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Curriculum Vitae
Christine A. Bevc
Epidemiologist Research Associate
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
CB #8165
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8165
Office: (919) 338-2552 Cell: (720) 560-3125
Education
2010 Ph.D. Sociology
University of Colorado at Boulder
Concentration: Environmental Sociology/Hazards and Disasters
Dissertation: “Working on the Edge: Examining Covariates in Multi-
Organizational Networks on September 11th Attacks on the World Trade Center”
Chair: Kathleen J. Tierney, Ph.D.
2004 M.A. Applied Sociology
University of Central Florida
Thesis: “Exposure Matters: Examining the Physical and Psychological Health
Impacts of Toxic Contamination using GIS and Survey Data”
Chair: Brent K Marshall, Ph.D.
2002 B.S. Liberal Studies Triple Minor: Sociology
University of Central Florida Environmental Studies
Health Sciences
Areas of Specialization
Public Health Preparedness
Public Health Systems Research
Organizational Behavior
Qualitative/Quantitative Research Methods
Social Network Analysis
Sociology of Disasters
Professional Experience
2010 – Present Epidemiologist Research Associate, UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness, North
Carolina Institute for Public Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health,
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.
2014-Present “North Carolina Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning
Center (PERLC).” CDC Grant No. 1U90TP000415.
2014-Present “Evaluation of Host Organizational Network using Social Network
Analysis.” UNC Morehead Science Center and Planetarium. Cross-
University Collaborative Project.
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2010-2014 “North Carolina Preparedness and Emergency Response Research
Center (PERRC).” CDC Grant No. 1PO15TP000296.
Project Lead. “Expansion of the Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations
Resource Guide.”
Co-Investigator. “Effects of Accreditation on Local Public Health
Preparedness.” Accreditation Project.”
2010-2011 “Assessment of Potassium Iodide (KI) Distribution and Education
among Communities within the 10 mile Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ)
of a Nuclear Power Plant in North Carolina” North Carolina Division of
Public Health, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response,
Contract No. 02079-10
2014 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral & Social Sciences, Webster
University. Course Taught: Introduction to Sociology (SOCI 1100).
2011 – 2013 Research Associate, MEASURE Evaluation, Carolina Population Center, University of
North Carolina – Chapel Hill.
2011-2015 “Assessing HIV and Family Planning Organizational Networks to
Improve Integration and Health Outcomes in Ethiopia.” U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) Cooperative Agreement No. GHA-
A-00-08-00003-00.
2006 Graduate Part-Time Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado at
Boulder. Course taught: Environment and Society (SOCY 2077).
2005 - 2010 Graduate Research Assistant. Natural Hazards Center, Environment Program, Institute
of Behavioral Science. University of Colorado at Boulder.
2006 – 2009 “Community Field Studies and Analyses of Preparedness Networks.”
Working Group 3 Societal Dimensions of Terrorism, Study of Terrorism
and the Response to Terrorism (START), DHS Grant No. Z988503.
2007 – 2008 “Disaster Preparedness Among Community-Based Organizations in the
City and County of San Francisco.” Bay Area Preparedness Initiative
(BAPI), Fritz Institute.
2004 – 2008 “WTC Emergent Multiorganizational Network.” Responding to Crises
and Unexpected Events (RESCUE), NSF Grant 0331690 /0331707.
2004 – 2008 “Policy Information Sharing Architecture – Train Derailment Disaster
Scenario.” Responding to Crises and Unexpected Events (RESCUE), NSF
Grant 0331690 /0331707.
2004 Graduate Teaching Assistant (Liam Downey, Ph.D.). Introduction to Sociology,
Department of Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder.
2002 - 2004 Graduate Research Assistant (Brent K Marshall, Ph.D.). Department of Sociology &
Anthropology. University of Central Florida.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
James C. Thomas. Heidi Reynolds, Christine A. Bevc, Ademe Tsegaye. “Finding Missed
Opportunities: A Network Approach to Service Coordination and Integration.” Health Policy and
Planning, forthcoming - Advance Access available.
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2015 Christine A. Bevc, Jessica H. Retrum, Danielle M. Varda. “Patterns in PARTNERing across Public
Health Collaboratives.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
forthcoming.
2015 Christine A. Bevc, Mary V. Davis, and Anna P. Schenck. “Measuring Changes in Local
Surveillance and Investigation Capacity.” Frontiers in Public Health Systems and Services Research,
4(4).
2015 Christine A. Bevc, Jessica Retrum, and Danielle Varda. “New Perspectives on the “Silo Effect” –
Initial Comparisons of Network Structures across Public Health Collaboratives.” American Journal
of Public Health, 105(s2):S230-S235.
2014 Christine A. Bevc, Matthew C. Simon, Tanya Montoya, and Jennifer A. Horney. “Institutional
Facilitators and Barriers to Local Public Health Preparedness Planning for Vulnerable and At-
Risk Populations.” Public Health Reports, 129(s4):35-41.
2014 Mary V. Davis, Christine A. Bevc, and Anna P. Schenck. “Effects of Performance Improvement
Programs on Preparedness Capacities.” Public Health Reports, 129(s4):19-27.
2014 Mary V. Davis, Christine A. Bevc, and Anna P. Schenck. “Declining Trends in Local Health
Department Preparedness Capacities.” American Journal of Public Health, 104(11):2233-2238.
2014 Christine A. Bevc, Mary V. Davis, and Anna P. Schenck. “Temporal Trends in Local Public
Health Preparedness Capacity.” Frontiers in Public Health Systems & Services Research, 3(3).
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/frontiersinphssr/vol3/iss3/3/
2014 Christa-Marie Singleton, Liza Corso, Deborah Koester, Valeria Carlson, Christine A. Bevc, Mary
Davis. “Accreditation and Emergency Preparedness: Linkages and Opportunities for Leveraging
the Connections.” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 20(1):119-24.
2014 Thomas JC, Reynolds H, Bevc CA, Tsegaye A. “Integration opportunities for HIV and family
planning services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: An organizational network analysis.” BMC Health
Services Research, 2014, 14:22.
2013 Mary V. Davis, Glen P. Mays, James Bellamy, Christine A. Bevc, Cammi Marti. “Improving
public health preparedness capacity measurement: development of the local health department
preparedness capacities assessment survey.” Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness,
7(6):578-84.
2013 Nadya Belenky, Christine A. Bevc, Elizabeth Mahanna, Carol Gunther-Mohr, and Mary V. Davis.
“Evaluating Use of Custom Survey Reports by Local Health Departments.” Frontiers in Public
Health Services and Systems Research, 2(6): Article 4.
