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Katrina Task Force Research Bulletins
In order to promote educated policy-making and better disaster preparedness, the SSRC’s Katrina Task Force has initiated the “Research Bulletins Project.” Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and launched in June 2009, the Research Bulletins Project summarizes and disseminates the findings and policy suggestions of leading researchers into the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters. Received by hundreds of emergency professionals and disaster researchers, the Katrina Task Force’s Research Bulletins are produced bi-weekly and transmitted via email.
April 19
Occupational Health & Safety of Latino Day Laborers
Researchers: Linda Delp, University of California, Los Angeles
December 11
Researchers: J. Steven Picou, University of South Alabama
November 2
Development Choices and Disaster Creation
Researchers: William Freudenburg, University of California, Santa Barbara; Robert Gramling, University of Louisiana, Lafayette
September 17
Louisiana Human Development Index
Researchers: Sarah Burd-Sharps and Kristen Lewis, Co-Directors, American Human Development Project
August 31
Gender & Parenting Post-Katrina
Researchers: Alice Fothergill, University of Vermont; Lori Peek, Colorado State University
August 17
Latino Immigrants as a Rapid Response Labor Force
Researchers: Elizabeth Fussell, Washington State University
August 3
Battered Women & Hurricane Katrina
Researchers: Pam Jenkins, University of New Orleans; Brenda Phillips, Oklahoma State University
July 20
Reducing Children's Vulnerability
Researchers: Alice Fothergill, University of Vermont; Lori Peek, Colorado State University
July 14
Displaced K-12 Students in Alabama Schools
Researcher: J. Steven Picou, University of South Alabama
July 6
African American Women's Networks
Researcher: Jacquelyn Litt, University of Missouri at Columbia
June 30
Sexual Assault and Racial Politics
Researcher: Rachel E. Luft, University of New Orleans
