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Melissa Finucane

RAND Corporation

Justice, Infrastructure and Environment

Poydras Center
650 Poydran Street, Suite 1400
New Orleans, LA  70130  

finucane@rand.org

Project List:

Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact, Task Co-Lead, Task Co-Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 10

2021

Sandifer, P., Ferguson, A., Finucane, M., Partyka, M., Solo-Gabriele, H., Hayward Walker, A., et al. (2021). Human Health and Socioeconomic Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Oceanog, 34(1), 174–191.

2020

Drakeford, L., Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M., & Lee, M. R. (2020). Oil Spill Disruption and Problem Drinking: Assessing the Impact of Religious Context among Gulf Coast Residents. Popul Res Policy Rev, 39(1), 119–146.
Finucane, M. L., Blum, M., Ramchand, R., Parker, A. M., Nataraj, S., Clancy, N., et al. (2020). Advancing Community Resilience Research and Practice: Moving from “Me” to “We” to “3D”. Journal of Risk Research, 23(1), 1–10.
Parker, A. M., Edelman, A. F., Carman, K. G., & Finucane, M. L. (2020). Commentary: On the Need for Prospective Disaster Survey Panels. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 14(3), 299–301.
Parker, A. M., Finucane, M. L., Ayer, L., Ramchand, R., Parks, V. A., & Clancy, N. (2020). Persistent risk-related worry as a function of recalled exposure to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and prior trauma. Risk Analysis, 40(3), 624–637.
Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Drakeford, L., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2020). Fishing Households, Social Support, and Depression after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Rural Sociology, 85(2), 495–518.
Sandifer, P., Knapp, L., Lichtveld, M., Manley, R., Abramson, D., Caffey, R., et al. (2020). Framework for a Community Health Observing System for the Gulf of Mexico Region: Preparing for Future Disasters. Front. Public Health, 8.
Slack, T., Parks, V., Ayer, L., Parker, A. M., Finucane, M. L., & Ramchand, R. (2020). Natech or natural? An analysis of hazard perceptions, institutional trust, and future-storm worry following Hurricane Harvey. Nat Hazards, 102(3), 1207–1224.

2019

Petrun Sayers, E. L., Parker, A. M., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M. L., Parks, V., & Seelam, R. (2019). Reaching Vulnerable Populations in the Disaster Prone U.S. Gulf Coast: Communicating Across the Crisis Lifecycle. JEM, 17(4), 271–284.
Ramchand, R., Seelam, R., Parks, V., Ghosh-Dastidar, B., Lee, M., & Finucane, M. (2019). Exposure to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Associated Resource Loss, and Long-Term Mental and Behavioral Health Outcomes. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 13(5-6), 889–897.

Book Whole - 1

2020

Finucane, M. L., Clark-Ginsberg, A., Parker, A. M., Becerra-Ornelas, A. U., Clancy, N., Ramchand, R., et al. (2020). Building Community Resilience to Large Oil Spills: Findings and Recommendations from a Synthesis of Research on the Mental Health, Economic, and Community Distress Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

Conference Presentations - 25

2020

Finucane, M., Parker, A., Clark-Ginsberg, A., Becerra, A., Slack, T., & Lesen, A. (2020). Building Community Resilience: Recommendations From a Synthesis of Research on the Health, Social, and Economic Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Petrun-Sayers, E. L., Parker, A. M., Seelam, R., & Finucane, M. L. (2020). How Disasters Drive Media Channel Preferences: Tracing News Consumption Before, During, and After Hurricane Harvey. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Slack, T., Parks, V., Ayer, L., Parker, A., Finucane, M., & Ramchand, R. (2020). Natural or Natech? Understanding the Relationship Between Hazard Perceptions, Institutional Trust, and Views of Recovery Following Hurricane Harvey. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Parker, A. M., Finucane, M. L., Ramchand, R., Slack, T., Ayer, L., Clancy, N., et al. (2019). How Risk-Related Worry Changes over Time: A Longitudinal Survey Across Multiple Disaster Events. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Parks, V., Ayer, L., Finucane, M. L., Parker, A. M., & Ramchand, R. (2019). Disasters, Health, and Social Well-being in the Gulf Coast. In 2019 Rural Health Conference. Tuscaloosa, AL : 04/10/19-04/11/19.
Parks, V., Slack, T., Parker, A. M., Drakeford, L., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M. L., et al. (2019). Religious Context, Local Ties, and Alcohol Misuse in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Ramchand, R., Parker, A. M., Ayer, L., Clancy, N., & Finucane, M. L. (2019). Evacuating Disasters: Insights from a Longitudinal Survey. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Slack, T., Parks, V., Ayer, L., Finucane, M. L., Parker, A., & Ramchand, R. (2019). Natural or Natech? The Influence of Hazard Perceptions following Hurricane Harvey. In 44th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Broomfield, CO : 07/14/19-07/17/19.