2013 Richard R. Rosselli, Christine A. Bevc, Matthew C. Simon, Julie Casani, and Pia D.M.
MacDonald. “Residential Household Knowledge and Receipt of Potassium Iodide within the 10-
Mile Emergency Planning Zone of a Nuclear Power Plant in North Carolina, 2010.” International
Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 31(2).
2013 Nnenia Campbell, Christine A. Bevc, and J. Steven Picou. “Perceptions of Toxic Exposure:
Considering the ‘White Male’ and ‘Black Female’ Effects.” Sociological Spectrum, 33:313-328.
2012 Christine A. Bevc, Milissa L. Markiewicz, Jennifer Hegle, Jennifer A. Horney, and Pia D.M.
MacDonald. “Assessing the Roles of Brokerage: An Evaluation of a Hospital-based Public Health
Epidemiologist Program in North Carolina.” Journal of Public Health Management and Practice,
Special Issue: Advancing the Science of Practice: Public Health Services and Systems Research,
18(6):577-584.
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2012 Christopher Steven Marcum, Christine A. Bevc, and Carter T. Butts. “Mechanisms of Control in
Emergent Interorganizational Networks.” Policy Studies Journal, 40(3):516-546.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2012.00463.x/abstract
2012 Milissa L. Markiewicz, Christine A. Bevc, Jennifer Hegle, Jennifer A. Horney, Megan Davies, and
Pia D.M. MacDonald. “Linking Public Health Agencies and Hospitals for Improved Emergency
Preparedness: North Carolina’s Public Health Epidemiologist Program.” BMC Public Health,
12(141).
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/141/abstract
2010 Christine A. Bevc. “Considering the Emotional Dimensions of Conducting Research in Disaster
Settings.” The Journal of Applied Social Science, 4(Fall).
2009 Christine A. Bevc, Ashly N. Barlau, and Nick Passanante. “Mapping Convergence Points in the
Initial Emergency Response to 9/11.” Disasters: The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and
Management, 33(4):786-808.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122373783/PDFSTART
2007 Christine A. Bevc, Brent K. Marshall and J. Steven Picou. “Environmental Justice and Toxic
Exposure: Toward a Socio-Spatial Model of Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being.” Social
Science Research Journal, 36(1):48-67.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/0049089X
2006 Kathleen Tierney, Christine Bevc, and Erica Kuligowski. "Metaphors Matter: Disaster Myths,
Media Frames, and Their Consequences." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social
Sciences, 604:57-81.
http://ann.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/604/1/57
2005 Brent K. Marshall, J. Steven Picou, and Christine A. Bevc. “Ecological Disaster as Contextual
Transformation: Environmental Values in a Renewable Resource Community.” Environment and
Behavior, 37(5):706-728.
http://eab.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/37/5/706
Chapters in Books and Monographs
2012 Christine A. Bevc. “Introduction to Conceptual Insights and Applications of Resilience” in
Disaster Resiliency: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Eds. Naim Kapucu, Christopher V. Hawkins, and
Fernando I. Rivera. Routledge, New York. pp. 15-20.
2010 Kathleen J. Tierney and Christine A. Bevc. “Disaster as War: Militarism and the Social
Construction of Disaster in New Orleans." The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern
Catastrophe, Second Edition. Rowen and Littlefield.
2007 Kathleen J. Tierney and Christine A. Bevc. “Disaster as War: Militarism and the Social
Construction of Disaster in New Orleans." The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a
Modern Catastrophe, First Edition. Rowen and Littlefield. pp. 35-50.
2010 Christine A. Bevc, Keith Nicholls, and J. Steven Picou. “Community Recovery from Hurricane
Katrina: Storm Experiences, Property Damage, and the Human Condition” The Sociology of
Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe, Second Edition. Rowen and Littlefield.
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Book Reviews
2008 Book review of “Towards a Culture of Prevention: Disaster Risk Reduction Begins at School -
Good Practices and Lessons Learned.” Children, Youth, and Environment. (Special Issue on
Children and Disasters), 18(2).
http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/cye/review.pl?n=250
Technical Reports
2011 Christine A. Bevc, Richard T. Rosselli, Matthew C. Simon, Jennifer A. Horney, and Pia D.M.
MacDonald. “Community Survey of Potassium Iodide (KI) Distribution and Households’
Understanding of KI.” Technical Report prepared for North Carolina Division of Public Health,
Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, February 21.
2011 MacDonald PDM, Horney JA, Hegle J, Markiewicz ML, Bevc CA, George A. North Carolina’s
Hospital-Based Public Health Epidemiologist Program. Technical Report prepared for North
Carolina Division of Public Health, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, January
7.
2009 J. Steven Picou and Christine A. Bevc. “Hurricane Katrina: Long-term Patterns of Community
Recovery.” Technical Report. Social Science Research Council.
2009 J. Steven Picou and Christine A. Bevc. “Hurricane Katrina: Residential Damage, Evacuation
Behavior and Patterns of Recovery.” Technical Report. Rockefeller Foundation.
2008 Ritchie, Liesel A., Kathleen J. Tierney, Duke Austin, Matthew Beres, Christine A. Bevc, Brandi
Gilbert, and Jeannette N. Sutton. “Disaster Preparedness among Community-Based
Organizations in the City and County of San Francisco.” Technical Report prepared for Fritz
Institute.
Research Briefs
2015 Christine A. Bevc with Denise Young and Karen Peterman. “Social Network Analysis of the 2015
North Carolina Science Festival.” The North Carolina Science Festival, Morehead Planetarium
and Science Center, Chapel Hill, NC.
2014 Christine A. Bevc with Mary V. Davis, Anna Schenck, Elizabeth Mahanna, and Edward Baker,
with Liza Corso and Christa Marie Singleton. “Trends in Preparedness Capacity: Results from the
Local Health Department Preparedness Capacity Survey.”PCAS Research Brief, NC
Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC.
http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/ncperrc/research/PCAS3yrResults_May2014.pdf
2014 Christine A. Bevc with Mary V. Davis, Anna Schenck, Carol Gunther-Mohr, Nadya Belenky, and
Elizabeth Mahanna. “Accreditation & Performance Programs: How Does Participation Affect
Preparedness Capacity?” Research Brief, NC Preparedness and Emergency Response Research
Center, Chapel Hill, NC.
