Spring 2018
CCPO and ODU Resilience Collaborative
Seminar Series

Date

Title of Seminar (click on title for abstract and bio)

Speaker

January 22

"Exploring the Usefulness of User-Centered Design in Interactive Sea Level Rise Viewers; Or, What Happens When Lay Citizens Use Tools Designed for Experts"

Daniel Richards
Department of English
Old Dominion University

January 29

"Observations of Sediment Transport and Deposition on a Mega Delta Threatened by Both Human Disturbance and Sea Level Rise"

Rip Hale
Department of Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Old Dominion University

February 5

"Human Vulnerability to Heat Waves in a Warmer World — Can We Acclimatize?"

Scott Sheridan
Department of Geography
Kent State University

February 12

No Seminar — Ocean Sciences Meeting

No Seminar — Ocean Sciences Meeting

February 19

No Seminar — Ocean Sciences follow-up/Presidents' Day

No Seminar — Ocean Sciences follow-up/Presidents' Day

February 26

"Sea Level Rise and Increased Coastal Flooding Hazard in Florida"

Shimon Wdowinski
Department of Earth & Environment
Florida International University

March 5

No Seminar — ODU Spring Break

No Seminar — ODU Spring Break

March 12

"Public and Private Financing of Natural Catastrophe Insurance to Meet Affordability Criteria"

Jamie Kruse
Department of Economics
East Carolina University

March 19

"How Does Climate Change Impact Adélie Penguin Populations?"

Matthew Oliver
College of Earth, Ocean & Environment
University of Delaware

March 26

"Coastal Erosion Vulnerabilities, Monsoon Dynamics, and Human Adaptive Response in Bangladesh"

Thomas Crawford
Department of Geography
Virginia Tech

April 2

"Regional Sea Level Rise Along the U.S. Coasts"

Alessandra Burgos
CCPO
Old Dominion University