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Tim Slack

Louisiana State University

Department of Sociology

126 Stubbs Hall
Baton Rouge , LA  70803  

timslack76@gmail.com

Project List:

Understanding Resilience Attributes for Children, Youth, and Communities in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Principal Investigator

Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead

Tracking Community Resilience in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster: Assessing the Evidence

Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State UniversityRole: Co-Principal Investigator

Tracking Community Resilience in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster: Developing Infrastructure for Analyzing the Human Impact on Coastal Communities

Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State UniversityRole: Co-Principal Investigator

Understanding the Social Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Context of Community Vulnerability and Resiliency

Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State UniversityRole: Principal Investigator

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 14

2021

Stroope, S., Slack, T., Kroeger, R. A., Keating, K. S., Beedasy, J., Sury, J. J., et al. (2021). Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Exposure, Industry Sector, and Child Health. Population Research and Policy Review, . doi

2020

Beedasy, J., Samur Zuniga, A. F., Chandler, T., & Slack, T. (2020). Online community discourse during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: an analysis of Twitter interactions. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 51, 101870. doi
Cope, M. R., Slack, T., Blanchard, T. C., Lee, M. R., & Jackson, J. E. (2020). The Louisiana Community Oil Spill Survey (COSS) dataset. Data in Brief, 30, 105390. doi
Cope, M. R., Slack, T., Jackson, J. E., & Parks, V. (2020). Community sentiment following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster: A test of time, systemic community, and corrosive community models. Journal of Rural Studies, 74, 124–132. doi
Drakeford, L., Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M., & Lee, M. R. (2020). Oil Spill Disruption and Problem Drinking: Assessing the Impact of Religious Context among Gulf Coast Residents. Popul Res Policy Rev, 39(1), 119–146. doi
Finucane, M. L., Blum, M., Ramchand, R., Parker, A. M., Nataraj, S., Clancy, N., et al. (2020). Advancing Community Resilience Research and Practice: Moving from “Me” to “We” to “3D”. Journal of Risk Research, 23(1), 1–10. doi
Keating, K. S., Becker, S., Davis, I. F., Chandler, T., Slack, T., & Beedasy, J. (2020). Families Coping With Financial Loss Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Fam Relat, 69(5), 887–906. doi
Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Drakeford, L., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2020). Fishing Households, Social Support, and Depression after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Rural Sociology, 85(2), 495–518. doi
Slack, T., Kroeger, R., Stroope, S., Keating, K., Sury, J., Brooks, J., et al. (2020). Deepwater Horizon oil spill exposure and child health: A Longitudinal Analysis. Population and Environment, , 1–24. doi
Slack, T., Parks, V., Ayer, L., Parker, A. M., Finucane, M. L., & Ramchand, R. (2020). Natech or natural? An analysis of hazard perceptions, institutional trust, and future-storm worry following Hurricane Harvey. Nat Hazards, 102(3), 1207–1224. doi

2018

Parks, V., Drakeford, L., Cope, M. R., & Slack, T. (2018). Disruption of Routine Behaviors Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Society & Natural Resources, 31(3), 277–290. doi

2017

Cope, M. R., & Slack, T. (2017). Emplaced social vulnerability to technological disasters: Southeast Louisiana and the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Popul Environ, 38(3), 217–241. doi

2016

Cope, M. R., Slack, T., Blanchard, T. C., & Lee, M. R. (2016). It's Not Whether You Win or Lose, It's How You Place the Blame: Shifting Perceptions of Recreancy in the Context of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Rural Sociology, 81(3), 295–315. doi

2013

Cope, M. R., Slack, T., Blanchard, T. C., & Lee, M. R. (2013). Does time heal all wounds? Community attachment, natural resource employment, and health impacts in the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. Social Science Research, 42(3), 872–881. doi

Book Whole - 1

2020

Finucane, M. L., Clark-Ginsberg, A., Parker, A. M., Becerra-Ornelas, A. U., Clancy, N., Ramchand, R., et al. (2020). Building Community Resilience to Large Oil Spills: Findings and Recommendations from a Synthesis of Research on the Mental Health, Economic, and Community Distress Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation. doi