2013 Christine A. Bevc with Mary V. Davis, Anna Schenck, Elizabeth Mahanna, Carol Gunther-Mohr,
and Edward Baker. “Preparedness Capacity Survey Custom Reports: Usage by Local Health
Departments.” Research Brief, NC Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center,
Chapel Hill, NC.
http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/ncperrc/research/PCASusage.pdf
2012 Christine A. Bevc with Mary V. Davis, Anna Schenck, Carol Gunther-Mohr, Ed Baker, Brittan
Wood, and Glen P. Mays. “Local Health Department Preparedness Capacities Survey:
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Introduction and Preliminary Results.” Research Brief, NC Preparedness and Emergency
Response Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC.
http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/ncperrc/research/lhd_prep_capacities_survey.pdf
2012 Christine A. Bevc with Pia D.M. MacDonald, Jennifer A. Horney, Matt Simon, Milissa L.
Markiewicz, and Carol Gunther-Mohr. “Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations Resource Guide:
Introducing a new tool for public health preparedness.” Research Brief, NC Preparedness and
Emergency Response Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC.
http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/ncperrc/research/RBriefVaRpopGuide_18jan2012.pdf
2011 Milissa L. Markiewicz, Christine A. Bevc, Jennifer A. Horney, Julie Casani, Marissa Levine, and
Pia D.M. MacDonald. “Services Provided by Regional Preparedness Response Teams in North
Carolina and Virginia.” Research Brief, NC Preparedness and Emergency Response Research
Center, Chapel Hill, NC.
http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/ncperrc/research/ResBriefNCVAteams11-2011.pdf
2011 Pia D.M. MacDonald, Richard T. Rosselli, Christine A. Bevc, Matthew C. Simon, and Jennifer A.
Horney. “Community Survey of Potassium Iodide (KI) Distribution and Households
Understanding of KI.” Research Brief, UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness, Chapel Hill,
NC.
2011 Christine A. Bevc with Pia D.M. MacDonald, Jennifer A. Horney, Jennifer Hegle, Milissa L.
Markiewicz, Allison George, Erika Samoff, Laura Christopherson, Stephanie W. Haas, Julie
Casani, and Lana Deyneka. “Addressing Public Health Issues with Social Network Analysis.”
Research Brief, NC Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC.
http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/ncperrc/research/social_network_analysis.pdf
2011 Pia D.M. MacDonald, Jennifer A. Horney, Milissa L. Markiewicz, Christine A. Bevc, Jennifer
Hegle, Allison George, and Lana Deyneka. “How the Hospital-Based Public Health
Epidemiologist Program Benefits Local Health Departments.” Research Brief, NC Preparedness
and Emergency Response Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC.
http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/ncperrc/research/ph_epid.pdf
2009 Kathleen Tierney, Jeannette Sutton, Christine Bevc, and Alexandra Jordan. “Lessons Learned
from the Participatory Research Process On Community Field Studies of Regional
Collaboration.” Research Brief. Working Group 3 Societal Dimensions of Terrorism, Study of
Terrorism and the Response to Terrorism (START): University of Maryland, MD.
2008 Kathleen Tierney, Jeannette Sutton, Erica Kuligowski, Christine Bevc, and Alexandra Jordan.
“Preliminary Findings on UASI Implementation in Four Communities.” Research Brief. Working
Group 3 Societal Dimensions of Terrorism, Study of Terrorism and the Response to Terrorism
(START): University of Maryland, MD.
2008 Kathleen Tierney, Jeannette Sutton, Erica Kuligowski, Christine Bevc, and Alexandra Jordan. “A
Social Networks Approach to UASI Regional Collaboration.” Research Brief. Working Group 3
Societal Dimensions of Terrorism, Study of Terrorism and the Response to Terrorism (START):
University of Maryland, MD.
Manuscripts under Review
Ruth Kermish Allen, Karen Peterman, Christine A. Bevc, and Heather Deese. “Finding Common
Ground: Participatory Methods for Building an Online Community to Explore the Local Impacts
of Climate Change.” Under review with Journal for Environmental Studies and Sciences
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Manuscripts in Progress
Christine A. Bevc, Marie Pryor, Karen Peterman, Ruth Kermish Allen. “Blurring the Lines:
Interactivity in an Online Community of Inquiry.” Preparing for submission to Journal of Learning
Sciences.
Christine A. Bevc, Denise Young, and Karen Peterman. “Using Social Network Analysis to
Document Science Festival Partnerships.” Preparing for submission to Journal of Science
Communication.
External Grants and Fellowships
2016-18 Principal Investigator. “Building Successful Networks for Action: Dual Case Studies of Rural
Community-Based Coalitions” Systems for Action, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Under review,
$249,982)
2016-19 Co-Investigator. “Collaborative Grant: Network Governance in Emergency Management: Policy
Frameworks and Interorganizational Coordination.”Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events,
Civil, Mechanical, and MI, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation. (Under review,
$731,370)
2015-18 Co-Investigator. “DIP: Next Generation WeatherBlur: Expanding Non-Hierarchical Online
Learning Community Models for Citizen Science.” Division of Information and Intelligent
Systems, Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technology, National Science Foundation.
