Disaster Planning: Moving Image and Sound Collections
Principal Investigator: Howard Besser, PhD
Drawing on the experiences of collecting institutions and individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina, this project examines disaster preparedness and recovery issues for archival materials.
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Organizational and Community Preparedness
Principal Investigator: Paul C. Light, PhD
This project, designed to identify and measure the characteristics of highly-prepared organizations and communities, measured the Katrina effect on community preparedness.
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Astrodome Interviews
Principal Investigator: David Dent, FAS
Based on interviews with New Orleans residents who had been relocated to the Houston Astrodome, this project explores the impact of class on the challenges of urban resettlement in the wake of a disaster.
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After seeing the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina unfold in August 2005 CCPR mobilized to engage the NYU community through a university-wide research competition. The response was inspiring, as many faculty offered thoughtful and insightful proposals. These projects were chosen from among a crowded field of outstanding ideas. This work speaks to the very mission of CCPR, to find the best and brightest investigators from throughout the university to undertake path leading research into the complex nature of disasters. The Katrina researchers are a select group who has risen to the challenge of drawing meaning and lessons from a unique American catastrophe, Hurricane Katrina, that continues to and will for a long time pose questions on the national agenda. On March 1, 2007, our faculty presented the latest findings of these projects. We are proud to share their presentation materials with you here.
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Documentary Film -- Extended Stay
Principal Investigator: Judith Helfand
Extended Stay is a half-hour film that documents the intense physical, emotional and spiritual rebirth of two Katrina survivors as they fight to start life anew in New York City.
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The Effects of Power on Sense-Making and Communication
Principal investigator: Frances Milliken, MBA, PhD
This study examines systematic patterns in the ways that powerful and powerless individuals communicated their understanding of the Katrina disaster in its aftermath.
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Cultural Integration and Social Capital Development in the Aftermath
Principal Investigator: Robert Hawkins, PhD
With an eye towards geographic and economic diversity, this study examines the relative success of displaced families' attempts to culturally integrate into their new communities.
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American Diaspora: Displaced Students and the Effects of Selected Educational Policies
Principal Investigator: Mary Driscoll, PhD
This study explored the way schools and school districts dealt with the sudden influx of students from the disaster zone, in the context of the No Child Left Behind legislation.
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