Geoscience and Society Spring 2023 Seminar Series: Natural Hazards

Public lectures: Fridays 1:00-2:00 pm in Tracy Hall Science Center Room 217 (campus map)

Zoom link

Student workshops + discussion follows the lectures: 2:00-2:20 pm

Students: Get credit by registering for GEO 4990 (SUS) CRN 32068, 2 credits. Counts as an upper-division elective.

Seminar Series Schedule

Speakers and topics are subject to change due to cancellations or other rescheduling needs.

Seminar videos are typically posted within a week of the seminar.

Date Speaker & Affiliation Topic or Title Flyers
Jan 13 Dr. Carie Frantz Dr. Carie Frantz
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Co-Director, Environmental Science Program
Weber State University

Series introduction:
Natural hazards & Sustainability
video

Natural Hazards Seminar Flyer
Theme I: Natural hazards
Jan 20 Jessica Castleton Jessica Castleton
Senior Geologist
Geologic Hazards Program
Utah Geological Survey

Geologic hazards in Utah
video

Geologic hazards in Utah - More than earthquakes! Jan 20, 1-2 pm, TY217 Geologic hazards in Utah - more than earthquakes! Fri Jan 20, 1-2 pm, TY217
Jan 27 Sally Sennert Sally Kuhn Sennert
USGS Volcanologist
Smithsonian Institution
Global Volcanism Program
Volcanic hazards and the Global Volcanism Program
video
Communicating about active volcanoes - Sally Sennert - Jan 27 1-2 pm Communicating about active volcanoes - Sally Sennert - Jan 27 1-2 pm
Feb 3 Emily Kleber Emily Kleber
Project Geologist (Earthquakes)
Geologic Hazards Program

Utah Geological Survey

Living with earthquakes in Utah
video

Living with earthquakes in Utah - Emily Kleber - Feb 3, 1-2 pm, TY217 Living with earthquakes in Utah - Emily Kleber - Feb 3, 1-2 pm, TY217
Feb 10 Kory Davis

Kory Davis
Avalanche Safety Instructor
Co-founder, Ogden Avalanche

Avalanches and how to protect people from them
video
Kory Davis - Avalanches - Feb 10 1-2 pm Avalanches - Kory Davis - Feb 10 1-2 pm
Theme II: Climate change as a hazard multiplier
Feb 17 Annapurna Post-Leon

Annapurna Post-Leon
Ph.D. Student
School of Biological Sciences

University of Utah

Wildfires in the western U.S.
video
Geoscience & Society - Spring 2023 - February 17 - Annapurna Post-Leon - Wildfires Geoscience & Society - Spring 2023 - February 17 - Annapurna Post-Leon - Wildfires
Feb 24 Dr. Kevin Perry Dr. Kevin Perry
Professor and Chair,
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Utah
Dust! Causes and consequences of a shrinking Great Salt Lake
video
Geoscience & Society - Spring 2023 - February 24 - Kevin Perry - Dust and Great Salt Lake Geoscience & Society - Spring 2023 - February 24 - Kevin Perry - Great Salt Lake
Mar 3 Seth Arens Seth Arens
Research Scientist
Western Water Assessment
How climate change amplifies natural hazards in the West
video
Geoscience & Society - Mar 3 - Seth Arens - Climate change and natural hazards Geoscience & Society - Mar 3 - Seth Arens - Climate change and natural hazards
Mar 10   Spring break (no seminar)    
Mar 17     Flooding
no seminar - students watching video
   
Theme III: Mitigating hazards for sustainable societies
Mar 23-24 Intermountain Sustainability Summit

Intermountain Sustainability Summit
2023 Conference

Various talks and workshops
see https://www.weber.edu/issummit

   
Mar 31   TBA Societal implications of natural hazards    
Apr 7  

Skyler Pyle & Katie Lewis
Emergency Services Department, Weber-Morgan Health Department

Barry Locke
Engineer, Assistant Fire Warden, CERT Coordinator, Weber Fire District

Lisa Schwartz
Weber County Emergency Management & Homeland Security Program Director, Weber County Sheriff's Office

Panel: Local planning for hazard mitigation and response    
Apr 14   Student Presentations I Hazard-related policy summaries    
Apr 21   Student Presentations II Hazard-related policy summaries    

  

Past seminar series schedules: 2022202120202019