VITAE

 

                                                       KATHLEEN J. TIERNEY

 

Department of Sociology and

Institute of Behavioral Science

Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center

482 UCB

Boulder, CO   80309

Phone:  (303) 492-6818

Fax: 492-2151

e-mail:  tierneyk@colorado.edu

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

             Youngstown State University, B.A., Sociology (1972)

             The Ohio State University, M.A., Sociology (1974)

             The Ohio State University, Ph.D., Sociology (1979)

 

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:

 

2003-                           Professor, Department of Sociology and Director, Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, Institute of Behavioral

                                    Science, University of Colorado at Boulder

1998 -  2003                Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director and Director (2000-) , Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware

1989 -  1998                Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice;  Research Director and Co-Director (1995-), Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware

1988 - 1989                 Assistant Professor, Program in Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine

1985 - 1987                 Assistant Research Sociologist, Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles

1984 - 1988                 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Management, Institute of Safety and Systems Management, University of Southern California

1983 - 1984                 Research Specialist I (Special Consultant), California Seismic Safety Commission

1981 - 1983                 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles

1980 - 1981                 Assistant Research Sociologist, Institute for Social Science Research, University of California, Los Angeles

1979 - 1983                 Postdoctoral Trainee in Mental Health Evaluation Research, University of California, Los Angeles

1977 - 1979                 Research Associate, The Ohio State University

1974 - 1977                 Graduate Research Associate, The Ohio State University

1973 - 1974                 Graduate Teaching Associate, The Ohio State University

 

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE COURSES TAUGHT:

 

            At the University of Colorado: Sociology 3141, Social Movements;                        Sociology 5121, Ethnographic Data Collection;Sociology 5221, Ethnographic Analysis

At the University of Delaware: Sociology 606, Qualitative Methodology;Sociology 622, Collective Behavior; Sociology 667, Issues in Disaster Research; Sociology 467, Social Movements; Sociology 467, Hazards, Disasters, and Society; Sociology 322, Crowds, Cults, and Revolutions; Sociology 201, Introduction to Sociology

At the University of California, Los Angeles: Sociology 101, Introduction to Sociology;

Sociology 150, Collective Behavior; Sociology 152, Group Processes; Sociology 154, Social Psychology; Sociology 157, Sociology of Mental Illness

 


RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS:

 

Sociology of Disasters and Risk

Collective Behavior/Social Movements

Qualitative Research Methods

 

GRANTS AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES:

 

RESEARCH GRANTS:

 

Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Director, National Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START). University Center of Excellence Grant from the Department of Homeland Security.  (Gary LaFree, University of Maryland, Principal Investigator). 2005-2008. $12,000,000.

 

Principal Investigator, “A Clearinghouse on Natural Hazards Research and Applications.”  Grant from the National Science Foundation. 2006-2008.  $817,846.

 

Principal Investigator, “A Clearinghouse on Natural Hazards Research and Applications.”  Grant from the National Science Foundation.  2004-2006.  $912, 434.

 

Executive Committee Member and Grantee, “Responding to Crises and Unexpected Events,”

(RESCUE) National Science Foundation Information Technology Research grant, Sharad

Mehotra (UC Irvine) and Ramesh Rao (UC San Diego), Principal Investigators. 2004-2009.

$15,000,000.

 

Principal Investigator, “A Clearinghouse on Natural Hazards Research and Applications.”  Grant from the National Science Foundation.  2002-2004.  $1,423.354.

 

Principal Investigator, AAnticipating Emergency Management Needs in Large-Scale Community Crises: Lessons from the World Trade Center Attack and Other Major Disasters.@  Grant from the Public Entity Risk Institute.  2002-2004. $193,150.

 

Co-Principal Investigator, AEvaluation of Research Findings and Preparation of

Guidance for Local, State, and Regional Earthquake Risk Reduction Advocates.@

Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (Robert Olshansky and Peter May, Co-Principal Investigators.)  2001-2003. $60,000.

 

Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Center Grant to the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, a research consortium headquartered at the State University of New York at Buffalo. (G. Lee, Principal Investigator).  1997-2007. $20,000,000.

 

Since the NSF Center award was made to SUNY Buffalo in 1997, I have received

funding for the following projects:

 

AOrganizational and Community Resilience in Near-Catastrophic Disasters.@  2002-2003.

$146,600.

AAssessment of Earthquake Loss Estimation Methodologies: Business Losses.@  1997-1998. $70,000.

