Shivangi Prasad 1300 Campo Sano Drive, 115D, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL - 33124 Phone (305)284-6860; E-mail: sprasad3@miami.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University (2013) Dissertation: An Examination of Hurricane Vulnerability of the US Northeast and mid-atlantic Region M.A. Geography, Hunter College, New York (2002) M.A. Geography, Jawaharlal Nehru University, INDIA (1999) B.A. Geography, University of Delhi, INDIA (1997) TRAINING WORKSHOP / CERTIFICATION February 2014 Empowering Capable Climate Communicators An advanced climate leadership training co-hosted by the University of Miami and the CLEO Institute June 2012 Summer Academy on Social Vulnerability - organized by United Nations University Institute of Environment and Human Security and Munich Re Foundation RESEARCH INTERESTS Climate change vulnerability; urban resilience; sustainable urban planning, disaster planning & policy; GIS / spatial analysis; remote sensing; coastal communities; South Florida WORK EXPERIENCE 2014- Lecturer, Department of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Miami 2013-2014 Manager, Real Estate Research, Office Depot Corporation 2009-2012 Teaching Assistant / Instructor, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University 2008-2009 Adjunct Instructor, Department of Geography, Broward College 2004-2005 GIS Analyst, Department of Health, State of Florida, Tallahassee 2002-2005 Adjunct Instructor, Department of Geography, Florida State University 2002-2003 Research Assistant, (NSF Funded Haptic Soundscapes Project), Department of Geography, Florida State University 2001-2002 Teaching Assistant, Department of Geography, Hunter College, City University of New York
2001-2002 Intern, Department of City Planning, New York City 2001 summer Research Assistant, Center for Analysis and Research of Spatial Information, Department of Geography, Hunter College, City University of New York RECOGNITION / HONORS / AWARDS 2016 Featured in the University of Miami Special Report on Climate Change. Link: http://climate.miami.edu/built-environment/zoning-in-on-evacuation-plans/ 2016 Research (on targeted flood evacuation) featured in the 02/15/2016 issue of e-veritas, the University of Miami weekly newsletter. Link: http://www.as.miami.edu/news/newsarchive/swimming-in-the-flood.html 2016 Membership in Resilient Miami Initiative at the University of Miami 2012 Acceptance to the Summer Academy on Social Vulnerability, Munich, Germany (one of twenty Ph.D. students selected) 2011 Best poster (1 st Prize) in Geosciences, Urban Planning and Civil Engineering category, FAU Graduate Student Research Day 2011 Best Graduate Paper Presentation (2 nd Prize) at the Florida Society of Geographers Conference 1997 First rank in admission test for admission to the MA Program in Geography at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India FELLOWSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS 2011-2012 Delores A. Auzenne Fellowship Florida Atlantic University $5000 2011 Phi Kappa Phi Scholarship 2010-2011 Diversity Fellowship Florida Atlantic University $2500 2010-2011 Fellowship for Academic Excellence Florida Atlantic University $5000 2009-2010 Provost s Fellowship Florida Atlantic University (for best incoming student in the Ph.D. Program $2500
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Prasad, Shivangi. (April 2016). Socio-ecological Vulnerability and Climate Change in the Brazilian Amazon. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. San Francisco, CA Prasad, Shivangi. (April 2015). Assessing Evacuation Assistance Need in the 100 Year Floodplain of South Florida. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Chicago, IL Prasad, Shivangi. (April 2013). Exposure, Vulnerability and Resilience to Coastal Flooding Due to Extreme Weather Shocks and Climate Change stresses. Special Session of Coastal and Marine Specialty Group, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. Los Angeles, CA Prasad, Shivangi. (November 2012). Natural Hazard Losses, Human Vulnerability and Resilience Variations along the Rural-Urban Continuum. Special Session on Political Ecology, Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers. Asheville, NC Prasad, Shivangi. (October 2012). Using GIS to Examine Evacuation Need and Shelter Locations in Broward County, FL. Applied Geography Conference. Minneapolis, MN Prasad, Shivangi. (March 2012). Hurricane Vulnerability in New England and Mid-Atlantic States. Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers. New York, NY Prasad, Shivangi. (November 2011). Human Vulnerability to Catastrophic Hurricanes in Northeastern and Mid Atlantic United States. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographers. Savannah, GA Prasad, Shivangi. (February 2011). Using Clusters of Population Vulnerability to Determine Hurricane Shelter Locations A GIS Based Investigation of Broward County, Florida. Annual Meeting of the Florida Society of Geographers. Gainesville, FL INVITED TALKS Prasad, Shivangi. (November 2016). Adaptation Strategies for Sea Level Rise in Urban Environments. University of Miami Urban Studies Talk Series. Coral Gables, FL Prasad, Shivangi. (October 2016). Resilient Cities Building Smart Cities by Incorporating Social Resilience in Planning. University of Miami School of Architecture Lecture. Coral Gables, FL Prasad, Shivangi. (April 2016). Sea Level Rise in South Florida: Assessing the need for evacuation assistance. University of Miami Urban Studies Talk Series. Coral Gables, FL Prasad, Shivangi. (November 2013). GIS in Real Estate Research. University of Miami GIS Day. Coral Gables, FL Prasad, Shivangi. (November 2013). Starting your career in GIS (Panelist on the career panel). University of Miami GIS Day. Coral Gables, FL
