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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CRC 5th Annual Meeting: March 11- March13, 20Chapel Hill, NC
Institutionalization, Expansion, and Enhancement of Interdisciplinary Minor
Disaster and Coastal Studies (DCS)
Principal Investigator: Meherun Laiju, Ph.D.Dean of Social Sciences Associate ProfessorSociology & Social Work DepartmentTougaloo College
CRC 5th Annual Meeting Mar. 11- Mar 13, 2020
Core Courses
NSD 210 Introduction to Natural and Manmade
Disasters
DCS 320 Emergency Preparedness and Response
DCS 400 Internship
Electives(Choose 1)
Interdisciplinary
PSY 328- Health Psychology in Disaster Preparedness
POL 317 Public Policy and Legal Issues in Disaster
Management
SOC/SWK 331- Social,Community Organizations and Disaster Preparedness
COP 211: Public Relations Writing
DCS
Min
or C
ours
es
Introduction to Natural Disasters
Public Health Issues in Disaster Management
Political and legal Aspects of Disaster Management
Emergency Preparedness Planning and Response
Internship
Elective (choose 1)
Economic Dimension of Disasters
Psychological aspect of Disaster
Project Overview
• Disaster & Coastal Studies (DCS):• Certificate program offers a multidisciplinary approach from social science
perspective about the nature of natural disasters in the coastal zone• Project addresses the social aspects of catastrophes or disasters
• Organizational issues inherent in preparedness, planning, and managing all forms of disasters.
• The program is housed in Sociology and Social Work Department in SSD
Objectives:
• Diversify the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) workforce
• Train interested students for career in the field of disaster management for local emergency management agencies and graduate studies
• Faculty and students to engage in cross-disciplinary research• Collaboration with local End User• Community Outreach initiatives
•Professional Development
•Publications & Presentation
•Student Mentoring
Faculty
DCS certificate:Courses (6-7 per year)Research (3 faculty, 6-9 students)Community OutreachEngagement – End users
Curriculum • Internship•Scholarships (10 -11per
year)•Research•Conference•Presentations•Training (GIS)
Student
Stakeholder Engagement Year 1-4
InternsInstructor
Advisory BoardNeighborhood
Training
MEMA
Homeland Security
American Red Cross
County Emergency Managemen
t
Salvation Army
Accomplishment 2015 – 16 Minor 2016-17
Minor
2017-18 Minor
2018 -19 Certificate
Total Course Offers 7 6 5 7
Total Student Serve 62 60+ 60 66
Declare Minor 12 9+ 10* -
Interested Certificate
- - 10
Internship (End –User)
7 7+ -** 4
Graduate With Minor 2 4-5 3 -
Graduate With Certificate
-- -- -- 5
Research Project/Training
8* 10 11 8
Conference Presentation
5 7 6
Symposium 1 1 1 1
SUMERX 1 2 1 2
Community Outreach - - - 2
Education Work and Accomplishments (Year1- 4)
Student in class GIS Training
Research Participants
Training Overview
ICS (Incident Command System)
NIMS (National Incident Management System)
Preparing for a Disaster ( Home Plan/ Emergency Kit )
Exercise Scenario (Tornado)
Neighborhood Outreach Training Initiative (1 -4)
Half day training was arranged for Community outreach program on May 6, 2017 by the DCS Program at Woodhaven Neighborhood.
