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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Leah Drakeford

Louisiana State University

Department of Sociology

126 Stubbs Hall
Baton Rouge , LA  70803  

pdrake1@lsu.edu

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: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Project Data Point of Contact, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3

2020

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.
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.

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.

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 - 7

2019

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.
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

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.
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.
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.

2017

Drakeford, L., Parks, V. A., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2017). Assessing the Effects of Religion and Disruption on Mental Health in Vulnerable Gulf Communities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
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.