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Research Grants Funded

2024 Natural Hazards Center Wildfire Ready Research

Project Title: Risk perceptions and evacuation decision-making during wildfire events in rural Texas

Role: Principal Investigator

Amount: $7,470.00

2023-2024 Natural Hazards Center Community-Based Research on Public Health and Equity

Project Title: Public health risks and resilience to climate-related disasters among refugees in rural communities

Role: Principal Investigator

Amount: $28,689.00

2023-2024 West Texas A&M University Killgore Faculty Research Grant

Project Title: Refugees’ fear of crime and perceptions of law enforcement

Role: Principal Investigator

Amount: $4,753.50

2022-2023 West Texas A&M University Killgore Faculty Research Grant

Project Title: Texas rural young adults’ perceptions of cannabis: A survey study

Role: Co-Investigator

Amount: $4,112.00

2022-2023 FEMA Higher Education Research Grant

Project Title: Turning every disaster into an opportunity: An exploratory study on refugees’ perceived emergency management capacity and disaster resilience

Role: Principal Investigator

Amount: $7,806.00

2022 West Texas A&M University Faculty Development Grant

Project Title: FEMA Higher Education Symposium

Role: Principal Investigator

Amount: $1,378.00

2021-2022 West Texas A&M University Killgore Faculty Research Grant

Project Title: Refugees’ social vulnerability and disaster preparedness in the Texas Panhandle

Role: Principal Investigator 

Amount: $4,362.00

2018 University of Nebraska at Omaha Graduate Research and Creativity Award Grant

Project Title: Social media use by small-to-medium-sized nonprofit organizations

Role: Principal Investigator

Amount: $5,000.00

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Research Grants Submitted

2022

Natural Hazards Center Research in U.S. Territories, Tribal Areas, and Rural Communities

Project Title: Effective risk communication and public health preparedness for refugees in rural communities

Role: Principal Investigator 

Amount: $45,038.00

Grants: List
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