Amy Read
Amy Read studies the ways disasters shape communities long after the acute exposure period is over, including the effects on housing markets and residents’ perception of future climate and severe weather risk. Their dissertation combines demographic data with tornado track data to look at long-term temporal and spatial patterns in disaster impacts in the United States. They are also interested in how disaster exposure (and the recovery process itself) reinforces patterns of social inequality. Amy is advised by Filiz Garip, professor of Sociology and Public Affairs.