AEvaluation of New and Emerging Technologies in Emergency Preparedness and Response.@  1998-2000. $129,984.

AMeasures of Community Resilience.@  1999-2001. $74,000.

AWorld Trade Center Crisis Response.@  2001-2002. $50,000.

 


Principal Investigator, ADisaster-Resistant Communities Initiative: Evaluation of Pilot Phase.@ Co-operative agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. University of Delaware, Disaster Research Center.  (J. M. Nigg, Co- Principal Investigator).  1997-2000. $509,000.

 

Principal Investigator, AEarthquake Early Warning Communication Issues.@  Collaborative project with EQE International and UCLA, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the State of California.  (J. M. Nigg, Co-Principal Investigator).  1999-2000. $52,587.

 

Short-Stay Research Travel Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, for  four-week stay in Japan, October, 1999. $12,000.

 

Co-Principal Investigator, APerceptions of Earthquake Impacts and Loss-Reduction Policy Preferences Among Community Residents and Opinion Leaders.@  National Science Foundation Grant.  University of Delaware, Disaster Research Center.  (J.M. Nigg, Co-Principal Investigator).  1998-2001. $325,608 (includes $25,000 Research Experience for Undergraduates award).

          

Short-Stay Research Travel Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, for               ten-day study tour in Japan, March, 1997.  $10,000.

 

Principal Investigator, "Businesses and Disasters:  Consequences of Disaster                   Victimization for Businesses and Business Districts."  National Science Foundation Grant.  University of Delaware, Disaster Research Center.  (J. M. Nigg, Co-Principal  Investigator).  1996-1998.  $249,595 (includes $12,500 Research Experience for Undergraduates award).

 

National Science Foundation Grant for ten-day lecture/research trip to China, June, 1996.             $5,000.

 

Co-Principal Investigator, "Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Strategies."  National                         Science Foundation Grant.  National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research,                        SUNYBBuffalo.  (G. Lee, Principal Investigator).  1995-1998.  $300,000.

 

Principal Investigator, "Business Disruption and Recovery in the Northridge Earthquake."            Series of three one-year grants from the National Center for Earthquake Engineering                     Research, SUNYBBuffalo.  1994-1997.  $191,237.

 

Co-Principal Investigator, "Emergency Response and Early Recovery Activities in the                  Northridge Earthquake."  National Science Foundation Grant.  University of Delaware,                Disaster Research Center.  (J. M. Nigg, Principal Investigator).  1994-1996.  $124,881                  (includes $32,319 supplemental award).

 


Principal Investigator, "Emergency Response and Early Recovery Activities in the                        Northridge Earthquake."  National Science Foundation Small Grants for Exploratory                    Research (SGER) Program.  (J. M. Nigg, Co-Principal Investigator).  1994-1995.                         $9,954.

 

Co-Principal Investigator, "Utilization and Impact of Earth Science Information Among Local Governments and Businesses in Southern California."  United States Geological Survey Grant.  University of Delaware, Disaster Research Center.  (J. M. Nigg and D. S. Mileti, Co-Principal Investigators).  1993-1995.  $74,074.

 

Co-Principal Investigator, “Economic Consequences Due to Lifeline Failure: Lessons from the

Heartland Floods of 1993 for Earthquake Recovery Planning.” National Science Foundation

SGER Grant. University of Delaware, Disaster Research Center.  (J. M. Nigg, Principal

Investigator).  1993-1994.  $42,214.

 

Principal Investigator, "Urban Seismic Risk Assessment,"  Two one-year grants from the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, SUNYBBuffalo.  1991-1993.  $109,935.

 

Co-Principal Investigator, "Sociobehavioral and Emergency Management Aspects of Catastrophic Marine Oil Spills."  Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration College Sea Grant Program.  University of Delaware, Disaster Research Center.  (J. M. Nigg, Principal Investigator).  1991-1993.  $65,520.

 

Co-Principal Investigator, "Comparative Analysis of Community Disaster Recovery."  National Science Foundation Grant.  University of Delaware, Disaster Research Center (J. M. Nigg, Principal Investigator).   1990-1992.  $83,866.

 

Co-Principal Investigator, "Societal Risk Associated with Crude Oil Transmission Systems in Areas of Seismic Risk."  Grant from the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, SUNY-Buffalo.  (R. Eguchi, Dames and Moore, Los Angeles, Principal Investigator.)  1991-1993.  $46,428.

