Newswise — The University of North Carolina at Greensboro has several faculty experts whom journalists may find useful in reporting the Katrina disaster.
"¢ Sharon Morrison (PhD). Assistant Prof., Public Health Education. * Morrison can speak to the issues of disease processes, natural disasters and refugees. She teaches "Disease Processes" course, a course on "Global Health" (including natural disasters) and a course on immigrant and refugee health (which considers the trauma of natural disasters and being a refugee).
"¢ Erick Byrd (PhD) " Assistant Prof., Dept. of Rec. Tourism & Hospitality Mgmt.* Byrd can speak to the issue of the hurricane's impact on tourism and the tourism industry in the Gulf area.
"¢ José A. Villalba (PhD) " Assistant Prof. Department of Counseling and Educational Development* Can talk about what mental health workers can do to help children and adolescents who have survived or witnessed traumatic events.
"¢ Diana Bowman " Project Director, National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE* The National Center for Homeless Education staff has been working with state coordinators of homeless education, the U.S. Department of Education, school districts and other national agencies to assist with children in families who have been displaced by Hurricane Katrina's devastation in Gulf Coast states.* Topics/issues in relation to Hurricane Katrina: 1-Homeless Education2-School enrollment challenges, issues3-Educational rights of homeless children as provided in the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, which entitles children who are homeless to a free, appropriate public education, and requires schools to remove barriers to their enrollment, attendance, and success in school.
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