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
2001–2009
Dean, University of Oregon
2006–2009
Provost, State University of New York system
2003–2006
Provost, Louisiana State University
1997–2003
Dean, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
1989–2001
Dean, University of Colorado, Boulder
1981–2001
Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder
1984–1989
Associate vice Chancellor, University of Colorado, Boulder
1981–1984
Associate dean, University of Colorado, Boulder
1977–1981
Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder
1972–1976
Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Education
1972
University of Minnesota, Ph.D.
Publications
2019
Impact of message source on the effectiveness of communications about climate change, Science Communication
2019
Counteracting climate science's politicization with effective frames and imagery, Science Communication
2018
Impact of frames highlighting coastal flooding in the US on climate change beliefs, Climatic Change
2018
Cross-national variation in determinants of climate change attitudes, Environmental politics
2017
What causes people to change their opinion about climate change, Annals of the American Association of Geographers
2002
International telephone calls: global and regional patterns, Urban Geography
2001
Residential mobility: the impacts of web-based information on the search process, Urban Geography
1998
Illusions of Safety: culture and earthquake hazard response in the US and Japan, Westview Press
1998
Urban earthquake hazards: the impacts of culture on perceived risk in the USA and Japan, Applied Geography
1995
Earthquake insurance: a longitudinal study of California homeowners, Westview Press
1993
Natural hazards in Puerto Rico, Natural Hazards Center monograph
1993
Natural hazards in Puerto Rico, Geographical Review
1992
After a California Earthquake, University of Chicago Press
1990
Natural hazards: an integrative framework for research and planning, Johns Hopkins University Press
1981
Geography of American Cities, Oxford University Press
1981
Women and the social costs of economic development, Westview Press
1978
Invitation to Geography, McGraw-Hill
Grants and Contracts
1994
Earthquake hazard response in US and Japan
Role:
PI
Funding Source:
National Science Foundation
1992
Purchase of catastrophic earthquake insurance in California
Role:
PI
Funding Source:
National Science Foundation
1990
Impacts of Loma Prieta Earthquake
Role:
PI
Funding Source:
National Science Foundation
1990
Impact of Mandatory coverage multiple hazard preparedness: response to Hurricane Hugo in Puerto Rico
Role:
PI
Funding Source:
National Science Foundation
1988
Earthquake insurance in California
Role:
PI
Funding Source:
National Science Foundation
1978
Real Estate agents and the dissemination of information on hazards