 

Principal Investigator, "Business Disruption and Initial Recovery in the Whittier Narrows Earthquake."  National Science Foundation Grant.  Institute of Safety and Systems Management, University of Southern California (J. M. Nigg, Co-Principal Investigator).   1988-1989.  $30,000.

 

Principal Investigator, "Chemical Hazards, Mitigation, and Preparedness in Areas of High Seismic Risk."  National Science Foundation Grant.  Institute of Safety and Systems Management, University of Southern California.   1986-1988.  $79,636.

 

Co-Principal Investigator, "Physical Disability and Earthquake Hazard Mitigation."   National Science Foundation Grant.  Institute of Safety and Systems Management, University of Southern California (W. J. Petak and H. Hahn, Co-Principal Investigators).  1984-1986.  $250,000.

 

Field Director, "Improving Effectiveness Measures of State Mental Health Service Delivery Systems for the Chronically Mentally Ill."   National Institute of Mental Health Grant.  Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles (O. Grusky and H. Freeman, Co-Principal Investigators).   1985-1987.  $250,000.

 

Principal Investigator, Comprehensive report on the 1983 Coalinga, California earthquake. California Seismic Safety Commission.   1983-1984.  $100,000.

 

Field Director, "Descriptive Evaluation of the National Institute of Mental Health Community Support Program."   National Institute of Mental Health/National Institute of Handicapped Research Grant.  Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles/Brentwood VA Hospital (O. Grusky and R. Liberman, Principal Investigators).  1982-1983.  $140,000.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

 

American Sociological Association

International Sociological Association

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

 

 

PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS:

 

BOOKS

 

            Waugh, W. and K. J. Tierney (eds.) Forthcoming, 2007. Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government, 2nd ed. Washington, DC: International City and County Management Association.

 

            Tierney, K. J., M. T. Lindell, and R. W. Perry. 2001.  Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States. Washington, DC:  Joseph Henry Press/National Academy Press.


 

Dynes, R. R. and K. J. Tierney (eds.). 1994.  Disasters, Collective Behavior, and Social Organization. Newark, DE:  University of Delaware Press.

 

MONOGRAPHS

 

            Tierney, K. J. 2006.  Contributing author, Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human

            Dimensions.  Report of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council Committee on Social Science Research on Disasters.  Washington, DC: National Academies

            Press.

 

            Tierney, K. J. and J. M. Nigg (Eds.) 1993. Socioeconomic Impacts.  Monograph prepared for the

            1993 U.S. National Earthquake Conference.  Memphis, TN:  Central United States Earthquake Consortium.

 

Tierney, K. J., W. J. Petak, and H. Hahn.  1988.  Disabled Persons and Earthquake Hazards.  Boulder, CO:  Program on Environment and Behavior, University of Colorado.  Monograph #46.

 

Tierney, K. J.  1985. Report on the Coalinga Earthquake of May 2, 1983.  Sacramento, CA:  California Seismic Safety Commission.

 

Tierney, K. J.  1980.  A Primer for Preparedness for Acute Chemical Emergencies.  Newark, DE:  Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware.  Book and Monograph Series #14.

 

Tierney, K. J. and B. Baisden.  1979. Crisis Intervention Programs for Disaster Victims in Smaller Communities. Washington, DC:  National Institute of Mental Health.  DHEW Pub. No. (Adm) 79-675.

 

 

                                                   ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

 

Tierney, K. In press, 2007.  “From the Margins to the Mainstream?  Disaster Research at the Crossroads.” Annual Review of Sociology.

 

Tierney, K. In press, 2007. “Hurricane Katrina: Catastrophic Impacts and Alarming Lessons.”  In J. M. Quigley and L. A. Rosenthal. Risking House and Home: Disasters, Cities, Public Policy. Berkeley: Berkeley Public Policy Press.

 

Tierney, K. and C. Bevc.  In press, 2007. “Disaster as War: Militarism and the Social Construction of Disaster in New Orleans.” In D. Brunsma and S. Picou (eds.) The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

 

Tierney, K. and G. R. Webb.  2006. “Businesses and Disasters: Vulnerability, Impacts, and Recovery.”  Pp. 275-296 in H. Rodriguez, E. L. Quarantelli, and R. R. Dynes (Eds.) Handbook of Disaster Research.  New York: Springer.

 

Tierney, K.  2006.  “Recent Developments in U. S. Homeland Security Policies and Their Implications for the Management of Extreme Events.” Pp. 405-412 in H. Rodriguez, E. L. Quarantelli, and R. R. Dynes (Eds.) Handbook of Disaster Research.  New York: Springer.