($1,349,958)
2015-19 Co-Investigator. Hazards SEES: Integrated Systems Approach for Flood Management in Urban
Communities (ISYSTEM-FLO) (Not awarded, $2,993,258)
2015-17 Co-Investigator. “Collaborative Grant: Community Disaster Resilience: Investigating Multi-level
Network Governance.”Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events, Civil, Mechanical, and
MI, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation. (Not awarded, $635,690)
2015-17 Co-Investigator. “Measuring integration between health care and public health to improve HIV
early detection and control.” Public Health Services and Systems Research, Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation. ($350,000)
2014-17 Co-Investigator. “WeatherBlur: DIP.” Cyberlearning, National Science Foundation. (Not awarded,
$104,437 of total $635,690)
2014-16 Principal Investigator. “Collaborative Grant: Community Disaster Resilience: Investigating Multi-
level Network Governance.”Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events, Civil, Mechanical,
and MI, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation. (Not awarded, $104,437 of total
$635,690)
2013-14 Principal Investigator. “Building Competency & Preparedness Capability for At-Risk Populations
Planning.” PERRC Supplement: Applying Technology and Innovation for Translation of
Research into Practice (TP-08-001), Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Division
of State and Local Readiness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ($137,105)
2013-14 Co Investigator. “PHEP Capability Measurement Tool for Health Departments: Development,
Pilot Testing, and Dissemination.” PERRC Supplement: Applying Technology and Innovation for
Translation of Research into Practice (TP-08-001), Office of Public Health Preparedness and
Response, Division of State and Local Readiness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
($51,929)
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2013 Principal Investigator. “Best Practices for Vulnerable Populations Mapping.” Georgia Emergency
Management Agency (Contract No. 2014-10, $20,760)
2013-16 Co-Investigator (with Eric G. Carbone and Dale Rose). “Identifying and Prioritizing Public
Health Capacities and Capabilities of Greatest Impact on Response.” Division of State and Local
Readiness, Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. (Not awarded, $750,000)
2013-14 Co-Investigator. “Enhancement of Public Health Preparedness Measurement” Public Health
Services and Systems Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Not awarded, $445,000)
2013-14 Co-Investigator. “Initial Evaluation of the Public Health Accreditation Program and Presentation
of Findings and Recommendations” Public Health Accreditation Board (Not awarded, $324,787)
2013-15 Co-Investigator. “Advancing Theories of Inter-Organizational Networks,” Science of
Organizations, National Science Foundation (Not awarded, $74,343)
2012-13 Principal Investigator. Expansion of the Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations Project (CDC Grant
No. 1PO1-5 TP 000296-02). Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Division of State
and Local Readiness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ($94,483)
2011 Principal Investigator (with Pia D.M. MacDonald and Jennifer A. Horney). “Assessment of
Residential Household Knowledge and Receipt of Potassium Iodide within a 10-Mile Emergency
Planning Zone of a Nuclear Power Plant.” Rapid Response Research (RAPID) Program,
Infrastructure Management and Extreme Events, ENG, National Science Foundation. (Not
awarded, $62,224)
2009 Investigator. National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism
(START) Curriculum Development Grant (CDG). “Networks and Preparedness.” Department of
Homeland Security Center of Excellence, University of Maryland, MD. ($3,000)
2007-08 Co-Principal Investigator (with William Lovekamp and Lee Miller) “Exploring the Social Impact
of Off-site Disaster Convergence.” Quick Response Grant, Natural Hazards Center Quick
Response Grant Program. (Approved, $3,409)
2006 Principal Investigator. “Organizational Response to a Train Derailment with Hazardous Material
Release.” Quick Response Grant, Natural Hazards Center Quick Response Grant Program.
(Approved, $1,648)
Internal Grants and Fellowships
2014 Dorothy Cilenti, Christine A. Bevc, Mary V. Davis, and Michelle Issel. “Examining Reliability
and Quality of Local Public Health Agencies' Processes: Improving Surveillance through
Accreditation.” North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS) $5k-$50k
Pilot Grant (Not awarded, $12,000)
2007 Margaret Hoenich - Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant Award. ($991.08)
2007 Department Methods Fellowship towards The Karl F. Schuessler Institute for Social Research
Intensive Program at Indiana University, Quantitative Workshop on Social Network Analysis:
Theory and Methods ($1,500)
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Specialized Training
2013 Analysis of Longitudinal Social Network Data using stergm. International Sunbelt Social
Network Conference. Hamburg, Germany. April 21-22.
2004 - 2010 Graduate Teacher Program: College Teaching and Professional Development. University
of Colorado at Boulder, CO.
2008 Analysis of Longitudinal Social Network Data using SIENA. International Sunbelt Social
Network Conference. St. Petersburg, Florida. January 21-22.
2007 Advanced Social Network Analysis, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data
Analysis and Collection, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom. August 6-17.
2007 Social Network Analysis: Theory and Methods, The Karl F. Schuessler Institute for Social
Research Intensive Program, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. June 11-15.
Awards and Recognitions
2014 Selected Mentee. AcademyHealth & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Public Health Systems
and Services Research, Translation and Dissemination Mentorship Program.
2007 Margaret Hoenich Award, a named Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant Award. Graduate
School, University of Colorado at Boulder.
2005 Outstanding Master’s Thesis (Honorable Mention). College of Arts and Sciences, University of
Central Florida.
2004 Annual Graduate Student Paper Competition (1st Place). “Exposure Matters: Examining the
physical and mental health impacts of toxic contamination using GIS and survey data.” Society
for the Study of Social Problems, Environment and Technology Section.
2002 Annual Undergraduate Student Paper Competition (1st Place). “An Inquiry into Ecological
Attitudes and Behaviors Among College Students: Employing the New Ecological Model.” Mid-
South Sociological Association.
2002 Sociology Annual Research Symposium (1st Place). “An Inquiry into Ecological Attitudes and
Behaviors Among College Students: Employing the New Ecological Model.” Department of
Sociology & Anthropology. University of Central Florida, Orlando.
Professional Presentations
2016 Deborah Porterfield, Christine A. Bevc, Lori Bilello, Caroline Husick, and Max Wilson. “Identifying the
bounty and boundaries of systems of care for persons with HIV/AIDS.” American Public Health
Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, Denver, CO, Oct.29-Nov. 2. (Abstract under review.)
2016 Deborah Porterfield, Christine A. Bevc, Lori Bilello, Caroline Husick, and Max Wilson. “Integration of
Health Care and Public Health to Improve HIV Early Detection and Control.” AcademyHealth Public
Health Services Research Interest Group, Boston, MA, June 25. (Abstract under review.)
2015 Betsy Kagey, Christine A. Bevc, and Leanora Style. “Public Health Preparedness: Academic
Partnerships in Planning for Vulnerable Populations and Community Resilience.” Learning
Session, National Association of County and City Health Organization (NACCHO) Preparedness
Summit. Atlanta, GA, April 14-17.
2014 Christine A. Bevc, Marie Pryor, Karen Peterman, and Ruth Kermish Allen. “Learning Online:
Interactivity in an Online Community of Inquiry” Annual Sunbelt Meeting of the International
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Network for Social Network Analysis. XXXIV Annual Sunbelt Meeting of the International
Network for Social Network Analysis, St. Petersburg, FL, February 18-23.
2014 Thomas J, Reynolds H, Christine A. Bevc, Alterescu X, Tsegaye A. “Integrating services for HIV
and family planning through network strengthening in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.” XXXIV Annual
Sunbelt Meeting of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, St. Petersburg, FL,
February 18-23.
2013 Christine A. Bevc, Matthew S. Simon, Tanya Montoya, Jennifer A. Horney. Institutional
Impediments: An Evaluation of Local Planning Practices for Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations.
Annual Researchers Meeting of the International Research Committee on Disasters (RC-39),
Broomfield, CO, July 16-17.