Book Chapter - 1

2021

Slack, T., Beedasy, J., Chandler, T., Keating, K. S., Sury, J., & Brooks, J. (2021). Family Resilience Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Theory and Evidence. In M. Stout, & A. W. Harrist (Eds.), Building Community and Family Resilience: Research, Policy, and Programs (pp. 31–48). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi

Conference Presentations - 33

2020

Beedasy, J., Samur, A., Chandler, T., & Slack, T. (2020). Online Information Flow and Fast-Paced Information Exchange in a Disaster Context: Characterizing Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Tweets. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl
Finucane, M., Parker, A., Clark-Ginsberg, A., Becerra, A., Slack, T., & Lesen, A. (2020). Building Community Resilience: Recommendations From a Synthesis of Research on the Health, Social, and Economic Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl
Finucane, M., Parker, A., Clark-Ginsberg, A., Slack, T., & Lesen, A. (2020). Building Community Resilience: Recommendations from a Synthesis of Research on the Mental Health, Social, and Economic Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl
Slack, T., Kroeger, R., Stroope, S., Keating, K., Sury, J., Brooks, J., et al. (2020). Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Exposure and Child Health: A Longitudinal Cohort Analysis. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl
Slack, T., Parks, V., Ayer, L., Parker, A., Finucane, M., & Ramchand, R. (2020). Natural or Natech? Understanding the Relationship Between Hazard Perceptions, Institutional Trust, and Views of Recovery Following Hurricane Harvey. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl
Slack, T., Parks, V., Ayer, L., Parker, A., Finucane, M., & Ramchand, R. (2020). Natech or Natural? An Analysis of Hazard Perceptions, Institutional Trust, and Future-Storm Worry following Hurricane Harvey. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl

2019

Brooks, J., Sury, J., Abramson, D., Slack, T., Chandler, T., & Beedasy, J. (2019). Disastrous Consequences: Comparing Communities After a Human-Caused and a Natural Disaster. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Brooks, J., Sury, J., Beedasy, J., Chandler, T., Samur-Zuniga, A., Keating, K. S., et al. (2019). Resilience in Louisiana: A Longitudinal Study of Recovery from the Deepwater Horizon Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Davis, I. F., Becker, S., Keating, K. S., Beedasy, J., Chandler, T., & Slack, T. (2019). Child, Family and Community Resilience Seven Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Qualitative Insights from Louisiana Parents. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Davis, I. F., Becker, S., Keating, K. S., Beedasy, J., Chandler, T., & Slack, T. (2019). Family Coping Seven Years after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Qualitative Insights from Louisiana Parents. In Annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society. Richmond, VA : 8/7/19-8/10/19. openurl
Keating, K., Slack, T., Beedasy, J., Chandler, T., & Brooks, J. (2019). Child Mental Health Resilience following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Longitudinal Analysis of Spill Exposure and Community Context. In Annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society. Richmond, VA : 8/7/19-8/10/19. openurl
Keating, K. S., Christos-Rodgers, J., Goff, A., Sury, J., Chandler, T., Beedasy, J., et al. (2019). Third Times A Charm: A Case Study of Longitudinal Disaster Survey Research Protocol in South Louisiana. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Keating, K. S., Slack, T., Beedasy, J., Chandler, T., & Brooks, J. (2019). Child Mental Health Outcomes following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Multilevel Longitudinal Analysis of Spill Exposure and Health Care Context. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Parker, A. M., Finucane, M. L., Ramchand, R., Slack, T., Ayer, L., Clancy, N., et al. (2019). How Risk-Related Worry Changes over Time: A Longitudinal Survey Across Multiple Disaster Events. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Parks, V., Slack, T., Parker, A. M., Drakeford, L., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M. L., et al. (2019). Religious Context, Local Ties, and Alcohol Misuse in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Slack, T., Kroeger, R. A., Stroope, S., Keating, K., Sury, J., Brooks, J., et al. (2019). Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Exposure and Child Health: A Longitudinal Analysis from the RCYC Study. In Demographic Responses to Changes in the Natural Environment. Madison, WI : 10/24/19-10/25/19. openurl
Slack, T., Parks, V., Ayer, L., Finucane, M. L., Parker, A., & Ramchand, R. (2019). Natural or Natech? The Influence of Hazard Perceptions following Hurricane Harvey. In 44th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Broomfield, CO : 07/14/19-07/17/19. openurl
Weden, M., Parker, A. M., Drakeford, L., Slack, T., & Ramchand, R. (2019). Racial and Economic Segregation, Disaster Exposure, and Self-Rated Heath in the U.S. Gulf Coast. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster. openurl