This has been done in collaboration with MEMA----Training officers- Mr. Jesse Murphree
(Emergency Preparedness) and Training OfficerMs. Loretta Thorpe
(Director, Training Bureau, Office of Preparedness)
Conduct Survey to assess community needs
Speaker : Donta Council, Ph.D Student;Old Dominion University
DCS Students, Faculty, and Guest
Old Dominion
University
University of Delaware Disaster Research Center
Research & Training*:Geographic Information System (GIS) concepts some emphasis in the STEM areas
Familiarity with national preparedness and resilience literature, develop skills to critically review journal articlesDesign survey instrument, administer the survey, interview skills, skills related to statistical software program SPSS ,
Activity Status
Offer 6 courses (fall & spring) Complete
Students Taking Courses (may serve as electives) 70 Students
Intern Placement to end user setting Complete (4 students)
Selection of students for research and training* Complete (8 students)
Recruit for the certificate Complete (10 students)
Select students for CRC “SUMREX 2020” In Progress (2 students)
Guest Speaker (Research Partner) 2020 Complete (2 speakers)
DCS Research Symposium March 20, 2020; 9:00 -1:00; TC
Students Graduating with Certificate May 2020 (4 -6 students, )
Community Outreach Complete
Abstracts Published in Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS), February edition(ISSN 0076-9436,vol65, # 1) & Presented at 84th Annual Meeting in Hattiesburg February 21, 2019:
ØCourtney Thomas and Meherun Laiju
Natura Disaster Preparedness Among Undergraduate Students In Jackson, Mississippi, abstract published in 84th MAS (ISSN 0076 – 9436, Vol 65 # 1) journal and presented the Paper at MAS conference on February 20, 2020
ØNakyah Hill, DiMaya Randle, and Shaila Khano Assessment of Psychological Impact of Coastal Disaster, abstract published
in 84th MAS (ISSN 0076 – 9436, Vol 65 # 1) journal and presented the Paper at MAS conference on February 20, 2020
Education Work and Accomplishments:
Community Outreach (November 14, 2019)
Offered in Fall by NSD
STEM oriented
Course is designed to give a broad overview of natural and man-made disaster and applications of modern tools like GIS to study natural disasters.
Interested students will gain fundamental knowledge of Natural Disasters, pursuing a certificate in Disaster Coastal studies, and
Also, learn about future prospects in this field.
Instructor: Dr. Santanu Banerjee; Professor of Physics
Class Presentation
The course introduces students to the field of Disaster Preparedness.
Students are exposed to the terminology, policy, planning, and management issues that arise in preparing for and responding to disasters.
Help students understand the role of human organizations in providing assistance to people and communities affected by disasters in the immediate aftermath and for long term recovery.
The course examined particular events that occur recently as well as past incidents.
Offered in Spring by Political Science
Attorney specialized in the field teaches this course.
The course presents concepts and basic descriptive information about the public policy process in the executive and legislative branches of government and actions of the judicial branch in court cases that relate to disaster preparedness.
Examine the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s legal requirements, responsibilities, laws pertaining to emergency management, and actions based on these laws.
Also includes analysis of public policies and understanding the procedures and requirements in emergency management.
Instructor Atty. Dennis Sweet
Michelle WayInsurance Adjuster
Atty. Bobby Owens, Litigator Deep Water Horizon, BP Oil Spill
The course investigates the nature of complex social and community organizations such as business, industry, and government.
Students will learn certain basic social concepts and theories and their functions as a framework for bringing about effective community-based social action (or community organization as a tool for addressing issues effecting the local community to advocate for social justice).
Special attention (topic) will be given to community-based disaster preparedness, recovery efforts, and management strategies.
Students will be familiar with the strategies to build resilient community, community-mindedness and cooperative relationships between disaster victims and recovery organizations.
How disasters lead to rapid social change will also be explored.
PSY 328-01: Health Psychology and Disaster Preparedness
This is a three-hour, credit course that focuses on psychological factors (e.g., stress, anxiety, depression, individual differences, or personality characteristics) and environmental events (e.g., natural or man-made disasters) that can negatively affect survivors’ mental and physical well-being as well as the relationship between patients and practitioners.
Students in the course will learn about the role of psychologists in the assessment and treatment of disaster related mental and emotional problems, and the promotion of changes to lifestyle, health habits, and coping practices to optimize recovery from disaster (i.e., dealing with psychosocial sequelae of disasters).
An educationally-directed practice experience in disaster management agencies with trained site supervisor.
