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Report Emphasizes Importance of Communication in Climate Change Resilience

UConn Today - January 23, 2020

In the wake of a major storm, like the one that battered the Connecticut shoreline in 2012, community resilience could depend on communication.

That’s the conclusion of a recently published report by UConn Department of Communication Professor Carolyn A. Lin in partnership with the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) is the first of its kind to look at the social and psychological impacts of climate change mitigation strategies in two coastal communities hit hard by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The study examines how Bridgeport and Fairfield residents handled the storm and the after-effects, and also how they are addressing plans to mitigate the impacts of future storms in their communities.

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Apr 2 InCHIP Lecture: Dustin T. Duncan, ScD 12:30pm

InCHIP Lecture: Dustin T. Duncan, ScD

Thursday, April 2nd, 2020

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Storrs Campus
J. Ray Ryan Bldg, Room 204

Dustin T. Duncan, ScD, NYU School of Medicine, Langone Health

Thursday, April 2, 2020

J. Ray Ryan Bldg, Room 204

Dr. Duncan is an internationally recognized social and spatial epidemiologist studying how specific neighborhood characteristics influence population health and health disparities, among sexual and gender minorities, especially gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women from an intersectional perspective. His research has a strong domestic focus—including in New York City—but my recent work spans the globe, including studies in Paris, London, and Abu Dhabi. Forthcoming collaborative projects are in east Africa. Methodologically, his research utilizes a geospatial lens to apply, for example, computer-based geographic information systems (GIS), web-based and real-time geospatial technologies, and geospatial modeling techniques. For instance, he applies Global Positioning System (GPS) devices and smartphones to examine spatial mobility and social networks in and across neighborhoods. His work appears in leading public health, medical, geography, criminology, demography and psychology journals. He has over 150 high-impact publications and book chapters, and his research has appeared in major media outlets including U.S. News & World Report, the Washington Post, the New York Times and CNN.

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Apr 9 InCHIP Lecture: Kristen Jozkowski, PhD12:30pm

InCHIP Lecture: Kristen Jozkowski, PhD

Thursday, April 9th, 2020

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM

Storrs Campus
J. Ray Ryan Bldg, Room 204

Kristen Jozkowski, PhD, School of Public Health at Indiana University

Thursday, April 9, 2020

"The Need for Affirmative Sexuality in the Era of Affirmative Consent"

**About the Speaker** Dr. Kristen Jozkowski is the William L. Yarber Endowed Professor of Sexual Health in the Department of Applied Health Science and the Director of the Center for Reproductive and Social Health in the School of Public Health at Indiana University. She is also a Senior Research Scientist with the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University. Dr. Jozkowski’s research has been largely dedicated to sexual violence prevention, with a specific focus in the ways people communicate and interpret sexual consent and refusals. Her work also focuses on alcohol-facilitated sexual assault risk factors and socio-cultural factors that influence sexual violence and consent communication including gender norms and sexual double standards. Dr. Jozkowski earned her Ph.D. in Health Behavior with minors in Mixed Research Methodology and Human Sexuality at Indiana University in 2011.

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