Newswise — Dr. Tricia Wachtendorf, is the Associate Director of the Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware, the world's oldest research center devoted to the social science aspects of disasters.
She is a leading expert in emergency response and disaster management and is available to talk on the challenges facing those in Mexico soon-to-be affected Hurricane Patricia, the largest hurricane on record.
Her areas of expertise include social behaviors in disasters, the coordination between organizations in disasters and social vulnerability to disasters.
She has conducted reconnaissance fieldwork following the Indian Ocean tsunami (2004), Hurricane Katrina, Wenchuan China earthquake (2008), Haiti earthquake (2010) and Japan tsunami (2011).
She has extensive media experience including interviews in the LA Times, USA Today and ABC News.
Full biography: www.udel.edu/DRC/AboutDRC/bios/Wachtendorf.html
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