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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Funding Source: Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)

Project Roster

Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC)

113 Research Team Members

Principal Investigator

Melissa Finucane
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment

Co-Principal Investigator

Troy Blanchard
Louisiana State University
Department of Sociology
Michael J. Blum
Tulane University
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Craig A. Bond
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Lisanne F. Brown
Louisiana Public Health Institute
Director, Evaluation and Research
Gary Cecchine
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Anita Chandra
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Noreen Clancy
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Charles C. Engel
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
George Hobor
Louisiana Public Health Institute
Director, Healthy Communities
Matthew R. Lee
Louisiana State University
Department of Sociology
Amy Lesen
Tulane University
ByWater Institute
Ky Luu
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Shanthi Nataraj
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Keith Nicholls
University of South Alabama
Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center
Steven J. Picou
University of South Alabama
Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center
Rajeev Ramchand
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Tim Slack
Louisiana State University
Department of Sociology
Kristen Brent Venable
Tulane University
Department of Computer Science

Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Noreen Clancy
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment

Project Data Point of Contact

Leah Drakeford
Louisiana State University
Department of Sociology
Melissa Finucane
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Jordan Carlee Smith
Louisiana State University
Department of Sociology

Outreach Point of Contact

Elizabeth Thornton
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment

Research Scientist

Lynsay Ayer
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Noreen Clancy
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Aaron Clark-Ginsberg
RAND Corporation
Keith Crane
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Joycelyn Curtis
University of South Alabama
Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center
John Edwards
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Deb Elzie
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Charles C. Engel
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Meredith Feike
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Regardt Ferreira
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Brittany Fowler
Louisiana Public Health Institute
Hank Green
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Laura Haas
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Debra Knopman
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Stephanie Kovalchik
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Tara Lavelle
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Amy Lesen
Tulane University
ByWater Institute
Ky Luu
George Washington University
Elliott School of International Affairs
Ky Luu
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Jaime Madrigano
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Apollo Nkwake
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Andrew Parker
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Elizabeth Petrun Sayers
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Leia Saltzman
Tulane University
School of Social Work
Holly Scheib
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Sandra Serna
Louisiana Public Health Institute
Claude Setodji
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Margaret Weden
RAND Corporation

Research Staff

Barrie Black
Louisiana Public Health Institute
Courtni Blackstone
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Shweta Dewan
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Brandi Gilliam
University of South Alabama
Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center
Monica Hertzman
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Guenevere Hoy
Louisiana Public Health Institute
Sheila Joy
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
J. William McGowan
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Catherine Plummer
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Eric Robinson
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Ricardo Sanchez
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Rachana Seelam
RAND Corporation
Willard Simmons
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Christine Sovak
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Quinton Stroud
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Hilda Vlachopoulou
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Ariane Wiltse
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy

Data Team

Jordan Carlee Smith
Louisiana State University
Department of Sociology

Outreach Team

Kate Giglio
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Janel Lowman
University of South Alabama
Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center
Selena McCord
University of South Alabama
Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center

Administrative Staff

Diane Egelhoff
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Sandra Facciolli
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Aaron Lang
RAND Corporation
Jay Onayemi
RAND Corporation
Cassandra Tate
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment
Daisy Weill
RAND Corporation
Justice, Infrastructure and Environment

GoMRI Scholar

Leah Drakeford
Louisiana State University
Department of Sociology
Jacqueline Fiore
Tulane University
Department of Economics
Andres Melendez
Tulane University
City, Culture, and Community Program
Vanessa Parks
Louisiana State University
Department of Sociology

Graduate Student - PhD Level

Chelsea Adams
Louisiana State University
Department of Sociology
Margaret Chamberlin
Pardee RAND Graduate School
Leah Drakeford
Louisiana State University
Department of Sociology
Amanda Edelman
Pardee RAND Graduate School
Jacqueline Fiore
Tulane University
Department of Economics
Jessica Liddell
Tulane University
City, Culture, and Community Program
Estilla Lightfoot
Tulane University
City, Culture, and Community Program
Andres Melendez
Tulane University
City, Culture, and Community Program
Matthew Olson
Tulane University
City, Culture, and Community Program
Vanessa Parks
Louisiana State University
Department of Sociology
Megha Patel
Tulane University
City, Culture, and Community Program
Jordan Carlee Smith
Louisiana State University
Department of Sociology
Chloe Tucker
Tulane University
City, Culture, and Community Program

Graduate Student - Master's Level

Leila Darwish
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Kelsie Davis
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Anna Feigum
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Alex Fixler
Tulane University
School of Social Work
Brandi Gilliam
University of South Alabama
Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center
Elizabeth Harrison
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Samantha Haun
Tulane University
Department of Environmental Health Sciences
Allison Kalnik
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Hope Levins
Tulane University
School of Social Work
Elizabeth Lopez
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Bethanie Mangigian
Tulane University
School of Social Work
Nancy Mayhall
Tulane University
School of Social Work
Lindsay McBeth
Tulane University
School of Social Work
Bria Means
University of South Alabama
Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center
Heather Milton
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Karen Montano
Tulane University
School of Social Work
Tristan Morath
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Jennifer Murphy
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Elisabeth Perez
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Phallon Treece
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy
Alyssa Wood
University of South Alabama
Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center
Tona Zwanziger
Tulane University
Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy

Undergraduate Student

Olivia Cabello Gorchs
Tulane University
Department of Computer Science
Laura Eddington
Tulane University
Department of Computer Science
Alex Gain
Tulane University
Department of Computer Science
Chia Ikefuna
University of South Alabama
Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center
Cody Licorish
Tulane University
Department of Computer Science
Peter Riser
Tulane University
Department of Computer Science
Keagan Smith
University of South Alabama
Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center
Xinyue (Cassie) Wang
Tulane University
Department of Computer Science
Alyssa Wood
University of South Alabama
Coastal Resource and Resiliency Center
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This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org