Risk

Tyson Vaughan is a civil works and water resources policy analyst and a scholar of the social dimensions of disaster recovery. He has conducted research on participatory recovery planning in post-disaster Japan and “citizen-science” in his hometown of New Orleans. As a Sociologist at the Institute for Water Resources, US Army Corps of Engineers, he works to improve federal policy, engage the public, and enhance the resilience of American communities facing environmental risks. With Eli Elinoff, he co-edited Disastrous Times: Beyond Environmental Crisis in Urbanizing Asia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020). He holds a PhD in Science & Technology Studies from Cornell University.