2013 Christine A. Bevc and Jennifer A. Horney. “Demonstrating the Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations
Resource Guide.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Workshop,
Atlanta, GA, July 11.
2013 Christine A. Bevc, Jessica Retrum, and Danielle Varda. “PARTNERships in Inter-organizational
Public Health Collaboratives.” Annual Sunbelt Meeting of the International Network for Social
Network Analysis, Hamburg, Germany, May 21-26.
2013 Christine A. Bevc, Mary Davis, Anna Schenck. “Creating a Preparedness Index, Easier Said than
Done.” 2013 Public Health Systems and Services Research, Keeneland Conference, Lexington, KY,
April 8-11.
2013 Christine A. Bevc, Jessica Retrum, and Danielle Varda. “PARTNERships in Public Health
Collaboratives: Detecting Important Structural Patterns.” 2013 Public Health Systems and
Services Research, Keeneland Conference, Lexington, KY, April 8-11.
2013 Mary V. Davis, Christine A. Bevc, Christa-Marie Singleton. “Progress and Opportunities towards
Improving Preparedness Measurement.” Director’s Seminar Series, Office of Public Health
Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Atlanta, GA, April 3.
2013 Christine A. Bevc, Matthew C. Simon, Tanya Montoya, Jennifer A. Horney. “Public Health
Preparedness Planning for Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations: Preliminary Results from the
Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations Resource Guide” National Association of County and City
Health Organization (NACCHO) Preparedness Summit. Atlanta, GA, March 12-15.
2012 Christine A. Bevc, Milissa L. Markiewicz, Jennifer Hegle, Jennifer A. Horney, and Pia D.M.
MacDonald. “Network-based Assessment of Brokerage Roles within a Hospital-based Public
Health Epidemiologist Program.” Oral presentation in the Section on Sociological Practice and
Public Sociology, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, August.
2012 Mary V. Davis, Christine A. Bevc, and Glen P. Mays. “Sustaining Preparedness: Two-Year
Comparison of Results from the Local Health Department Preparedness Capacity (P-CAS)
Survey.” Oral presentation at the 2012 Public Health Systems & Services Research Keeneland
Conference, Lexington, KY, April 17-19.
2012 Christine A. Bevc, Jennifer A. Horney, Pia D. MacDonald. “Integrating Vulnerable and At-Risk
Populations into Public Health Preparedness Planning.” Oral presentation at the Public Health
Preparedness Summit, Anaheim, CA, February 21–24.
2012 Mary V. Davis, Christine A. Bevc, and Glen P. Mays. “P-CAS: A Preliminary Metric and Baseline
for Preparedness Capacity and Capabilities.” Oral presentation at the Public Health Preparedness
Summit, Anaheim, CA, February 21–24.
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2011 Christine A. Bevc, Milissa L. Markiewicz, Jennifer A. Horney, Phillip Benson, Amanda Fuller
Moore, Abha Varma, Julie Casani, and Pia D.M. MacDonald. “Integrating Vulnerable and At-
Risk Populations into Public Health Preparedness Planning.” Oral presentation at the Annual
Educational Conference of the North Carolina Public Health Association, Charlotte, NC,
September 21-23.
2011 Christine A. Bevc, Mary V. Davis, and Glen P. Mays. “Using a Survey to Improve Preparedness
Practice: The NCPERCC PCAS Study.” Oral presentation at the Annual Educational Conference
of the North Carolina Public Health Association, Charlotte, NC, September 21-23.
2011 Christine A. Bevc, Milissa L. Markiewicz, Jennifer Hegle, Jennifer Horney, Lana Deyneka, and
Pia D.M. MacDonald. “Application of Social Network Analysis to a Public Health Preparedness-
Funded Workforce Program.” Paper presented at Public Health Systems Research Interest Group,
Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 14-15.
2011 Milissa L. Markiewicz, Christine A. Bevc, Jennifer Hegle, Jennifer Horney, Lana Deyneka, and
Pia D.M. MacDonald. Enhancing Epidemiology Capacity for Communicable Disease
Management: North Carolina’s Hospital-Based Public Health Epidemiologist Program. Paper
presented at Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA,
June 12-16.
2011 Christine A. Bevc, Dana M. Greene, Richard T. Rosselli, Matthew C. Simon, Jennifer A. Horney,
Julie Casani, and Pia D.M. MacDonald. “Community-based Vulnerabilities associated with Local
Nuclear Hazard Risk.” Paper presented at Annual Meeting of Midwest Sociological Society, St.
Louis, MO, March 24-27.
2011 Christine A. Bevc, Milissa L. Markiewicz, Erika Samoff, Jennifer Hegle, Lana Deyneka, Pia D.M.
MacDonald. “Network Analysis of North Carolina’s Public Health Surveillance System.” Paper
presented at Annual Meeting of International Network for Social Network Analysis, St. Pete
Beach, February 8-13.
2010 Christine A. Bevc, Jeffry A. Will, and J. Steven Picou. “Geography and Social Psychological
Health of Gulf Coast Communities.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association
for Applied and Clinical Sociology, St. Louis, MO, October 14-17.
2009 Christine A. Bevc. “STARTing Points: Patterns in Preparedness.” Invited paper for the “If You
Build it Will They Use it?” Optimizing the Homeland Security Network. Georgetown University,
October 19-20.
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2009 Christine A. Bevc and J. Steven Picou. “Toil and Trouble: Katrina’s Toxic Soup and Lingering
Contamination in New Orleans.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for
Applied and Clinical Sociology, San Antonio, TX, October 7-11.
2009 Christopher Steven Marcum, Christine A. Bevc, and Carter T. Butts. “Mechanisms of Control in
Emergent Interorganizational Networks.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 8-11.
2009 Christine A. Bevc. “Tasks over Time: Exploring the Evolution of an Emergency Response.”
International Research Committee on Disasters Researchers Meeting, International Research
Committee on Disasters (RC-39), International Sociological Association, Boulder, CO, July 18-19.
2009 Christine A. Bevc. “Partners, Patterns, and Preparedness: Results from a 3-Year UASI Research
Project.” Keynote presentation at the 2009 National Urban Areas Security Initiative Conference,
Charlotte, NC, June 9-11.
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2009 Christine A. Bevc and J. Steven Picou. “Displaced by Disaster: A Spatial Analysis of Hurricane
Katrina Evacuees.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society
(SSS), New Orleans, LA, April 2-5.
2009 Christine A. Bevc and Alexandra Jordan. “Patterned Tendencies: Combining Discourse and
Social Networks” Paper presented at the Department of Homeland Security University Summit,
Washington, D.C., March 17-22.
