Welcome to the DRC Website

Welcome to the re-designed DRC website. We encourage you to look around and become re-acquainted with DRC on the web.

Returning friends will notice many changes, but should know that all of the content you have come to rely on has been migrated to this new more user friendly format. In particular you should take note of our expanded faculty and staff bios, our expanded project descriptions, and the revised E.L. Quarantelli Resource Collection page.

For our first time visitors, we encourage you to explore the site and get acquainted with The Disaster Research Center (DRC.) We are a multi-disciplinary research organization located at the University of Delaware in Newark, DE. We engage in research, education, and outreach on a number of issues related to disasters and catastrophes. DRC has a long and prestigious history and is widely recognized as one of the pioneering institutions in the field of disaster research. In particular, we are known for our insights into human behavioral and social scientific issues; for the development of new research methodologies; and for our field studies.

The DRC is working to not only maintain our strong foundations in the social sciences but also to strengthening our multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research. Some of the tangible signs of this change include: the recent appointment of several engineers to the DRC core faculty; the development of new interdisciplinary MA and Phd graduate programs in Disaster Science and Emergency Managment, the inclusion of two engineering undergraduates in the summer REU program, and the development of a strategic plan to chart our future.  

This site is just the beginning of many changes to our web presence. All visitors should return periodically and see what is new. We plan to develop some very exciting projects in the months to come including: DRC alumni biographies, an historical projects archive, and a web searchable version of the Discat catalogue for the E.L Quarantelli Resource Collection.  

As always, if you have questions you can click on the Contact theDRC tab on the right.

Thank you for vising the DRC.