Wanyun Shao
Assistant Professor
- 331D Farrah Hall
- (205) 348-2969
- wshao1@ua.edu
Education
- 331D Farrah Hall
- (205) 348-2969
- wshao1@ua.edu
Education
Ph. D., Geography, Louisiana State University, 2012
M.P., Planning, University of Wyoming, 2009
B. Sc. Geography, Jilin University (China) 2006
Affiliations
Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research
Associate Editor, Palgrave Communications (a Springer Nature journal)
Research Groups
Research Interests
Human dimensional climate change; environmental risk perceptions; community resilience to environmental hazards; environmental policy; natural hazards; social impacts of flooding
Selected Publications
- A spatial epidemiology case study of mentally unhealthy days (MUDs): Air pollution, community resilience, and sunlight perspectives
- Spatiotemporal patterns of U.S. drought awareness
- Assessing Community Vulnerability to Floods and Hurricanes along the U.S. Gulf Coast
- Predicting support for flood mitigation based on flood insurance purchase behavior
- Flood Hazards and Perceptions – A Comparative Study of Two Cities in Alabama
