Joy Semien is a research assistant at the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center and Doctoral Candidate at Texas A&M University. Her degree is in Urban and Regional Science with a focus on underserved populations in emergency management.
She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Dillard University (2015) in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. Joy also holds a Masters’s Degree from Texas Southern University (2017) in Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, where she published the K.A.P.S. framework to train High-Risk Communities which was published by Routledge (2020).
Her research interest focuses on uniquely bridging the gaps across disciplines while exploring the intersectionality of hazards, race, and social justice. Her work is centered around developing methodologies that turn research into action to increase marginalized multi-hazard communities’ ability to prepare, respond, and recover from disasters.
Experience
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–presentDoctoral Candidate in Urban Regional Sciences, Texas A&M University
Publications
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2022Hazard Mitigation Training for Vulnerable Communities: A KAPS (knowledge, Attitude, Preparedness, Skills) Approach,
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2022A Question of Human Rights: Transnational Targeting of Environmental Justice Communities,
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2021Hazard Mitigation Training for Vulnerable Communities: A KAPS (knowledge, Attitude, Preparedness, Skills) Approach,
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2019KAPS: A Disaster Training Approach for High-Risk Communities.,
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2018Charred Rice Hull as Soil Additive to Reduce Arsenic Uptake by Oryza sativa in a Rice Farm,
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2016Environmental stress in the Gulf of Mexico and its potential impact on public health,
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