Discipline 101
Seminars
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The Disciplines 101 Seminars are online gatherings in which researchers with a wide range of disciplinary expertise take turns teaching each other about the fundamental concepts, theories, perspectives, tools, and analytical approaches used in their disciplines. The idea is to spend time getting to know each other’s disciplinary languages in the deep way necessary to catalyze transdisciplinary collaboration. We will focus primarily on learning key disciplinary fundamentals (concepts and theories) most relevant to coastal research. However, participants will also highlight research projects and connections to other coastal research, providing the opportunity to think about common foci through different lenses, with emphasis on the time- and spatial-scale aspects of those lenses. These seminars focus on catalyzing new transdisciplinary academic research, but they are intended to be accessible to a broad audience, and community partners are encouraged to join.
The Discipline 101 Series of the C-CoAST RCN concluded in April 20, 2022. We will keep participants abreast of future D101 opportunities.
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Disciplines 101 Seminar #16
“Household Surveys as a Tool for Studying Resilience” presented by Elizabeth Frankenberg (UNC Chapel Hill) and “Elevating Local Knowlege Through Participatory Modeling: Active Community Engagement in Restoration Planning” presented by Scott Hemmerling (The Water Institute of the Gulf)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #15
“Beyond Broader Impacts: Education for Community-Based Solutions” presented by Kathryn Stevenson (NCSU) and KC Busch (NCSU)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #14
“Food Justice and Food Insecurity?” presented by Norbert Wilson (Duke) and “Cultural Value of Seafood in Coastal Communities” presented by Grant Murray (Duke)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #13
“Coastal Climate Impacts: How Do We Make the Science Relevant?” presented by Patrick Barnard (USGS) and “Long-term Resilience and Stochastic Optimization” presented by Sara Shashaani (NCSU)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #12
“Small But Mighty: Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry in the Coastal Zone ” presented by Dana Hunt (Duke) and “Microbial Water Quality and Extreme Flooding” presented by Angela Harris (NCSU)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #11
“Climatology and Climate Challenges in NC” presented by Kathie Dello (State Climatologist, NCSU) and Discussion synthesizing previous D101 content – Brad Murray (Geomorphology, Duke) and Martin Smith (Economics, Duke)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #10
“Storm Impacts and Development – Part I: Geomorphology” presented by Eli Lazarus (Geomorphology, University of Southampton) and Evan Goldstein (Geomorphology, UNC Greensboro) and “Storm Impacts and Development – Part II: Engineering” presented by Katherine Anarde (Coastal Engineering, UNC Chapel Hill/NCSU)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #9
“Predicting Water Levels along the North Carolina Coast” presented by Rick Luettich (Coastal Engineering, UNC Institute of Marine Sciences) and “Compound Flood Hazards” presented by Antonia Sebastian (Hydrology, UNC Chapel Hill
Disciplines 101 Seminar #8
“The Economic Impacts of Climate Hazards” presented by Miyuki Hino (Planning, UNC Chapel Hill)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #7
“Environmental Justice and Local Government” presented by Danielle Purifoy (Geography, UNC Chapel Hill) and “Environmental Change and Human Migration: Lessons from Honduras, Puerto Rico, and Somalia” presented by David Griffith (Anthropology, ECU)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #6
“Introduction to Environmental Justice Research” presented by Kay Jowers (Environmental Policy, Duke University) and “Housing Market Discrimination” presented by Chris Timmins (Economics, Duke University)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #5
“Political Science, Public Policy, and Planning in Coastal Communities” presented by Megan Mullin (Duke University), Andy Keeler (Coastal Studies Institute and ECU), and Phil Berke (UNC – Chapel Hill)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #4
“Ecological Concepts to Guide Oyster Restoration” presented by David Eggleston (NC State University) and “Climate and Fisheries Ecology” presented by Janet Nye (UNC – Chapel Hill)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #3
“Natural Resource Economics and Coastal Resources” presented by Martin D. Smith (Duke University)
and “Economics of Coastal Real Estate Markets” presented by Sathya Gopalakrishnan (The Ohio State University)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #2
“Geomorphology of Sandy Coastlines” presented by Laura Moore (UNC – Chapel Hill) and Brad Murray (Duke University)
Disciplines 101 Seminar #1
“Positive and Normative Theory in the Social Sciences” presented by Megan Mullin (Duke University) and Martin D. Smith (Duke University) and “Nonlinear Systems and Coupled Modeling” presented by Dylan McNamara (UNC – Wilmington) and Brad Murray (Duke University)