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Expanding Coastal Resilience Educa3on at UNC

Gavin Smith, Ph.D., AICP Director, Department of Homeland Security – Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence Research Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Rick LueIch, Ph.D. Center PI, Department of Homeland Security – Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Project Overview and Goals •  Project Overview – UNC will significantly expand its capabili3es in Coastal Resilience by developing a

graduate cer3ficate program in Natural Hazards Resilience and by hiring a tenure track faculty member (trained in physical science and/or engineering) in the area of Coastal Hazards and Climate Science.

•  Project Goal(s)

•  Educate the next genera3on of natural hazards scholars and prac33oners •  Provide students with the knowledge and experience needed to ac3vely contribute to the study and/

or the prac3ce of natural hazards resilience •  Coalesce the world class UNC-CH faculty •  Develop an “esprit de corps” among students

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Project Relevance to DHS S&T Mission/Impact of Project

•  Disaster losses con3nue to rise at an exponen3al rate in the United States and across

the world. •  Alignment with Quadrennial Homeland Security Report Goal 1.3 (manage risks to

cri3cal infrastructure), Mission 5 (ensuring resilience to disasters) and associated goals (mi3gate hazards, enhance preparedness, ensure effec3ve emergency response, and rapid recovery).

•  The cer3ficate program will build capacity by a^rac3ng and training the next genera3on of natural hazards scholars and prac33oners.

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Technical Approach •  10-hour Graduate Cer3ficate in Natural Hazards Resilience

•  Planning for Natural Hazards and Climate Change (3 credit hours) – Taught: Fall 2013, 2014, 2015 •  Survey of Natural Hazards and Disasters (3 credit hours) – Taught: Spring 2015, 2016 •  Natural Hazards Resilience Speaker Series (1 credit hour) – Taught: Spring 2016 •  Elec3ve (3 credit hour)

•  Op3on: Course iden3fied from approved lis3ng •  Op3on: Fieldwork •  Op3on: Summer Student Internship

•  Recruit and Hire Tenure Track Faculty Member

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Milestones and Results •  Graduate Cer3ficate in Natural Hazards Resilience •  Approved by Graduate School Commi^ee – Fall of 2015 •  3 courses developed and administered •  4 students enrolled in first cer3ficate cohort •  Cer3ficate student group started (development of listserv complete; Lesson-Drawing

from Disaster Science and Management at LSU)

•  Recruit tenure track faculty member •  3 candidates interviewing in March •  Hire complete this summer

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Transla3on Ac3vi3es, End-Users and Transi3on Methods

•  Transla3on Ac3vi3es and End Users

•  Internships – North Carolina Division of Emergency Management; Hawaii Sea Grant & Maui Planning Department

•  Na3onal Disaster Preparedness Training Center – Advanced Disaster Recovery Course •  Guest speakers in classes •  End-users – FEMA, NOAA, States and Local Governments, Professional Associa3ons

•  What method(s) will you use to transi3on your results? •  Promote Graduate Cer3ficate Program in Natural Hazards Resilience; Recruit prospec3ve DCRP

students •  Assist students obtain internships and jobs upon gradua3on (link to speaker series) •  Integrate CRC research into Graduate Cer3ficate (Role of States in Recovery Video)

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Milestones and Results (con3nued) •  Role of States in Recovery Training Video and Guide

•  Filmed interviews with Governor’s James B. Hunt Jr. and Haley Barbour; State Officials (NC and MS)

•  End-Users – Governors, States, FEMA, University Degree and Cer3ficate Programs (UNC Natural Hazards Cer3ficate)

•  Disaster Recovery: A Compara3ve Analysis of Gubernatorial Leadership, Collabora3on, and Capacity Building •  Interna3onal Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters – March

2016

•  Next Steps •  Journal Ar3cle Series and Textbook •  Interviews with Governor’s Shumlin (VT), Hickenlooper (CO), Chris3e

(NJ), Cuomo (NY)

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Natural Hazards Resilience Speaker Series (Spring 2016) •  William H. Hooke, Associate Execu3ve Director and Senior Policy

Fellow, American Meteorological Society (CRC Board Member) •  Tom Birkland, William T. Kretzer Professor of Public Policy, School of

Public and Interna3onal Affairs, North Carolina State University •  Barry Keim, Richard J. Russell Professor, Louisiana State University,

State Climatologist (CRC PI) •  Craig Fugate, FEMA Administrator •  David Perkes, Gulf Coast Community Design Studio, Professor

Mississippi State University of Art + Architecture

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Natural Hazards Resilience Speaker Series (con3nued) •  Carl Bruch, Senior A^orney; Co-Director, Interna3onal Programs, Environmental Law Ins3tute (Co-Hosted with Law School) •  Pam Rubinoff, Senior Coastal Manager at the Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island (CRC partner) •  Dennis Wenger, Former Program Director, Infrastructure Systems Management and Extreme Events, Na3onal Science

Founda3on (Co-Hosted with Center for Urban and Regional Studies)

•  Steve Murdoch, Allyn R. and Gladys M. Cline Professor of Sociology at Rice University. Former Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Census (Co-Hosted with the Carolina Popula3on Center)

•  Gerry Galloway, Glenn L. Mar3n Ins3tute Professor of Engineering with the Department of Civil and Environmental

Engineering. •  Governor’s James B. Hunt Jr. (D-NC) and Haley Barbour (R-MS) – Fall 2015

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