 

Tierney, K. J., C. Bevc, and E. Kuligowski. 2006.  “Metaphors Matter: Disaster Myths,

Media Frames, and Their Consequences in Hurricane Katrina.”  Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 604 (March) 57-81.

 

Tierney, K. J.  2005.  “Social Inequality, Hazards, and Disasters.”  Pp. 109-128 in R. J. Daniels, D. F. Kettl, and H. Kunreuther (Eds.) On Risk and Disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina.  Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

 

Tierney, K. J.  2005.  “The Red Pill.”  Invited essay for the Social Science Research Council

Web Forum on Hurricane Katrina. http://www.ssrc.org

 

Tierney, K., B. Khazai, L. T. Tobin, and F. Krimgold.  2005.  “Social and Public Policy Issues

Following the 2003 Bam, Iran, Earthquake.”  Earthquake Spectra 21, S1: S513-S534.

 

Bruneau, M., S. E. Chang, R. T. Eguchi, G. C. Lee, T. D. O’Rourke, A. M. Reinhorn, M.

Shinozuka, K. Tierney, W. A. Wallace, and D. von Winterfeldt.  2003. “A Framework

To Quantitatively Assess and Enhance the Seismic Resilience of Communities.”  Earthquake

Spectra  19: 733-752. (authors listed alphabetically).

 

Tierney, K. J. 2003.  “Disaster Beliefs and Institutional Interests:  Recycling Disaster Myths in the Aftermath of 9-11.”  Pp. 33-51 in L. Clarke (Ed.) Terrorism and Disaster: New Threats,

New Ideas.  Research in Social Problems and Public Policy, Vol. 11.  Elsevier Science Ltd.

 

Webb, G. R., K. J. Tierney, and J. M. Dahlhamer.  2003.  “Predicting Long-Term

Business Recovery from Disaster: A Comparison of the Loma Prieta Earthquake and

Hurricane Andrew.”  Environmental Hazards, 4: 45-58.

 

Tierney, K. J.  2002.  AThe Field Turns Fifty: Social Change and the Practice of

Disaster Field Work.@  Pp. 349-374 in R. A. Stallings (Ed.)  Methods of Disaster Research.  Philadelphia, PA: Xlibris.  Www.Xlibris.com

 

Tierney, K. J. 2002.  AStrength of a City: A Disaster Research Perspective on the World

Trade Center Attack.@  Published on the Web by the Social Science Research Council at

http://www.ssrc.org/sept11. 

 

Bruneau, M. and K. J. Tierney.  2002.  AMarket-Focused and Open-Systems Approaches to Earthquake Loss Reduction: Contextualizing the Role of Engineering Research.@  Natural  Hazards Review, 3, 2: 48-54.


 

Chang, S. E., A. Z. Rose, M. Shinozuka, and K. J. Tierney.  2001.  AModeling

Earthquake Impact on Lifeline Systems: Advances and Integration in Loss Estimation.@

Pp. 195-201 in Spencer and Hu (Eds.) Earthquake Engineering Frontiers in the New Millenium.

Swets and Zeitlinger.

 

Tierney, K. J. 2000.  AControversy and Consensus in Disaster Mental Health Research.@  Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 15 (4): 181-187.

 

Webb, G. R., K. J. Tierney, and J. M. Dahlhamer. 2000.  ABusinesses and Disasters:

Empirical Patterns and Unanswered Questions.@  Natural Hazards Review, Vol. 1., No. 2:

83-90.

Reprinted in H. Kunreuther and A. Rose (Eds.) 2004.  The Economics of Natural Hazards, Vol. 1, Pp. 196-203.  Cheltenham, UK: International Library of Critical Writings in Economics.

 

Tierney, K. J., 1999.  AToward a Critical Sociology of Risk.@  Sociological Forum 14:215-242.

 

Tierney, K. J. and J. M. Dahlhamer 1998. AEarthquake Vulnerability and Emergency Preparedness Among Businesses.@  Pp. 53-72 in M. Shinozuka, A. Rose and R. T. Eguchi (eds.) Engineering and Socioeconomic Impacts of Earthquakes: An Analysis of Electricity Lifeline Disruptions in the New Madrid Area. State University of New York at Buffalo, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research, (MCEER).