2018

Drakeford, L., Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M., & Lee, M. R. (2018). Social Resources, Community Religiosity, and Depression among Gulf Coast Residents. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Finucane, M., Ramchand, R., Parker, A. M., & Parks, V. (2018). Risk Perceptions and Resilience among Gulf Coast Communities. In 2018 Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/02/18-12/06/18.
Finucane, M., Scheib, H., Parker, A., Edelman, A., Clancy, N., Thornton, E., et al. (2018). Evaluating Interdisciplinary Program Performance and Impact. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Parks, V., Ramchand, R., Slack, T., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2018). STRONG Methodology: Capturing Health and Social Well-Being in a Disaster-Prone Region. In 2018 Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Portland, OR : 07/26/18-07/29/18.
Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Drakeford, L., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2018). Understanding Social Capital Effects on Health: Opportunities for Resilience Activation in the Gulf Coast Region. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Drakeford, L., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2018). The Effect of Social Capital on Health Outcomes after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 04/04/18-04/07/18.
Petrun Sayers, E. L., Parker, A. M., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M., Parks, V. A., & Seelam, R. (2018). Reaching vulnerable populations and building trust: Crisis communication in the Gulf of Mexico. In International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference. Orlando, FL : 03/13/17-03/15/17.
Ramchand, R., Seelam, R., Ghosh-Datisdar, B., Nataraj, S., Parker, A., Clancy, N., et al. (2018). Financial Capability Among Residents in the Gulf Coast After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Ramchand, R., Seelam, R., Ghosh-Datisdar, B., Nataraj, S., Parker, A., Clancy, N., et al. (2018). Exposure to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, associated resource loss, and long term mental and behavioral health outcomes. In 43rd Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Broomfield, CO : 07/08/18-07/11/18.

2017

Drakeford, L., Parks, V. A., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2017). Assessing the Effects of Religion and Disruption on Mental Health in Vulnerable Gulf Communities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Finucane, M. L. (2017). Resilience Research in the Real World: Building Community Resilience with an Integrated Approach. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Parker, A. M., Finucane, M. L., Ayer, L., Ramchand, R., Parks, V. A., & Clancy, N. (2017). Persistent Perceived Vulnerability as a Function of Exposure to the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Parks, V. A., Drakeford, L., Ramchand, R., Slack, T., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2017). Local Ties, Natural Resource Employment, and Oil Spill Exposure: Effects on Mental Health Outcomes in the Gulf Coast Communities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Ramchand, R., Parks, V. A., Seelam, R., & Finucane, M. L. (2017). Mental and Behavioral Health in the Gulf States 5 Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Venable, K. B., Eddington, L., Riser, P., Wang, X., Parker, A., & Finucane, M. (2017). Web-Content Personalization for Resilience and Risk Communication. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

2016

Finucane, M. (2016). Using Integrated Research and Outreach to Build Community Resilience. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.
Luu, K., Ferreira, R., Haas, L., Finucane, M., Zwanziger, T., Kalnik, A. E., et al. (2016). A Critical Analysis of Technological Disaster Resilience Literature: Recommendations and Lessons Learnt for Addressing Hydrocarbon Events. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.