An estimated 200 million children worldwide experience various forms of disability. This
critical review extrapolates from existing literature in 2 distinct areas of scholarship: one on …

Disasters, both natural and human-caused, can generate significant stressors for
individuals, families, and communities, and research has documented an increase in the …

The lockdown imposed following the COVID-19 pandemic of spring 2020 dramatically
changed the daily lives and routines of millions of people worldwide. We analyze how such …

Finalist for the 2020 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems
Since time before memory, large numbers of salmon have made their way up and down the …

We report findings from a mixed method study of women's gendered experiences with flash
floods in the coastal city of Lagos, Nigeria. Drawing on narrative accounts from 36 …

In recent years, the world has watched in horror as tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes
have wrought havoc across countries and continents. While these events have different …

Urgent climate and disaster challenges and widening patterns of inequality and injustice at
the outset of the twenty-first century call out for new ways of thinking and new partners for …

Men and women, boys and girls have different experiences of disasters. Gender dynamics
impact both the way they are affected by disasters and their capacity to withstand and …

Sociological research emphasizes that personal networks offer social resources in times of
need and that this capacity varies by the social position of those involved. Yet rarely are …

Although researchers have studied children's reactions to disaster since the 1940s, this
subfield has expanded tremendously over the past decade. In fact, nearly half of all studies …