Hazards Research
Increasing global hazards pose significant threats to humanity and the environment, demanding urgent attention and action. Hazards research by faculty and students in ESS includes a wide array of natural and human-induced phenomena, including climate change, natural disasters, global terrorism, pollution, conflict, and contagious disease. ESS faculty and students investigate hazards from both social and physical perspectives.
Hazards Faculty

Professor
Co-Director, Center for Natural and Technological Hazards
Human-environment interactions; Vulnerability; Hazards and Disasters; Environmental Justice; Health Disparities; Climate Change, Water, Wildfire, and Air Pollution

Professor
Director, School of Environment, Society, and Sustainability
Director, URSA Lab
Hyperspectral, Multispectral, and Lidar Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Wildfire and Firefighter Safety, Imaging Spectroscopy

Professor of Sociology and ESS
Co-Director, Center for Natural and Technological Hazards.

Associate Professor
Political Geography, Political Violence, Kenya, Spatial Statistics, GIS, Climate Change,
and Conflict

Associate Professor
Director, HATER Lab
GIS, Spatial analysis, Geography of Terrorism and Insurgent Activity, Complex Systems in Social and Geographic Spaces

Associate Professor
Director, Utah Geo-Health Lab
Director, MSGIS program
GIS and Spatial Methods in Understanding and Solving Environmental Health Problems