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Dr. Rebekah Paci-Green serves as Department Chair and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Western Washington University (WWU), directing the Resilience Institute. She holds a PhD in Structural Engineering from Cornell University and BS in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Washington. Her work bridges engineering, anthropology, and policy to address disaster risk reduction (DRR) in vulnerable communities globally. Current research focuses on community-based approaches to safer school construction, comprehensive school safety policies, and social vulnerability analysis.
Key roles include leading WWU’s Environmental Studies department since 2021 and coordinating the Resilience Institute, which supports natural hazards planning for local, tribal, and regional partners. Notable projects include developing disaster risk reduction strategies in Nepal, Fiji, and New Orleans; co-authoring global school safety policy frameworks; and advising the Ninth Ward recovery plan in New Orleans. Her interdisciplinary NSF-funded project (2024) examines combined earthquake and sea-level rise risks in coastal communities.
Education spans structural engineering (Cornell) with minors in Cultural Anthropology and Science & Technology Studies, alongside BS in Civil Engineering. Teaching includes courses on human ecology and disaster risk reduction, and she advised The Planet publication (2011–2015). Recent work includes the Cascadia Subduction Zone scenario exercise and Swinomish Tribal climate adaptation planning.
Publications emphasize participatory DRR methods, school safety, and policy analysis. Her work appears in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, and global policy briefs. She collaborates with UN agencies, NGOs, and universities to translate research into actionable resilience strategies.
