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Queer and Present Danger

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Thu, 12/02/2021 - 11:00am - 11:00am PST
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This webinar will feature findings from a new study that explores how and why LGBTQ+ communities are impacted legally, psychologically, physically, and even theologically during disasters. The Director of External Affairs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will serve as discussant.

Featuring:

  • Leo Goldsmith, Climate and Health Specialist, ICF Consulting, and Graduate Researcher at Yale University

  • Vanessa Raditz, Co-founder, Queer Ecojustice Project, and Graduate Researcher at the University of Georgia

  • Kevin Blanchard, Director of Disaster Risk Reduction Dynamics

  • Michael Méndez, UC Irvine Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy

  • Justin Knighten, Director of External Affairs, Federal Emergency Management Agency


UCI researchers receive over $2.5 million NIH funding to improve interviewing of young witnesses


University of California, Irvine researchers receive over $2.5 million NIH funding to improve interviewing of young witnesses. "We're trying to help interviewers help kids give good evidence," says J. Zoe Klemfuss, assistant professor of psychological science.