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Dr. Sammy Zahran

Post-Doctoral Research, Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the George Bush School of Government, Texas A & M University
PhD, Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee
B.A. University of Windsor, Canada

 

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications

Forthcoming - Brody, SD., and S. Zahran. Linking Particulate Matter and Sulfur Concentrations to Air Pollution Annoyance: Problems of Measurement, Scale, and Control. International Journal of Epidemiology.

Forthcoming - Zahran, S., H. Grover, S.D. Brody, and A. Vedlitz. Risk, Stress, and Capacity: Explaining Metropolitan Commitment to Climate Protection. Urban Affairs Review.

Forthcoming - Zahran, S., S.D. Brody, W. Peacock, and A.Vedlitz. Social Vulnerability, Natural, and Built Environments: Flood Casualties in Texas. Disasters.

Forthcoming - Brody, S.D., S. Zahran, P. Maghelal, H. Grover, W.E. Highfield. The Rising Costs of Floods: examining the impact of planning and development decisions on property damage in Florida. Journal of the American Planning Association.

Forthcoming - Brody, S.D., S. Zahran, A. Vedlitz, and H. Grover. Examining the Relationship between Physical Vulnerability and Public Perceptions of Global Climate Change.  Environment and Behavior.

Forthcoming - Zahran, S., E. Kim, X. Chen, and M. Lubell.  Ecological Development and Global Climate Change:  A Cross-National Study of Kyoto Protocol Ratification.  Society and Natural Resources.

Forthcoming - Zahran, S., D.W. Hastings, and S.D. Brody.  Rationality and Inequity:  The Distribution of Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Installations in the Southeastern United States.  Society and Natural Resources.

Forthcoming - Zahran, S., S.D. Brody, A. Vedlitz, H. Grover, and C. Miller.  Explaining Local Commitment to Climate Change in the United States.  Environment and Planning C.

Forthcoming - Brody, S.D., S. Zahran, H. Grover, and A. Vedlitz.  Identifying the Impact of the Built Environment on Flood Damage in Texas.  Disasters.

Forthcoming - Lubell, M., S. Zahran, and A. Vedlitz.  Collective Action and Citizen Response to Global Warming.  Political Behavior.

2006 - Lubell, M., A. Vedlitz, S. Zahran and L. Alston. Collective Action, Environmental Activism, and Air Quality Policy.  Political Research Quarterly

2006 - Zahran, S., S.D. Brody, A. Vedlitz, and H. Grover. Climate Change Vulnerability and Policy Support.  Society and Natural Resources

Current Funded Research

2007-2009 Advancing the Resilience of Coastal Localities in Texas and Louisiana: Developing, Implementing and Sustaining the Use of Coastal Resilience Indicators (2007-2009).

Status: $367,477 (Funded)
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Walter Peacock, Principal Investigator)
Funding Agency: NOAA, Coastal Services Center

2005-2008 Climate Change, Drought, and Policy Making in the US Southern Region.

Status: $760,000 (Funded)
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Arnold Vedlitz, Principal Investigator)
Funding Agency: NOAA

Professional Affiliations
American Sociological Association
American Planning Association
Association of Ecological Economics

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