Risa Palm is the immediate past-Provost of Georgia State University and has held tenured positions at the rank of Full Professor in the Departments of Geography at Georgia State University, the University at Buffalo, Louisiana State University, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the University of Oregon and the University of Colorado. She has held the position of both dean and also provost at several of these universities. Palm is the past-president of the American Association of Geographers and the recipient of numerous awards and honors. She is the author of 13 books and monographs as well as numerous refereed articles and chapters on topics including urban geography, response to natural hazards and climate change communication.
Experience
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2001–2009Dean, University of Oregon
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2006–2009Provost, State University of New York system
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2003–2006Provost, Louisiana State University
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1997–2003Dean, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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1989–2001Dean, University of Colorado, Boulder
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1981–2001Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder
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1984–1989Associate vice Chancellor, University of Colorado, Boulder
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1981–1984Associate dean, University of Colorado, Boulder
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1977–1981Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder
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1972–1976Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Education
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1972University of Minnesota, Ph.D.
Publications
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2019Impact of message source on the effectiveness of communications about climate change, Science Communication
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2019Counteracting climate science's politicization with effective frames and imagery, Science Communication
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2018Impact of frames highlighting coastal flooding in the US on climate change beliefs, Climatic Change
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2018Cross-national variation in determinants of climate change attitudes, Environmental politics
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2017What causes people to change their opinion about climate change, Annals of the American Association of Geographers
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2002International telephone calls: global and regional patterns, Urban Geography
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2001Residential mobility: the impacts of web-based information on the search process, Urban Geography
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1998Illusions of Safety: culture and earthquake hazard response in the US and Japan, Westview Press
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1998Urban earthquake hazards: the impacts of culture on perceived risk in the USA and Japan, Applied Geography
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1995Earthquake insurance: a longitudinal study of California homeowners, Westview Press
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1993Natural hazards in Puerto Rico, Natural Hazards Center monograph
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1993Natural hazards in Puerto Rico, Geographical Review
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1992After a California Earthquake, University of Chicago Press
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1990Natural hazards: an integrative framework for research and planning, Johns Hopkins University Press
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1981Geography of American Cities, Oxford University Press
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1981Women and the social costs of economic development, Westview Press
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1978Invitation to Geography, McGraw-Hill
Grants and Contracts
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1994Earthquake hazard response in US and Japan
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- PI
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- National Science Foundation
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1992Purchase of catastrophic earthquake insurance in California
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- National Science Foundation
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1990Impacts of Loma Prieta Earthquake
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- PI
- Funding Source:
- National Science Foundation
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1990Impact of Mandatory coverage multiple hazard preparedness: response to Hurricane Hugo in Puerto Rico
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- National Science Foundation
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1988Earthquake insurance in California
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- National Science Foundation
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1978Real Estate agents and the dissemination of information on hazards
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- National Science Foundation
Professional Memberships
- American Association of Geographers
Honours
Honors award, American Association of Geographers
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