Workshop Program

Workshop Goals

The goals of this workshop are to

Understand how we are currently preparing students to understand the multiple facets of risk and resiliency in the face of natural hazards
Work with case studies to identify ways of strengthening teaching about risk and resiliency
Create an interdisciplinary community that can work collaboratively on teaching materials and other projects in this area
Compile teaching activities, real world examples, and a synthesis of workshop findings for publication on the project website

Wednesday, May 14

5:00 PM Welcoming reception and icebreaker

6:00 Dinner

7:00 Welcoming remarks, workshop goals, introductions - Cathryn Manduca, SERC Director, InTeGrate Principal Investigator, Carleton College

7:15 Keynote address - Risk and Resilience: Implications for society, teaching undergraduates,and workforce preparation (MP3 Audio 26.2MB May14 14) - Leonard Berry, Director, Florida Center for Environmental Studies, Florida Atlantic University

Show Dr. Berry's biography

Leonard Berry, Ph.D.

Dr. Leonard Berry is the Founder and Director of the Florida Center for Environmental Studies (CES), Distinguished Professor of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and the Director of the Climate Change Initiative at FAU. He has worked on environmental research and development training programs for USAID, UNDP, UNDP, UNESCO, GEF, UNEP and the World Bank. He has worked on climate change issues in Florida for the last 12 years and globally for over 30 years. He is a core member of the Inter-American Water Resources Network, The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact's sea level rise technical working group, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Community Resilience Group, Public Water Supply Utilities

Climate Impacts Working Group, National Council for Science and the Environment, and the Water Web Consortium, an international water information group. In April 2012, he testified to the United States Senate full committee on Natural Resources and Energy on the impacts of sea level rise in Florida.

7:45 Panel Discussion followed by group discussion - moderator: David Blockstein, Senior Scientist, National Council for Science and the Environment

How can undergraduate education best contribute to creating a society that understands risk and is resilient?

Panelists:

Ricardo Alvarez, Hurricane risk expert, former Deputy Director International Hurricane Center, Research Affiliate Florida Center for Environmental Studies (CES)
Tatjana Hocke-Mirzashvili, School of Communication Studies, James Madison University
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Mark Benthien, director for communication, education and outreach for the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) and executive director of the Earthquake Country Alliance (ECA), University of Southern California

Session notes and synthesis

8:45 Conclude

Thursday, May 15

8:30 Overview of the day and the InTeGrate project (PowerPoint 714kB May14 14)- Cathryn Manduca, InTeGrate Principal Investigator, Carleton College

8:45-10:15 Plenary: Introduction to Cases: What can we learn about communicating about risk and resilience

ShakeOut scenario presenters: Mark Benthien, University of Southern California and Keith Porter, SPA Risk LLC

The Great California ShakeOut – Teaching Risk & Resilience (Acrobat (PDF) 2.1MB May15 14) - Keith Porter

ShakeOut movie (Quicktime Video 16.1MB May15 14)

Get Ready to ShakeOut (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 38MB May15 14) - Mark Benthien

Sea-level rise scenario presenters: Dr. Nancy Gassman, Assistant Director of Public Works Sustainability, City of Fort Lauderdale and Ricardo Alvarez, Hurricane risk expert, former Deputy Director International Hurricane Center, Research Affiliate Florida Center for Environmental Studies (CES)

Teaching about Risk and Resilience: Sea Level Rise, Flooding, and the City of Fort Lauderdale (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 5.2MB May15 14) - Nancy Gassman

Using Case Studies as Teaching Tools (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 80kB May14 14) - Ricardo Alvarez

10:15-11:30 Break out groups: Learning more about sea-level rise and earthquake scenarios and how to utilize them in the classroom

Group facilitators:

Southern California Earthquakes - Mark Benthien, University of Southern California; Keith Porter, SPA Risk LLC; Anne Egger, Central Washington University; Patricia Stapleton, Social Science & Policy Studies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Southern California earthquakes workspace - Room 105

Fort Lauderdale Sea-level rise - Dr. Nancy Gassman, Assistant Director of Public Works Sustainability, City of Fort Lauderdale; Ricardo Alvarez, Hurricane risk expert, former Deputy Director International Hurricane Center, Research Affiliate Florida Center for Environmental Studies (CES); Julie Lambert, Florida Atlantic University; Eileen Johnson, Bowdoin College

Sea level rise workspace - Room 109

11:30-12:30 Working groups: Challenges and opportunities for incorporating risk and resilience into the classroom (topical) - participants will be broken into groups to explore how risk and resilience are currently being taught in the context of the topics below and to develop ideas for creating new teaching materials.

