Please join COVID-Calls, a daily discussion of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Free and open to the public, Monday-Friday at 5pm EST, starting March 16. Send questions to host Scott Gabriel Knowles (sgk23@drexel.edu, on Twitter @USofDisaster).
Upcoming Calls
M, June 1 OPEN SEASON: HURRICANES, FIRES, AND COVID-19
Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, RAND
Miriam Belblidia, Imagine Water Works
Tu, June 2 ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES PART 1: BIODIVERSITY & THE PANDEMIC
Mariangeles H. Arce, Academy of Natural Sciences
Jason Weckstein, Academy of Natural Sciences
Richard McCourt, Academy of Natural Sciences
W, June 3 THE PANDEMIC AND WILDFIRE
Max Moritz, University of California, Santa Barbara
Th, June 4 FROM 9/11 TO COVID-19
Stephen Flynn, Northeastern University
Arn Howitt, Harvard Kennedy School
F, May 29 COVID-19 AND THE TECH ECONOMY
Margaret O’Mara, University of Washington
Past Calls
M, March 16 Gigi Gronval, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
T, March 17 Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic + Kim Fortun, University of California Irvine
W, March 18 Sarah DeYoung, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
Th, March 19 Esther Chernak, Drexel Dornsife School of Public health F, March 20 Samantha Montano, Emergency Management and Disaster Science, University of Nebraska at Omaha and Patrick Roberts, Virginia Tech.
M, March 23 Daniel Lorenz, Disaster Research Unit, Frei Universitat, Berlin and Gonzalo Bacigalupe, CIGIDEN, UMass Boston
Tu, March 24 Andrew Revkin, Earth Institute, Columbia University
W, March 25 Adam Rogers, Wired
Th, March 26 GLOBAL PANDEMIC: ITALY
Giacomo Parrinello, Paris Institute of Political Studies | Paolo Cavaliere, University of Delaware
F, March 27 DISASTER AND DISABILITY
Aimi Hamraie, Vanderbilt Univ., Center for Medicine, Health, and Society
M, March 30 PANDEMICS IN HISTORY
Cindy Ermus, University of Texas, San Antonio | Christienna Fryar, Goldsmiths, University of London
Tu, March 31 COVID-19 AND THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT
Peter Shulman
W, April 1 GLOBAL PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
Andrew Lakoff, University of Southern California
Th, April 2 CARE, GRIEVING, PARENTS AND CHILDREN
Sara McBride, USGS | Bernadette McBride, Nurse Practitioner | Yvonne Michael, Drexel University
F, April 3 PANDEMIC POLITICSJulian Zelizer, Princeton University
SOUTH KOREA
Chihyung Jeon, KAIST, South Korea | Seung-Sik Hwang, Seoul National University
M, April 6 DISASTER RESEARCHERS ROUNDTABLE
Nnenia Campbell, Natural Hazards Center, UC Boulder | Ryan Hagen, Columbia University | Yeonsil Kang, Drexel University | Zachary Loeb, University of Pennsylvania | Valerie Marlowe, Disaster Research Center, Univ. Delaware
Tu, April 7 DISASTER, RESILIENCE, AND DATA
Daniel Aldrich, Northeastern University | Robert Soden, Columbia University
W, April 8 COVID-19 AND CRIME
Rob Kane, Drexel University
Lori Peek, Natural Hazards Center
F, April 10 PANDEMICS IN HISTORY
Julia Engelschalt, Bielefeld University | Jacob Remes, NYU
M, April 13 PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE+RISK, CLIMATE, PANDEMIC
Esther Chernak, Drexel University | Howard Kunreuther, University of Pennsylvania
Tu, April 14 VICTIMS AND MEMORIALS
Jay Aronson, Carnegie Mellon University | Adia Benton, Northwestern University
W, April 15 DISASTER PLANS
Lee Clarke
Th, April 16 COVID-19 IN CANCER ALLEY
Joy Banner, Whitney Plantation | Sophie Kasakove, Vice | Ashley Rogers, Whitney Plantation
F, April 17 THE VIEW FROM NEW ORLEANS
Karen Gadbois, The Lens | Andy Horowitz, Tulane University
M, April 20 GOVERNING COVID-19
Tom Birkland, NC State | Robert DeLeo, Bentley University | Kristin Taylor, Wayne State University
Tu, April 21 WHAT SHOULD WE LEARN FROM COVID-19?
Kathleen Tierney, UC Boulder
W, April 22 PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE+COVID-19 AND THE LAW
Esther Chernak, Drexel University | Kathleen Bergin
Th, April 23 PANDEMICS IN HISTORY: PHILADELPHIA
Michael Yudell, Drexel University | David Barnes, University of Pennsylvania
F, April 24 TRUMP
Virginia Heffernan
M, April 27 PANDEMICS IN HISTORY
Tiago Saraiva, Drexel University, Caroline Grego, Queens University of Charlotte
Tu, April 28 DISASTER, SCIENCE, AND JOURNALISM
Maiken Scott, WHYY, The Pulse
W, April 29 PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATE+IMMIGRATION & COVID-19
Esther Chernak, Drexel University, Carly Goodman, La Salle University
Th, April 30 DISASTERS AND FEDERALISM
Don Kettl, University of Texas
F, May 1 LABOR AND THE PANDEMIC
TBD
M, May 4 MAINTAINERS IN THE PANDEMIC
Andy Russell, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Jessica Meyerson, Educopia Institute
Tu, May 5 DISASTER RESEARCH IN A TIME OF CRISIS
James Kendra, Univ. of Delaware, Disaster Research Center
W, May 6 THE APOCALYPSE
Chuck Strozier
Th, May 7 CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE PANDEMIC IN NYC
Daniel Zarilli, City of New York
F, May 8 WARNINGS AND DISASTER COMMUNICATION
Jeannette Sutton
M, May 18 COVID-19 AND DIGITAL SURVEILLANCE
Megan Finn, University of Washington | Ryan Ellis, Northeastern University
T, May 19 DIGNITY FOR THE DEAD IN A PANDEMIC
Maggie Jones, New York Times
W, May 20 THE GREEN NEW DEAL AND COVID-19
Billy Fleming, University of Pennsylvania | Kate Marvel, NASA Goddard Institute/Columbia University | Franco Montalto, Drexel University
Th, May 21 COVID-19 IN SINGAPORE
Sulfikar Amir, Nanyang Technological University
