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 members will briefly describe each Natural Hazards Center-sponsored award and introduce the recipients. We will also recognize the winners of the second annual North American Alliance of Hazards and Disaster Research Institutes (NAAHDRI) Rising Star Student Poster Prize Winners.

We hope that all Workshop participants will take a moment to meet and congratulate the award recipients during this special session and for the duration of the Workshop.

Mary Fran Myers Scholarship

2026 Winner

Taiwo Ogunwumi, Deltares

Scholarship Committee Member

Oluponmile Olonilua, Texas Southern University

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Disability and Disasters Award

2026 Winners

Erin Taylor, Upstream Access

Elan Tulberg, University of Texas at Austin

Award Committee Member

Kate McNeely, Natural Hazards Center

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Student Paper Competition

2026 Undergraduate Winner

Kylie-Anne MacLeod, Mount Royal University
Marginality Underwater: Rural Marginalization and Vulnerability in the 2022 Appalachian Floods

2026 Graduate Winner

Mayesha Shams, Oklahoma State University
Can AI Replace Human Stakeholders in Emergency Management? Exploring the Promise and Pitfall of Automation on Authority, Trust, and Outcome Through a Narrative Literature Review

Paper Competition Chair

Rachel Adams, Natural Hazards Center