Groups:

Hurricanes (Group 1 | Group 2) - Alan Benimoff, Kyle Bryant, Marianne Caldwell, Jennifer Haney, Tatjana Hocke-Mirzashvili, David Kobilka, Marc Settembrino - Room 103
River Flooding - Kelly Bringhurst, Lisa Doner, Anne Larson Hall, Adelle Monteblanco, Michael Phillips - Room 104
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise - Carrie Helgeson Nelms, Eileen Johnson, Julie Lambert, Daniel Spandau, Shimon Wdowinski - Room 104
Earthquakes - Anne Egger, Carlos Nunez, Patricia Stapleton, Danielle Sumy, Carla Whittington - Room 105
Landslides and Mass Movement - Ana Garcia-Garcia, Robert Clayton, Ganapathy Pattukandan Ganapathy - Room 105
Traumatic/acute general hazards (Group 1 |Group 2) - Monica Gowan, Eric Kremers, Corrie Neighbors, Pamela McMullen-Messier, Charlene Sharpe, Jun Zhuang - Room 109
Hydrologic Hazards - Mary Anne Carletta, Tej Gautam, Lorraine Motola, Bill Stigliani - Room 109
Long-term hazards and planning (Group 1 |Group 2) - Rebekah Green, Andrew Moore, Katherine O'Neill, Sian Proctor, Richard Rueb, Panagiotis Scarlatos, Bruno Takahashi - Upstairs conference room (201)

12:30-2:00 Lunch

2:00-3:30 Panel: Examples of Incorporating Risk and Resilience into the Curriculum and Across Disciplines - panelists will describe how they have successfully implemented risk and resilience topics in their classroom and across disciplines. Moderator:Alana Edwards , Florida Atlantic University

Panelists:

Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Communication strategies after a disaster (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 1.9MB May15 14) - Bruno Takahashi, School of Journalism and Department of Communication, Michigan State University - risk communication strategies (see activity / course / real-world example)
Natural Hazards Planning (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 3.3MB May15 14) - Rebekah Green, Environmental Studies, Western Washington University - mitigation in a urban planning context (see activity / course)
What Contributes to the Building of Resilient Communities?: Integration of knowledge, risk perception, and awareness of social vulnerability (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 426kB May15 14) - Pamela McMullin-Messier, Department of Sociology, Central Washington University - Social Ecology Course (see course / real-world example)
Using Google Earth & Wikimapia to Analyze Hazard Risks in Geography (PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) 2.3MB May15 14) - Charlene Sharpe, Geography, Rutgers University-New Brunswick - using Google Earth and Wikimapia to analyze hazards risk in geography (see activity)

3:30-3:45 Break

3:45-5:00 Break out sessions: Exploring a range of pedagogic approaches to teaching about risk and resilience through example activities - take an in-depth look at some of the approaches that are being used to teach about risk and resilience across the disciplines through participant-submitted materials.

Mantha Mehallis, College of Business, Florida Atlantic University - gaining insight on how business colleges use cases to teach about risk and resilience - Upstairs conference room (room 201)
Jennifer Haney, Environmental, Geographical, and Geological Sciences, Bloomsburg University - exploring Hurricane Sandy using a town hall meeting (see activity) - Room 103
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Background Readings
- Shortchanged Sandy Victims Get More Flood insurance Cash After Claims Review Insurance Journal article
- Hurricane Sandy: Timeline - from FEMA.gov
- Floodsmart.gov website
- Year After Sandy, Rebuilding for Storms and Rising Seas - from National Geographic
- Secretary Jewell Announces 2 Million for 45 Projects to Protect Atlantic Coast Communities from Future Storms - from the US Department of the Interior
- Resilient Communities for America website
- Hurricane Sandy Elevates the Importance of Mitigation Planning - an article by Darrin Punchard, from www.planning.org
- Fact Sheet: Rebuilding after Sandy - from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
- Rebuilding after Sandy, but with Costly New Rules - an article by Tara Siegel Bernard from the New York Times
- After Hurricane Sandy: Time to Learn and Implement the Lessons in Preparedness, Response, and Resilience - an article by Bucci, et al, from The Heritage Foundation
- Hurricane Sandy Recovery - from the US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Association of State Floodplain Managers page with Hurricane Sandy resources
- Economic Impact of Hurricane Sandy: Potential Economic Activity Lost and Gained in New Jersey and New York - prepared by the US Department of Commerce
- Assessing the Impacts of Hurricane Sandy on Coastal Habitats - by the American Littorial Society for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Flood Insurance Reform - from FEMA.gov
- Answers to Questions about the National Flood Insurance Program - from FEMA.gov
Carrie Nelms, Geosciences, University of Arkansas Main Campus - 'know your audience' - engaging the audience by establishing relevance in communications (see activity) - Room 104
Corrie Neighbors, Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside - making risk and resilience relevant to non-science majors through exploration of natural hazards and risk reduction (see activity) - Room 105
Michael Phillips, Natural Sciences & Business, Illinois Valley Community College - using "Dante's Peak" to discuss response to risk (see activity) - Room 109

5:00-5:45 Panel: Preparing Students for the Workforce - this session explores the skills employers prefer from college graduates for entry level positions and beyond. Moderator: Mantha Mehallis, Florida Atlantic University