Focus placed upon the application of the theoretical knowledge in real-life situation. Prerequisite: must complete the core requirements.
Research Team
2019-2020
Institutionalize Interdisciplinary Certificate by helping create collaborations with other institutions and DHS related public & private entities—students have options to join in workforce
Diversify the future DHS S&T related workforce by training underrepresented minorities, mirroring some ofthe more vulnerable population impacted by Disaster scenarios
Local Emergency Management organizations get student interns, serve as instructors, & participate in Advisory committees as well as the Annual Symposium.
Opportunity for students to be trained in interdisciplinary fields across academic divisions (Natural Science,Social Science, & Humanities). Partner institutions may be able to recruit graduate students for theirprogram with a background in disaster related curriculum.
Opportunity for students to participate in natural disaster related research and present in conferences
Allow faculty members in cross-disciplinary research on climate issues
Enhance Community Preparedness – Neighborhood Training Initiative in collaboration MEMA
Collaborate with other Departments and Divisions to add additional courses
Education Division-Early Childhood & Elementary Education (Emergency Preparedness course part of their curriculum)
Students will have more options to choose from, help in recruitment, and institutionalizing process
Contact additional local public and private end-users to place interns and collaborate to continue Community outreach initiative
Explore options to offer online Certificate program for non-traditional students/professionals
Encourage students to pursue graduate studies in this field
Collaborate with partner Institution
Addressing DHS Recommendations
Thank you all for the positive feed back
Suggestions:
Broaden students placements:Made progress with FEMA and other local Emergency Management Agency
Inviting local emergency Management agency to College career fair
Encouraging students to attend graduate program related to Emergency Management
Improve Marketing Efforts:
Working with local High School students, plan to offer Stem oriented disaster course in summer
Increase Community Outreach forums
Curriculum Replication (other Institution)
PI is writing an article which discusses how small colleges may use Tougaloo College’s Multidisciplinary Certificate Disaster Coastal Studies (DCS) curriculum as a model to design a program at their Institution.
Core RequirementsCourse Name Objective Offered Status
DCS/NSD 210 Introduction to Natural and Manmade Disasters
Basic Ideas and GIS Training Fall
DCS 320 Emergency Preparedness and Response
Training as a first responder Fall
DCS 400 Internship**(Prerequisite DCS210 and 320)
Practical skills working in a Local Emergency Agency
Spring
Elective Courses (Choose 1)Course Name Objective Offered Status
PSY 328- Health Psychology in Disaster Preparedness
Understand Health issues pertaining Disasters & Policy
Spring
POL 317 Public Policy and Legal Issues in Disaster Management
Understand Policy and Legal issues related to disaster
Spring
SOC/SWK 331- Social, Community Organizations and Disaster Preparedness
Understand Organization and Community’s Connectedness in Rescue and Management (Policy)
Fall
COP 211: Public Relations Writing Develop writing & editing Skills along with incorporate media role in disaster management
Spring
MUTIDISCIPLINARY CERTIFICATE: DISASTER COASTAL STUDIES VERIFICATION & TRACKING FORM
STUDENT NAME ______________________________________________________
MAJOR _______________________________________________________________
ENROLLMENT DATE__________________________________________________
EXPECTED GRADUATION ________________ GENDER ___________
PERMANENT ADDRESS
PERSONAL EMAIL____________________________________________________
PHONE________________________________________________________________
ADVISOR’S NAME
HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THIS PROGRAM?•College Recruiter•Brochure•During Orientation (Faculty Presentation)•DCS Symposium•Advisor•Other ___________________________
PLAN AFTER GRADUATION :
Upcoming Symposium
Speaker: Gregory SlusarczykResearch Mathematician(ERDC)PhD in Coastal Engineering(JSU)
Speaker: Von Anderson,Senior Planner-Jackson
DCS Symposium Friday March 20Institutionalized: add the event with Social Justice Week
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