Her book Destination Anthropocene received the 2020 award from the Anthropology of Tourism Interest Group.
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Austin Becker spends sabbatical at US Naval War College as a Visiting Scholar
Becker’s presence at NWC will prioritize and transform the relationship that NWC has with the Aquidneck Island communities related to climate hazards and resilience.
Continue reading "Austin Becker spends sabbatical at US Naval War College as a Visiting Scholar"MAF Professor Emily Diamond publishes new paper in Environmental Politics
The paper finds that individuals adjust their policy preferences in response to scientific information on environmental issues, such as climate change.
Continue reading "MAF Professor Emily Diamond publishes new paper in Environmental Politics"MAMA Alumna Ivy Gyimah appointed as Research Fellow at the University of Cape Coast
Her appointment as a Research Fellow at the Centre for Coastal Management allows Ivy to build on the work of her thesis project, providing a valuable contribution to coastal policy and research.
Continue reading "MAMA Alumna Ivy Gyimah appointed as Research Fellow at the University of Cape Coast"Port engineers need guidance on how to incorporate sea level rise into construction designs
A survey of maritime infrastructure engineers by University of Rhode Island researchers found that the rising sea level is often not factored into designs of ports, breakwaters, fishing piers and other coastal infrastructure.
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Prof. Becker has been working with a URI team to bring local scale, high-resolution, storm models to emergency managers in Rhode Island.
Continue reading "Prof. Becker’s hazard consequence modeling work highlighted in Westerly Sun"URI chapter of The Coastal Society organizes kayak cleanup event
Over 20 TCS members collected 30 lbs of trash in partnership with the Narrow River Preservation Association.
Continue reading "URI chapter of The Coastal Society organizes kayak cleanup event"MAF Grad Students Publish Three Articles in the Latest Issue of Shima
MAF graduates Kaytee Canfield, Jessica Vandenberg, and Rennie Meyers publish in the new issue of Shima, an island studies journal.
Continue reading "MAF Grad Students Publish Three Articles in the Latest Issue of Shima"A Message to the URI Marine Affairs Community: Black Lives Matter
To all Marine Affairs students, faculty, staff, and alumni, 2020 has been and continues to be a challenging year. Among all the other things that are going on, we realize that police violence against black bodies has not abated. Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks, Daniel Prude, Jacob Blake. We say their names […]
Continue reading "A Message to the URI Marine Affairs Community: Black Lives Matter"Manissean Public Memory Project Continues on Block Island
Jessie Frazier and Amelia Moore have been collaborating with Maryann Gobern Mathews of Block Island and East Providence for two years to document the post-contact history of Native and African American residents of Block Island.
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