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Richard Stuart Olson, Chair; "We Will Rebuild" Eminent Scholar and Professor of Political Science, (Ph.D., University of Oregon); Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics, Politics of Mexico, Politics of Disaster. |
In addition to being Professor of Political Science, Richard Olson holds the We Will Rebuild Foundation endowed chair as Eminent Scholar in the university's International Hurricane Center. His early work focused on economic sanctions and coercion, primarily in First World-Third World relations, and was published in World Politics and The Journal of Developing Areas. Starting in the 1980's, Professor Olson was awarded major research grants by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and turned his attention to the political economy of disaster and especially to the political problems associated with hazard mitigation and disaster response. His work in this area includes The Politics of Earthquake Prediction (Princeton University Press, 1989) and a variety of articles (both single and co-authored) in such journals as Science, Policy Studies Review, Omega, and the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. Currently, he is finishing a book manuscript entitled, Some Buildings Just Can't Dance: Oakland, California after the Loma Prieta Earthquake, and he was the Principal Investigator on an NSF-supported project, The 1985 Mexico City Disaster and Emergent Organizations: A 10-Case Study.
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