Hurricane Katrina: A Case Study in Disaster and Relief examined the historical, societal, cultural, environmental,
and political issues raised by the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
Through multiple disciplines and faculty lectures, the course
sought to understand the complex issues of relief and rebuilding.
Students spent their spring break in the region contributing
their personal service to the relief and rebuilding efforts. For
more information on the service aspect of this class, click on the Service
link.
Over the course of the semester a number of guest speakers were
brought in to help students understand the communities that the
hurricane hit as well as the relief efforts that are currently
underway. Some of these guests included: Jarvis DeBerry, Editorial
Writer for the New Orleans Times Picayune; Jim
Davis - Director of the Gephardt Institute and Professor Emeritus of Political
Science; Carol Camp Yeakey - Director of the Center for Urban
Studies; and Erin Richards - University of Missouri Journalism
Graduate Student and Reporter during Hurricane Katrina for
the Columbia Missourian. For a complete list of guests,
please click on the Class link. Some
of these lectures are also available as podcasts.
The course was featured on March 8 on KSDK
News Channel 5 in St. Louis.
Students were also encouraged to keep up with current events
concerning Hurricane Katrina. The following are the current headlines
from the major news wire services courtesy of Yahoo News.
This feed has since been discontinued.
