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Andrew Parker

RAND Corporation

Justice, Infrastructure and Environment

Poydras Center
650 Poydran Street, Suite 1400
New Orleans, LA  70130  

parker@rand.org

Project List:

Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Research Scientist

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 6

2020

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.
Parker, A. M., Edelman, A. F., Carman, K. G., & Finucane, M. L. (2020). Commentary: On the Need for Prospective Disaster Survey Panels. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 14(3), 299–301.
Parker, A. M., Finucane, M. L., Ayer, L., Ramchand, R., Parks, V. A., & Clancy, N. (2020). Persistent risk-related worry as a function of recalled exposure to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and prior trauma. Risk Analysis, 40(3), 624–637.
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.

2019

Ayer, L., Engel, C., Parker, A., Seelam, R., & Ramchand, R. (2019). Behavioral health of Gulf Coast residents six years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: the role of trauma history. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 13(03), 497–503.
Petrun Sayers, E. L., Parker, A. M., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M. L., Parks, V., & Seelam, R. (2019). Reaching Vulnerable Populations in the Disaster Prone U.S. Gulf Coast: Communicating Across the Crisis Lifecycle. JEM, 17(4), 271–284.

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.

Conference Presentations - 17

2020

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.
Petrun-Sayers, E. L., Parker, A. M., Seelam, R., & Finucane, M. L. (2020). How Disasters Drive Media Channel Preferences: Tracing News Consumption Before, During, and After Hurricane Harvey. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
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.

2019

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.
Parks, V., Ayer, L., Finucane, M. L., Parker, A. M., & Ramchand, R. (2019). Disasters, Health, and Social Well-being in the Gulf Coast. In 2019 Rural Health Conference. Tuscaloosa, AL : 04/10/19-04/11/19.
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.
Ramchand, R., Parker, A. M., Ayer, L., Clancy, N., & Finucane, M. L. (2019). Evacuating Disasters: Insights from a Longitudinal Survey. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
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.
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.

2018

Ayer, L., Parker, A., Seelam, R., Ramchand, R., & Engel, C. (2018). Trauma History, Oil Spill Exposure and their Associations with Mental Health Symptoms among Residents in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Finucane, M., Ramchand, R., Parker, A. M., & Parks, V. (2018). Risk Perceptions and Resilience among Gulf Coast Communities. In 2018 Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/02/18-12/06/18.
Finucane, M., Scheib, H., Parker, A., Edelman, A., Clancy, N., Thornton, E., et al. (2018). Evaluating Interdisciplinary Program Performance and Impact. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Petrun Sayers, E. L., Parker, A. M., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M., Parks, V. A., & Seelam, R. (2018). Reaching vulnerable populations and building trust: Crisis communication in the Gulf of Mexico. In International Crisis and Risk Communication Conference. Orlando, FL : 03/13/17-03/15/17.
Ramchand, R., Seelam, R., Ghosh-Datisdar, B., Nataraj, S., Parker, A., Clancy, N., et al. (2018). Financial Capability Among Residents in the Gulf Coast 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.
Ramchand, R., Seelam, R., Ghosh-Datisdar, B., Nataraj, S., Parker, A., Clancy, N., et al. (2018). Exposure to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, associated resource loss, and long term mental and behavioral health outcomes. In 43rd Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Broomfield, CO : 07/08/18-07/11/18.

2017

Parker, A. M., Finucane, M. L., Ayer, L., Ramchand, R., Parks, V. A., & Clancy, N. (2017). Persistent Perceived Vulnerability as a Function of Exposure to the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Venable, K. B., Eddington, L., Riser, P., Wang, X., Parker, A., & Finucane, M. (2017). Web-Content Personalization for Resilience and Risk Communication. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.