Ronald Schumann III

Ronald Schumann, III (assistant professor) studies sociocultural dimensions of hazards and disasters. His work focuses primarily on community recovery, social vulnerability, and risk perception using field methods such as photovoice and participatory GIS that foreground survivor perspectives. Dr. Schumann has studied recovery after Hurricanes Katrina, Sandy, and Harvey as well as recent California wildfires. As a human geographer, understanding the relationships between people and place in the post-disaster setting is a cornerstone of his research. Food frequently emerges as an element of place attachment, cultural expression, social memory, and resilience in this work. Dr. Schumann's research has been published in Applied Geography, GeoJournal, Geographical Review, and Disaster Prevention and Management.