REU Site Renewal--Hazards, Disasters and Society: Training the Next Generation of Disaster Researchers

提案编号：0649031 PI： JOANNE NIGGPROJECT：灾害、灾害与社会：培训下一代灾害研究人员特拉华州大学（UDEL）的灾害研究中心（DRC）为本科生提供为期九周的暑期研究所，为灾害的社会科学方面提供研究培训和指导。 在过去的43年里，DRC的研究人员开创了专注于灾害的社会和组织方面的研究，并对灾害领域的增长和发展产生了强烈的影响。每年在我们的研究经验本科（REU）暑期课程，从全国各地选出的十名学生有一个独特的机会，在一个具有挑战性的，充满活力的，智力刺激的环境中工作与关键的灾害研究人员。在过去的两年中，我们的REU计划提供了21名本科生必要的学术背景，培训和相关的研究经验，作为相对独立的研究学者，不能仅仅在正常的课堂环境中获得的技能和知识。学生们接触到几个课程模块，包括：研究方法;理论社会科学方法来理解灾害的原因和后果;和研究过程中的道德影响。 为了促进学生的专业发展和更多地接触到多学科灾害研究领域，REU学生参加了为期三天的研讨会与一些领先的研究人员和从业人员在危害和灾害领域，同时参加自然灾害中心的年度危害研究和应用研讨会在博尔德的科罗拉多大学。 该计划不仅为学生提供了一个独特的夏季研究机会，而且还准备下一代灾害研究人员进入研究生院，并最终进入灾害研究领域的经验，知识和信心，许多应届毕业生都缺乏。

PROPOSAL #: 0649031 PI: JOANNE NIGGPROJECT: HAZARDS, DISASTERS AND SOCIETY: TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF DISASTER RESEARCHERSThe Disaster Research Center (DRC) at the University of Delaware (UDEL) offers a nine-week Summer Research Institute for undergraduate students to provide research training and mentoring on the social science aspects of disasters. Over the past 43 years, DRC researchers have pioneered research focusing on the societal and organizational aspects of disasters and have had a strong impact on the growth and development of the field of disasters. Each year in our Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) summer program, ten students selected from across the country have the unique opportunity of working in a challenging, dynamic, and intellectually stimulating environment with key disaster researchers. Over the past two years, our REU program has provided 21 undergraduate students with the necessary academic background, training, and relevant research experiences to function as relatively independent research scholars with the skills and knowledge that cannot be gained solely in a normal classroom setting. Students are exposed to several course modules, including: research methodologies; theoretical social science approaches to understanding the causes and consequences of disasters; and the ethical implications of the research process. In order to foster the students' professional development and greater exposure to the multidisciplinary disaster research field, REU students participate in a three-day workshop with some of the leading researchers and practitioners in the hazards and disaster fields while participating in the Natural Hazards Center's Annual Hazards Research and Application Workshop at the University of Colorado in Boulder. The program not only provides students with a unique summer research opportunity but also prepares the next generation of disaster researchers to enter graduate schools and, ultimately, enter the disaster research field with experience, knowledge, and confidence that many recent graduates have lacked.