2009 Christine A. Bevc. “Considerations in Geographically-Embedded Networks” Paper presented at
the Sunbelt XXIX International Social Network Conference of the International Network for
Social Network Analysis, San Diego, CA, March 10-15.
2008 Jeannette Sutton and Christine Bevc. “Collaboration across Boundaries: Research on Regional
Preparedness Networks.” Keynote presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Urban Area
Security Initiative, Charlotte, NC, April 21-22.
2008 Christine A. Bevc, Jeannette N. Sutton, Ashly Barlau, Alexandra Jordan, Erica Kuligowski, and
Kathleen J. Tierney. “Across Town Ties: A Comparison of Regional Collaboration Networks.”
Paper presented at the Sunbelt XXVIII International Social Network Conference of the
International Network for Social Network Analysis, St. Pete Beach, FL, January 24.
2007 Miruna Petrescu-Prahova, Carter T. Butts, Christine A. Bevc, Kathleen Tierney. “Brokerage in
Emergent Multiorganizational Networks During Disaster Response.” Paper presented at the
Sunbelt XXVII International Social Network Conference of the International Network for Social
Network Analysis, Corfu, Greece, May 1-6.
2007 Christine A. Bevc, Nick Passanante, and Ashly Barlau. “Mapping Convergence Points in the
Initial Emergency Response to 9/11.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Sociological Society (MSS), Chicago, IL, April 4-7.
2007 Christine A. Bevc. “In the Field: Emotional Dimensions of Conducting Research in Disaster
Settings.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS),
Chicago, IL, April 4-7.
2006 Christine A. Bevc, Carter T. Butts, Benjamin E. Lind, Sophia Liu, Miruna Petrescu-Prahova,
Jeannette Sutton, and Kathleen Tierney “Predictors of Dyadic Interaction in Emergent
Multiorganizational Networks Following the World Trade Center Attacks.” XXVI International
Sunbelt Social Network Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis,
Vancouver, British Columbia, April 27.
2006 Christine A. Bevc and Kendra Andrew. "Perspectives related to the Military's Involvement in
Hurricane Katrina." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society
(MSS), Omaha, NB, April 2.
2006 Kathleen Tierney and Christine A. Bevc. "Disaster as War: Militarism and the Social Construction
of Disaster in New Orleans." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological
Society (SSS), New Orleans, LA, March 23.
2004 Christine A. Bevc. “Exposure Matters: Examining the Physical and Psychological Health Impacts
of Toxic Contamination using GIS and Survey Data.” Paper presented at Society for the Study of
Social Problems Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
2004 Christine A. Bevc. “Leaving Hollywood behind: Examining the impacts of toxic contamination
using GIS and survey data.” Paper presented at the Inaugural Showcase of Diverse Student
Research, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
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2003 Christine A. Bevc. “Exposure Matters: Examining the Physical and Psychological Health Impacts
of Toxic Contamination using GIS and Survey Data.” Paper presented at the Inaugural Graduate
Research Forum, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
2003 Christine A. Bevc, Brent K Marshall, and J. Steven Picou. “Integrating environmental and social
data using GIS: Addressing the social and health impact in the Wingate Community.” Paper
presented at 29th Annual Mid-South Sociological Association Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA.
2003 Christine A. Bevc. “Self-regulation in environmental management system (EMS)
implementation: A viable alternative for higher educational institutions?” Paper presented at
Southern Sociological Society (March 2003), New Orleans, LA.
2002 Christine A. Bevc. “An inquiry into ecological attitudes and behaviors among college students:
Employing the new ecological paradigm scale and footprint analysis.” Paper presented at 28th
Annual Mid-South Sociological Association, Memphis, TN.
Professional Poster Presentations
2016 Deborah Porterfield, Christine A. Bevc, Lori Bilello, Caroline Husick, and Max Wilson. “Improving
systems of care for early detection, linkage, and continuous care for persons with HIV/AIDS.” National
Association of County and City Health Organization (NACCHO) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, July 19-
21. (Abstract under review.)
2015 Kaye Bender, Jessica Kronstadt, Bulbul Bhattacharya, Emma J. Chapman, Christine A. Bevc.
“Alignment between the Public Health Accreditation Board Standards and the Foundational
Public Health Services.” Public Health Systems and Services Research Interest Group Meeting,
Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, June 16-17.
2015 Christine A. Bevc, Jessica H. Retrum, and Danielle M. Varda. “Mixing It Up: Patterns in
PARTNERing across Public Health Collaboratives” 2015 Annual Keeneland Conference,
Lexington, KY, April 20-22.
2015 Christine A. Bevc, Rachel A. Wilfert, Kasey Decosimo, Mary V. Davis, and Lorraine Alexander.
“Building a Real-Time Assessment Tool to Identify Competency-Based Public Health
Preparedness Training Needs.” National Association of County and City Health Organization
(NACCHO) Preparedness Summit. Atlanta, GA, April 14-17.
2014 Christine A. Bevc, Manal Khan, Jeanine Schultz, Matthew C. Simon, Julie Casani. “Jurisdictional
Mapping and Resources for Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations Planning.” North Carolina
Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference, Wilmington, NC, September 17-19.
2014 Mary V. Davis, Christine A. Bevc, Belenky N, Mahanna E, Gunther-Mohr CA. “Custom survey
reports: Fulfilling a participatory research promise.” Annual Meeting of the Public Health System
Research Interest Group, AcademyHealth Annual Academic Research Meeting, San Diego, CA,
June 10-11.
2014 Christine A. Bevc, Mary V. Davis, Anna P. Schenck. “Variation in Preparedness Capacity among
Local Health Departments: A Multi-Year Look.” 2014 Annual Keeneland Conference, Lexington,
KY. April 7-10, 2014.
2014 Christine A. Bevc, Matthew S. Simon, Tanya Montoya, Jennifer A. Horney. “Success in Building
Competency and Preparedness Capability for At-Risk Populations Planning.”National
Association of County and City Health Organization (NACCHO) Preparedness Summit. Atlanta,
GA, April 1-4.
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2013 Christine A. Bevc, Matthew S. Simon, Tanya Montoya, Jennifer A. Horney. “Institutional
Facilitators and Barriers to Local Public Health Preparedness Planning for Vulnerable and At-
Risk Populations.” Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Broomfield, CO, July
13-16.
