
Lisa Doner
Environmental Science and Policy
Plymouth State University
Website Content Contributions
Course Modules (4)
Major Storms and Community Resilience part of Major Storms and Community Resilience
Extreme storms have major impacts on the communities that lie in their path. Many climate models predict increased frequency of heavy rains and icing events, freak storms, and severe weather within the continental ...
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Activities (2)
Understanding flood risk at the community level part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities
University level activity on floodplain risks. Uses FEMA maps and SERC river geomorphology videos.
Hurricane Tracking part of Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities
This is a homework assignment that focuses student attention on ongoing hurricane/tropical storm development, often during the height of hurricane season. The students are directed to a web site (I like ...
Conference Presentations (3)
Broadening Participation through Disruption and Technology part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2022:Program:Poster Sessions:Wednesday Poster Session
From 2018-2022, Plymouth State University, a predominantly undergraduate institution with no geology program but strong B.S. and M.S. programs in meteorology and environmental science ran a GeoPaths EXTRA project ...
Geoscience module for meteorology curricula part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
Recent studies indicate that meteorologists lag Earth system scientists by 9-18% in accepting anthropogenic forcing of climate change (Maibach et al. 2014). This gap is 30% for broadcast meteorologists (Wilson ...
Earth Science, Major Storms and Community Resilience part of Rendezvous 2015:Program:Abstracts
Extreme major storms (hurricanes, winter storms) have large impacts on the communities that lay in their path. Recent examples include Hurricane and Tropical Storms Katrina (2005), Irene (2011) and Sandy (2012), ...
Other Contributions (2)
Lisa Doner: Using Major Storms and Community Resilience in ESP 2110 Introduction to Environmental Science and Policy II at Plymouth State University part of Major Storms and Community Resilience
My course is a first year introduction to environmental science, typically taught as a lecture-lab combination. This module provides the students a more inquiry-driven approach to understanding environmental risks and mitigation and serves as a culminating experience for their first year. It was fascinating to see the really dig into these activities. Over the three weeks of the module, they became far more alert and tuned into the world around them, especially with regard to natural disasters and how prepared (or unprepared) the affected communities were for them. I can build upon these experiences now in the Intro to Geosciences course that follows this one, using their knowledge about risk communication and preparation to engage them in discussions about resilience to catastrophic (earthquakes and volcanos) versus gradual changes (climate and sea level).
Lisa Doner part of Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Workshop 08:Participant Profiles
Lisa Doner Environmental Science and Policy Plymouth State University 17 High St MS 67 Plymouth, NH 03264 603.535.3256 603.535.3180(fax) donerl@mac.com I'm a paleoclimatologist with a huge interest in active ...
Communities

New England Section, Geoscience Education Research Division
July 2022 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2015
July 2015 GETSI Community
Teach the Earth
Cli-Fi: Climate Science in Literary Texts Interest Group
NAGT All
Eyes on the Hydrosphere: Tracking Water Resources Interest Group
Earth Educators' Rendezvous Interest Group
GPS, Strain, and Earthquakes
GETSI Interest Group
Ice Mass and Sea Level Change Change interest Group
Imaging Active Tectonics Interest Group
Measuring the Earth with GPS Interest Group
Workshop Participant (30 workshops)
July 2021 EER 2020 Teaching about Water Resources and Melting Ice Using GETSI
July 2020 EER 2020 Teaching Online
July 2020