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Silva, J.M.C. and Prasad, S. (2017 in press) Green and Socioeconomic Infrastructures in the Brazilian Amazonia: Implications for a Changing Climate. Climate and Development Prasad, S. (2017) Measuring and Comparing Hospital Accessibility for Palm Beach County s Elderly and Nonelderly Populations During a Hurricane. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 1-5. DOI:10.1017/dmp.2017.89 da Silva, J. M. C., Prasad, S., & Diniz-Filho, J. A. F. (2017) The impact of deforestation, urbanization, public investments, and agriculture on human welfare in the Brazilian Amazonia. Land Use Policy. Vol. 65: 135-142. Prasad, S. and Stoler, J. (2016) Mobile Home Residents and Hurricane Vulnerability in South Florida: Research Gaps and Challenges. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. Vol. 7(4): 436-439 DOI 10.1007/s13753-016-0101-x Prasad, S. (2016) Assessing Evacuation Assistance Need in the 100 Year Floodplain of South Florida. Applied Geography. Vol. 67: 67-76; DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.12.005 Scott, M.C., Sen Roy, S. and Prasad, S. (2016) Spatial Patterns of Off the System Traffic Accidents in Miami-Dade County, FL during 2005-2010. Traffic Injury Prevention. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2016.1144878 Prasad, S. (2012) An Assessment of Human Vulnerability to Hazards in the US Coastal Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Southeastern Geographer. Vol. 52(3): 282-298 Prasad, S. (2012) Using GIS to Examine Evacuation Need and Shelter Locations in Broward County, Florida. Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conferences. Vol. 35: 272-279 MANUSCRIPT IN PREPARATION Prasad, S. and Stoler, J. (xxxx) A Pilot Study of Hurricane Vulnerability and Risk Perception Among Mobile Home Residents in South Florida BOOK CHAPTERS Prasad, Shivangi (2015) Using GIS to Examine Evacuation Need and Shelter Locations in Broward County, Florida. In G.A. Tobin, & B.E. Montz (eds), Evolving Approaches to Understanding Natural Hazards (pp. 277-289). Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. MANUSCRIPT REFEREE Journal of Flood Risk Management Wiley Publishing 1
Applied Geography Elsevier 1 TEACHING PUBLICATION Clicker Questions for World Regions in Global Context 4 th edition Pearson Publishing RESEARH GRANT WRITING EXPERIENCE 2017 University of Miami College of Arts & Sciences Dean s Summer Research Award for Lecturers Hurricane Matthew Impacts and Recovery Efforts along Florida s Northeast Coast: A Remote Sensing Study. Status: Awarded $2000 2016 University of Miami College of Arts & Sciences Dean s Summer Research Award for Lecturers Are Rising Seas Shaping Risk Perception? Catastrophic Storm Preparedness and Stakeholder Engagement of Mobile Home Dwellers in South Florida s Costal Surge Zone. Status: Awarded $2000 2016 American Association of Geographers Research Grants Exploring Multiple Facets of Hurricane Preparedness and Evacuation Needs of Mobile Home Dwellers. Status: Declined 2016 The Mel Marcus Fund for Physical Geography Coastal Dune Systems of Miami Beach: Current Human Imprint and Suggestions for Restoration. Status: Declined 2012 National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (NSF EAPSI) Assessing Building Vulnerability to Marine Flooding. Status: Declined 2012 Ford Foundation Fellowship Program Dissertation Program. Status: Declined COURSES TAUGHT Hazards & Disasters: The Nature-Society Interaction Current Environmental Issues Physical Geography Human Geography Introduction to GIS Intermediate GIS Introduction to Remote Sensing Advanced Remote Sensing
World Regional Geography Weather and Climate Labs STUDENT ADVISING / SUPERVISION / MENTORING Julia Dileo (M.A. student, University of Miami). Expected graduation 2017. Climate Change Vulnerability of the Caribbean Islands (Graduate Committee Member) McKenzie Chance Scott (M.A. Geography, University of Miami). 2015. Spatial Patterns of Off the System Traffic Accidents in Miami-Dade County, FL during 2005-2010 (Graduate Committee Member) SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT AND UNIVERSITY Miami International Map Fair 2017 Department representative GIS Day 2016 Member, Organizing Committee South Florida GIS Expo 2016 Department representative and exhibitor High School Charrette 2016 - Volunteer Faculty, Building a Resilient South Florida High School Charrette, Organized by the School of Architecture, University of Miami ESRI Conference 2015 Department representative and exhibitor GIS Day 2015 - Member, Organizing Committee GIS Day 2014 - Member, Organizing Committee