.S. Individual and Household Preparedness Indicators: A Systematic Literature Review

Shin, Jiyeon and Galen Newman
Assessing Flood-Induced Waste Contamination Risks in Gulf Coast Communities

Shiozaki, Yuto, Rika Ohtsuka, Keiichi Sato, Hiroyuki Kuramoto, Tai-Young Yi, Bethany Meidinger, Kengo Imaizumi, Etsuko Koda, and Shingo Nagamatsu
Understanding Post-Disaster Recovery in Wajima City: A Large-Scale Resident Survey

Singh, Harman, Helen Greatrex, and Trevor Birkenholtz
Ownership Appraisal and Flood Exposure: Extending Protection Motivation Theory in Bengaluru, India

Sobhani, Amin, Ali Nejat, and Rodrigo Costa
The Reconstruction Gap: A System Dynamics Analysis of Post-Harvey Housing Recovery

Stark, Stacey and Jane Lindelof
Enhancing Extreme Heat Messaging With Interactive Tools in Minnesota

Suarez, Leandra, Rajee Tamrakar, and Sara Hamideh
Tracking Down Equity and Resilience Outcomes in Lee County's Post-Ian Community Development Block Grant for Disaster Recovery Programs

Tabassum, Nawshin, Alessandro Rigolon, and Reid Ewing
Climate Resilience for Public Transit: Learning From the 100 Largest Transit Agencies

Tamrakar, Rajee, Sara Hamideh, and Leandra Suarez
Insurance Crisis and Housing Recovery Following Hurricane Ian

Tazwar, Mahir, Nazla Bushra, Margaret Reams, and Rubayet Bin Mostafiz
Mapping Multidimensional Community Well-Being to Support Planning and Climate Resilience in Louisiana

Trujillo-Falcón, Joseph, Monica Bozeman, Liam Llewellyn, Samuel Halvorson, Meryl Mizell, Stuti Deshpande, Bob Manning, Ian Blaylock, Angel Montanez, and Todd Fagin
Introducing the National Weather Service Artificial Intelligence Language Translation Program

Usman, Rehinatu, Anuradha Mukherji, and Andrea Presotto
The Impact of Public Availability of Risk Information on the Housing Market

Van, Matthew
On Aging: Longitudinal Survey Findings on Socialization and Disasters

Villarreal, Melissa, Mara Dolan, and Alexia Gardner
Care Workers on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis

Wang, Di and Divya Chandrasekhar
Measuring Long-Term Disaster Recovery and Supporting Practice With Official Guidance

Wang, Jyun Yi and Michelle Meyer
Food Insecurity Recovery in Houston: A Nonprofit-Based Longitudinal Analysis

Wang, Lei and Skarleth Gutierrez
Risk and Fragility Evaluation of Nuclear Power Plants Under Earthquake Hazards

Wang, Yan, Ziyi Guo, and Todd Manini
Caregiver Neighborhood Vulnerability and Visitation Responses to Environmental Shocks in Nursing Homes

Whytlaw, Jennifer
Integrating Flood Loss Data into a Model for Community Estimates of Risk

Wier, Lisa and Tony McAleavy
An Overlooked Catastrophe: Near-Earth Objects and Emergency Management Doctrine

Wier, Lisa and Tony McAleavy
Preparedness Stakeholder Perception of Near-Earth Object Risk: A Doctoral Research Design

Wood, Nathan, Jeff Peters, Jeanne Jones, Jamie Jones, and Alice Pennaz
National Assessments of Societal Exposure to Natural Hazards in the United States

Wu, Wei-Ning
Strategies for Extreme Heat Disasters: Institutional Design and Policy Instrument Analysis

Wu, Yiwen, Hong Vu, and Ward Lyles
Environmental Justice in Hazard Mitigation: A Computational Analysis of County Mitigation Plans

Wutich, Amber, Margaret du Bray, Patrick Thomson, Arif Chowdhury, and Jobayer Hossain
Introducing the International Disaster Archive for Narratives, Oral History, and Folklore

Yotsui, Saki, Kensuke Otsuyama, Tomohiro Tanaka, and Yi-Chen Ethan Yang
Decision-Making About Purchasing Flood Insurance: A Quantitative Study in Japan

Zavar, Elyse, Ayesha Islam, Alex Greer, Sherri Brokopp Binder, and Jason P. Martina
Integrating Ecosystem Services and Community Preferences to Improve Post-Buyout Land Use Management

Zhang, Yang and Sophie Zhang
Drinking Water System Disruptions and Public Health Risks After Hurricane Helene

Zhang, Yue and Dongying Li
Complex Heat Hazards and Mental Health: The Moderating Role of Greenspace

Zheng, Jiang, Galen Newman, Shannon Van Zandt, Michelle Meyer, and Michael McNair
Visualizing Floodplain Exposure: Texas Youth Camps and Spatial Risk Patterns