Dr. Samantha Montano - Disasterology: Managing Disasters in the Climate Crisis

Disasterology: Managing Disasters in the Climate Crisis. Minnesota Atheists November 2021 Public Meeting with Dr. Samantha Montano, recorded Sunday, November 21, 2021.

An increased risk of disaster is among the many consequences of the climate crisis, as we have begun to see around the world. Changes in extreme weather compound on already vulnerable communities to create cycles of disaster for which existing programs and policies are inadequate to effectively address. Fortunately, there is an entire discipline of study that exists to teach us how to address this risk – emergency management. Over a century of disaster research is available to inform our response to this increased risk but actually getting that research implemented into practice and policy will require nothing short of a movement for disaster justice.

Dr. Samantha Montano became interested in disasters following a trip to New Orleans immediately following Hurricane Katrina and the Levee Failure. She spent years in New Orleans working with various nonprofits on recovery efforts related to both Katrina and the BP Oil Disaster in 2010. In 2014 she interned for the Foundation Beyond Belief. She has been an atheist since around the time she found out Santa Claus wasn’t real.

Her educational background includes a B.S. in Psychology from Loyola University New Orleans and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Emergency Management from North Dakota State University.

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