2018

Beedasy, J., Lackner, S., Sury, J., Brooks, J., Samur, A., Keating, K., et al. (2018). Understanding the Long-Term Health Effects on Children and Adolescents in Areas Heavily Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Chandler, T., Beedasy, J., Samur, A., Lackner, S., Sury, J., Uchida, M., et al. (2018). Measuring Social Media Use as a Source of Resilience During and After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Drakeford, L., Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M., & Lee, M. R. (2018). Social Resources, Community Religiosity, and Depression among Gulf Coast Residents. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Keating, K., Christos-Rodgers, J., Goff, A., Sury, J., Chandler, T., Beedasy, J., et al. (2018). Time After Time: A Case Study in Longitudinal Disaster Survey Research Protocol in South Louisiana. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Keating, K., Christos-Rodgers, J., Goff, A., Sury, J., Chandler, T., Beedasy, J., et al. (2018). Revisiting resilience: A case study of a longitudinal disaster survey protocol in South Louisiana. In 81st Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Portland, OR : 7/26/18-7/29/18. openurl
Keating, K., Slack, T., Beedasy, J., Chandler, T., & Brooks, J. (2018). Federally Designated Primary Healthcare Need as a Dimension of Resilience following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Keating, K., Slack, T., Beedasy, J., Chandler, T., & Brooks, J. (2018). Primary Healthcare Need as a Dimension of Resilience following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Definition, Access, Perception. In 81st Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Portland, OR : 7/26/18-7/29/18: Poster. openurl
Parks, V., Ramchand, R., Slack, T., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2018). STRONG Methodology: Capturing Health and Social Well-Being in a Disaster-Prone Region. In 2018 Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Portland, OR : 07/26/18-07/29/18. openurl
Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Drakeford, L., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2018). Understanding Social Capital Effects on Health: Opportunities for Resilience Activation in the Gulf Coast Region. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Drakeford, L., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2018). The Effect of Social Capital on Health Outcomes after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 04/04/18-04/07/18. openurl

2017

Parks, V. A., Drakeford, L., Ramchand, R., Slack, T., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2017). Local Ties, Natural Resource Employment, and Oil Spill Exposure: Effects on Mental Health Outcomes in the Gulf Coast Communities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17. openurl

2016

Lee, M. R., Slack, T., Blanchard, T. C., Parks, V., & Ramchand, R. (2016). Tracking Health Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 03/20/16-03/22/16: Oral. openurl
Slack, T., Beedasy, J., Chandler, T., & Lee M.R. (2016). Understanding human vulnerability and resilience following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: A multi-pronged agenda. In 2016 annual meetigns of the Rural Sociological Society. Toronto, Canada : 08/07/16-08/11/16. openurl
Slack, T., Lee, M. R., Beedasy, J., Chandler, T., & Sury, J. (2016). Understanding resilience attributes for children, youth, and communities in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (RCYC). In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster. openurl

2012

Cope, M. R., Slack, T., & Blanchard, T. C. (2012). Vulnerability, Resiliency, and Community Disruption in Costal Louisiana: Assessing the Social Impacts of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, March 21-24, 2012. openurl
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