UD in the News, Sept. 6, 2005

Havidan Rodriguez, professor of sociology and director of UD’s Disaster Research Center, was quoted in a Sept. 5 Financial Times story about the need for advance planning to soften the blow of a natural disaster, such as Hurricane Katrina.

Joanne Nigg, professor of sociology and a core faculty member at the Disaster Research Center, was quoted in Hurricane Katrina stories in the Sept. 4 Philadelphia Inquirer and Boston Herald and in a widely circulated Sept. 3 Associated Press story about how the United States is scrambling to cope with refugees from the Gulf Coast. "You could call it a mini-diaspora," Nigg told the AP. "The people in New Orleans, the people in the Gulf really had a culture. In many ways, they have been thrown out of the Garden of Eden, if you will. It's a diaspora brought on for people with no resources."

Michael Chajes, chair of the UD Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, joined Joanne Nigg on a special panel discussion concerning Hurricane Katrina aired Sept. 2 by WHYY-TV’s Delaware Tonight program.

Benigno Aguirre, professor of sociology and a core faculty member at the Disaster Research Center, was quoted in Hurricane Katrina stories in the Sept. 4 Boston Globe, the Sept. 2 Philadelphia Daily News and the Sept. 2 Denver Post. "One of the patterns we see is that disasters are not random in their effects, that, instead, certain segments of the community are more vulnerable," Aguirre told the Daily News.

Tricia Wachtendorf, assistant professor of sociology and a core faculty member at the Disaster Research Center, was quoted in a Hurricane Katrina story in the Sept. 2 Journal News of New York. "It's going to take a while to process the response,” she said. “Unfortunately, people wind up on the defensive, trying to defend organizational decisions. It's more important to look at what we can learn to do better in the future. There should be the political will to fix things."

Disaster Research Center plans to study the Hurricane Katrina disaster were featured in a Sept. 4 story in the News Journal.

David Legates, associate professor of geography, was featured in a Sept. 5 News Journal story on his new role as state climatologist.

Arthur Sloane, professor emeritus of business administration, was quoted in a Sept. 4 News Journal story on the state of labor unions. Commenting on recent splits in the labor movement, Sloane said, "It will definitely light a fire under all unions, and I think it is bound to help union growth in the near future.''

Amalia Amaki, curator of the Paul R. Jones Collection, was quoted in a Sept. 2 Atlanta Daily World story about the opening of the exhibition A Century of African American Art: Selections From The Paul R. Jones Collection at Spelman College after a successful 2004-05 academic year run at UD.

UD’s Goodstay Center was featured in a Sept. 2 News Journal story about popular historic venues that are used in wedding ceremonies.

Muqtedar Khan, assistant professor of political science and international relations, was quoted in an Aug. 21 BBC story on American Muslims that was recorded on campus. He said Muslims in the United States are different from many in Great Britain in that they are well assimilated, are not personally alienated and have a great deal for which to live. Also, Khan was featured in a story about the voices of Muslim reformers published in a recent issue of The Christian Century magazine

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