2013 Christine A. Bevc, Matthew C. Simon, Tanya Montoya, Jennifer A. Horney. “Public Health
Preparedness Planning for Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations: Preliminary Results from the
Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations Resource Guide” National Association of County and City
Health Organization (NACCHO) Preparedness Summit. Atlanta, GA, March 12-15.
2012 Heidi Reynolds, Jim Thomas, Ademe Tsegaye, Christine A. Bevc. “Coordination and Integration
of HIV and Family Planning Services through Organizational Network Analysis.” Integration for
Impact Conference: Reproductive Health & HIV Services in Sub-Saharan Africa, Nairobi, Kenya,
September 12-14.
2012 Christine A. Bevc, Matthew C. Simon, Milissa Markiewicz, Jennifer Horney, and Julie Casani
“Public Health Preparedness Planning for Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations.” Annual Hazards
and Research Applications Workshop, Broomfield, CO, July 14-17.
2011 Jennifer A. Horney, Milissa Markiewicz, Christine A. Bevc, Julie Casani, Marissa Levine, and Pia
D.M. MacDonald. “Services provided by regional preparedness and response teams in North
Carolina and Virginia” American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Exposition,
Washington, D.C., October 29, November 3.
2011 Christine A. Bevc, Laura Christopherson, and Stephanie W. Haas. “Understanding and
Comparing Patterns of Communication in H1N1: Applying Social Network Analysis.” Academy
Health Annual Research Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 14-15.
2011 Richard T. Rosselli, Christine A. Bevc, Matthew C. Simon, Jennifer A. Horney, Sarah Davis, Julie
Casani, and Pia D.M. MacDonald. “Potassium Iodide Distribution and Education within the 10-
mile Emergency Planning Zone of a Nuclear Power Plant in North Carolina.” Annual Meeting of
National Association of County and City Health Organizations, Atlanta, GA, February 22-25.
2010 Milissa L. Markiewicz, Allison George, Jennifer Hegle, Christine A. Bevc, Lana Deyneka, Pia
D.M. MacDonald. “North Carolina’s Hospital-based Public Health Epidemiologist (PHE)
Program.” North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference,
Wilmington, NC, October 27-29.
2010 Carol Gunther-Mohr, Christine A. Bevc, Ed Baker, Pia D.M. MacDonald, and Jennifer M.
Horney. “Update from the NC Preparedness & Emergency Response Research Center
(NCPERRC).” North Carolina Public Health Association Annual Educational Conference,
Wilmington, NC, October 27-29.
2006 Butts, Carter T., Ryan Acton, B. Remy Cross, Lorien Jasny, Benjamin E. Lind, Miruna Petrescu-
Prahova, Christine A. Bevc, Sophia Liu, and Kathleen Tierney. “Inter- and Intra-Organizational
Networks in the World Trade Center and Hurricane Katrina Disasters.” 31st Annual Hazards
Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, July 9-12.
2006 Christine A. Bevc, Carter T. Butts, Ben Lind, Sophia Liu, Miruna Petrescu-Prahova, Lorien Jasny,
Jeannette Sutton, and Kathleen Tierney. “Emergent Multiorganizational Networks following the
World Trade Center Attacks.” Annual All-Hands Meeting of Responding to Crises and
Unexpected Events (RESCUE-ITR), San Diego, CA, January 9-10.
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Select Activities at Professional Meetings
2012 Discussant. “Disaster Resiliency: Conceptual Insights and Applications.” Building
Disaster Resiliency and Sustainability Workshop. Orlando, FL, March 29-30, 2012.
2012 Session organizer. “Redefining Research: Translational and Transformative Work in
Action.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS), Minneapolis, MN,
March 29-April 1.
2011 Session organizer (with Lee Miller). “Inequality and Disasters.” Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Sociological Society (MSS), St. Louis, MO, March 24-29.
2009 Session co-organizer (with Lee Miller). “Social Climate Change: Exposing Inequality and
Vulnerability in Disasters.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS),
Des Moines, IO, April 2-5.
2009 Session chair. “Geographic and Social Space.” Sunbelt XXVIII International Social
Network Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, San
Diego, CA, March 10-15.
2007-2008 Conference co-organizer. Hazards and Disasters Researchers Meeting. Boulder,
Colorado. July.
2008 Session co-organizer (with William E. Lovekamp) and discussant. “Bridging
Communities: Hazards, Disasters and the Public.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Sociological Society (MSS), St. Louis, MO, March 27-30.
2008 Session co-organizer (with William E. Lovekamp) and presider. “Policy and Disaster
Management.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS), St. Louis,
MO, March 27-30.
2008 Session co-organizer (with William E. Lovekamp). “Hurricane Katrina: Two Years Later.”
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS), St. Louis, MO, March 27-30.
2008 Session panelist. “Surviving Grad School Panel I” Annual Meeting of the Midwest
Sociological Society (MSS), St. Louis, MO, March 27-30.
2006 Session moderator. “Disaster Response and the Military.” 31st Annual Hazards and
Research Applications Workshop, Boulder, CO.
2005 Panel organizer, “Hurricane Katrina Symposium: A panel discussion of research and
expertise related to Hurricane Katrina,” University of Colorado at Boulder.
Manuscript Reviewer
American Sociological Review
American Journal of Public Health
Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy,
Practice, and Science
British Journal of Sociology
Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory
Demographic Research
Disasters: The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and
Management
Disaster Health
Field Methods
Frontiers in Public Health Services and Systems
Research
Health Communication
Health Services Research
International Journal of Mass Emergencies and
Disasters
Journal of Applied Social Science
Journal of Family Issues
Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency
Management
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Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
Journal of Public Management and Social Policy
Natural Hazards Review
PLOSone
Population and Environment
Social Forces
Social Problems
Social Science Research
Southern Rural Sociology
The Geographical Journal
Public Service
2011 – Present Member, North Carolina Public Health Association (NC PHA), Academic/Practice
Research Workgroup.
2011 – Present Member, North Carolina’s Public Health Practice-Based Research Network, Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation.
Professional Service
2015 – Present Member, Analytic Methodology Workgroup, National Health Security Preparedness
Index.
2015 Panel Reviewer, National Science Foundation.
2015 Reviewer, PHSSR Academic Researcher Award, North Carolina Public Health
Association (NC PHA), Academic/Practice Research Workgroup.
2015 Reviewer, PHSSR Practitioner Award, North Carolina Public Health Association (NC
PHA), Academic/Practice Research Workgroup.
2014 Invited Academic Representative. AcademyHealth, Public Health Systems Research
Interest Group, Public Health Initiatives.
