REU Site: Hazards, Disasters, and Society: Training the Future Generations of Social Science Researchers

这个项目是特拉华州大学灾难研究中心的社会学本科生（REU）的研究经验。 该网站为10名本科生提供为期九周的灾害社会科学方面的实践培训。 智力优势-学生与教师专家一起工作，生成假设，并使用现有的数据集进行测试。 研究项目将侧重于以下问题：减灾、备灾、救灾和恢复;警报和技术;灾害脆弱性和抗灾能力。更广泛的影响-与研究活动同时举行的专业发展研讨会为学生提供计算机技能，GRE准备，申请研究生院和赠款写作方面的培训。 学生还接触到研究方法，社会科学方法的重大课程，以灾害，以及研究过程中的道德影响。 为学生提供继续他们的研究与导师从他们的家乡机构是网站活动的一个主要组成部分。 该网站由国防部与NSF REU计划共同资助。

This project is a research experiences for undergraduates (REU) site in Sociology at the University of Delaware's Disaster Research Center. The site offers 10 undergraduate students nine weeks of hands-on training in the social science aspects of disasters. Intellectual Merit- Students work with faculty experts to generate hypotheses and test them using existing data sets. Research projects will focus on issues such as: disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery; warnings and technology; and disaster vulnerability and resilience. Broader Impact- Professional development workshops held concurrently with the research activities provide students with training in computer skills, GRE preparation, applying to graduate school, and grant writing. Students are also exposed to significant coursework in research methodology, social science approaches to disasters, and the ethical implications of the research process. Provisions for students to continue their research with mentors from their home institutions are a major component of site activities. This site is co-funded by the Department of Defense in partnership with the NSF REU program.