2012 Reverse Site Visit Reviewer, National Science Foundation.
2012 Panel Reviewer, National Science Foundation.
2010 - 2012 Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Social Science.
2010 - 2012 Graduate Student Representative, Executive Council, ASA Section on Environment and
Technology Section.
2008 - 2012 Member, Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Task Force on Hurricane Katrina and
Rebuilding the Gulf Coast.
2010 Ad-hoc reviewer, National Science Foundation.
2005 – 2010 Managing editor, Natural Hazards Review. American Society of Civil Engineers and
Natural Hazards Center.
2009 Roundtable facilitator. “Disaster Preparedness and the Impact of Natural Disasters.”
Environment and Technology. at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological
Association, San Francisco, CA, August 8-11.
2009 Award Co-Chair (with J. Steven Picou). Brent K Marshall Graduate Student Paper
Award. Environment and Technology Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems
(SSSP).
2006 – 2008 Project supervisor and mentor. Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU), Natural
Hazards Center. NSF Supplemental Grant.
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2005 – 2007 Review panel member, Quick Response Grant Program, Natural Hazards Center,
University of Colorado at Boulder.
2005 – 2007 Member, Teaching and Training Committee, ASA Section on Environment and
Technology Section.
2005 – 2007 Coordinator, Annual Hazards and Disaster Student Paper Competition Committee,
Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Boulder.
2005 – 2007 Disaster Grads listserv moderator, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado at
Boulder.
2006 Guest associate editor. Natural Hazards Review.
2006 Managing editor, Learning from Catastrophe: Quick Response Research in the Wake of
Hurricane Katrina, a peer-reviewed edited volume. University of Colorado at Boulder,
Boulder, CO.
2006 Member, Commissioned Inquiry: Risk of well-being to researchers in qualitative
research. Cardiff University, Wales (United Kingdom).
2004 Member, Committee on Women, Mid-South Sociological Association.
University Service
2005 Representative. United Government of Graduate Students (UGGS), University of
Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO.
2002 - 2004 Graduate Student Representative. Environmental Management Committee. University of
Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
Department Service
2005 - 2008 Peer Mentor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder.
2006 – 2008 Speciality area liason. Annual Department Open House for Potential Graduate Students.
Professional Affiliations
Academy Health*
Section membership: Public Health Systems Research Interest Group*
Alpha Kappa Delta
American Sociological Association
Section memberships: Medical Sociology
Environment and Technology
Mathematical Sociology
Research Methodology
Sociological Practice
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology
Disaster and Social Crisis Research Network (European Sociological Association)
International Network for Social Network Analysis*
Mid-South Sociological Association
Midwest Sociological Society
North Carolina Public Health Association*
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Society for the Study of Social Problems
Environment and Technology Division
Southern Sociological Society * Currently active memberships, 2015-2016
Doctoral Dissertations, Masters and Undergraduate Theses Supervised
Committee Member. Knowledge Management and Accountability in an Inter-Organizational
HIV/AIDS Service Delivery Network. Geoffrey Scott Downie, School of Public Health, University of
Illinois at Chicago, Dissertation. Spring 2016.
Committee Member. Referral network factors and health outcomes among HIV+ women in Ethiopia.
Chris Bernard Agala, Health Policy & Management, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.
Dissertation. Spring 2016.
Reader. Organizational Network Analysis of the Children’s Executive Oversight Committee in Alamance
County, North Carolina. Katey Mote, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Undergraduate
Honors Theses. Spring 2012.
Guest Lectures and Public Presentations
2014 Invited Speaker. “Vulnerable & At-Risk Populations Resource Guide - Informational Update &
Discussion.”National Association of County and City Health Organizations, Preparedness Policy
Advisory Group, Virtual Meeting. August 13.
2014 Invited Speaker, with Matthew C. Simon. “Social Vulnerability Index Applications: Using SVI in
Practice” Social Vulnerability Index Workshop. Atlanta, GA. May 14.
2014 Invited Speaker, with Matthew C. Simon. “At-Risk/Vulnerable Populations – Priorities in
Preparedness Planning.” Regional Preparedness Coordinators’ Meeting, Central Preparedness
Region. Raleigh, NC. February 20.
2014 Invited Speaker. “Planning and Preparedness for Vulnerable and At-Risk Populations” Lunch &
Learn, Veterans Emergency Management Evaluation Center. North Hills, CA. February 21.
2013 Invited Speaker. “Social Vulnerability Index: Socioeconomic and demographic factors that affect
resilience of communities.” Vulnerable Populations Disaster Planning Conference, Seattle Urban
Area Security Initiative (UASI), Auburn, WA, March 20.
2010 Invited Keynote Presentation (with Dana M. Greene). “Facing Change: The Social Psychology of
Disasters.” 2010 North Carolina Community College Sociology and Psychology Association,
Durham, NC, November 4.
2011 Invited Campus Lecture, Sigma Psi Association, Alamance Community College, NC,
March 10.
2009 “Spatial covariance in ERG models.” Social Networks Research Group, University of California –
Irvine, Irvine, CO.
2008 Invited speaker. “Current Graduate Research Projects.” Sociology Club, University of Colorado
at Boulder, Boulder, CO.
2008 Invited speaker. “Memorial Session for Brent K Marshall: 1966-2008.” Annual Meeting of the
Society for the Study of Social Problems. Boston, MA.
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2006 Invited guest lecture. “Words to Structure: Measuring Emergent Multiorganizational Networks
Using Qualitative Data.” Ethnographic Analysis (SOCY 5221). University of Colorado at Boulder,
Boulder, CO.
2006 Invited guest lecture. “Environmental Justice.” US Race/Ethnic Relations (SOCY 1021). University
of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO.
2006 Invited guest lecture. “Environmental Justice.” Environment and Society (SOCY 2077). University
of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO.
2006 “Natural Hazards Center.” University of Colorado at Boulder, NSF Science Board (Poster
presentation), Boulder, CO.
2005 “Socio-Behavioral Aspects of Emergent Forms of Communication.” University of California –
Irvine, Irvine, CA.
2005 “WTC Organizational Networks: Examining functional networks and organizational
involvement.” University of California – Irvine, Irvine, CA.
2005 Invited panelist. “What can you do with a sociology degree?” University of Colorado at Boulder,
Alpha Kappa Delta, Boulder, CO.
2003 Invited guest lecture. “The Nature of Florida.” University of Central Florida, Introduction to
Sociology (SYG 2000), Orlando, FL.