           

            Dahlhamer, J. M. and K. J. Tierney  1998.  ARebounding From Disruptive Events: 

            Business Recovery Following the Northridge Earthquake.@  Sociological Spectrum, Vol. 18, No. 2: 121-141.

 

            Tierney, K. J.  1997.  "Business Impacts of the Northridge Earthquake."  Journal of

            Contingencies and Crisis Management, Vol. 5, No. 2, (June): 87-97.

 

            Tierney, K. J.  1997.  "Impacts of Recent Disasters on Businesses:  The 1993 Midwest Floods and the 1994 Northridge Earthquake."   Pp. 189-222 in Barclay Jones (ed.) Economic Consequences of Earthquakes:  Preparing for the Unexpected:  Perspectives on Mitigating the Impact of Earthquakes on the Economy.  State University of New York at Buffalo, National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.  Report No. NCEER-SP-0001.

 

            Tierney, K. J., J. M. Nigg, and J. M. Dahlhamer.  1996.  "The Impact of the 1993 Midwest Floods: Business Vulnerability and Disruption in Des Moines."  Pp. 214-233 in R. T. Sylves and W. L. Waugh, Jr. (eds.) Cities and Disaster: North American Studies in Emergency Management.  Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.

 

            Tierney, K. J.  1995.  "Societal Impacts and Emergency Response."  (Chapter Coordinator)  Pp.

            373-418 in Northridge Earthquake, January 17, 1994:  Reconnaissance Report, Vol. 1.  Earthquake Spectra, Supplement C to Vol. II.  Oakland, CA: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.


           

            Tierney, K. J. 1994. "Making Sense of Collective Preoccupations: Lessons from Research on the Iben Browning Earthquake Prediction."  Pp. 75-95 in G. Platt and C. Gordon (eds.), Self,

Collective Behavior, and Society: Essays Honoring the Contributions of Ralph H. Turner. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.

 

            Tierney, K. J.  1994.  "Property Damage and Violence: a Collective Behavior Analysis."  Pp. 149-173 in M. Baldassare (ed.)  The Los Angeles Riots: Lessons for the Urban Future.  Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

 

            Tierney, K. J.  1994.  "Aspectos Socioeconomicos de la Mitigacion del Peligro."  Pp. 93-112 in Allan Lavell (ed.)  Al Norte del Rio Grande: Ciencias Sociales y Desastres, Una Perspectiva Norteamericana.  Lima, Peru:  LA RED, Red Estudios Sociales en Prevencion de Desastres in America Latina.

 

            Tierney, K. J.  1994.  "Emergency Preparedness and Response."  Pp. 105-128 in Practical

            Lessons from the Loma Prieta Earthquake.  Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

    

            Tierney, K. J. and E. L. Quarantelli. 1992. "Editorial: Social Aspects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill."  Editors' introduction, Industrial Crisis Quarterly 6:167-173.

 

            Grusky, O. and K. Tierney.  1992.  "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Countywide Mental Health Care Systems."  In Y. Hasenfeld (Ed.) Human Services as Complex Organizations.  Newbury Park:  Sage Publications.  (Reprint of Grusky and Tierney, 1989.)

 

            Grusky, O., K. Tierney, and M. T. Spanish.  1989.  "Which Community Mental Health Services

            are Most Important?"  Administration and Policy in Mental Health.  17:3-16.

 

            Tierney, K. J. and E. L. Quarantelli.  1989.  "Needed Innovation in the Delivery of Emergency

            Medical Services in Disasters:  Present and Future." Disaster Management.  2:70-76.

 

            Tierney, K. J.  1989.  "Improving Theory and Research on Hazard Mitigation:  Political Economy

            and Organizational Perspectives."  International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters.  7:367-396.

 

Tierney, K. J.  1989.  "The Social and Community Contexts of Disaster."  Pp. 11-39, in R. M. Gist and B. Lubin (eds.), Psychosocial Aspects of Disaster.  New York, NY:  John Wiley and Sons.

 

Grusky, O. and K. Tierney.  1989.  "Evaluating the Effectiveness of County-Wide Mental Health Care Systems,"  Community Mental Health Journal. 15:3-20.

 


Tierney, K. J.  1988.  "Social Aspects of the Whittier Narrows Earthquake,"  Earthquake Spectra.  4:11-23.

 

Grusky, O., K. Tierney, R. Anspach, D. Davis, J. Holstein, D. Unruh, and S. Vandewater.  1987.  "Descriptive Evaluations of Community Support Programs.  International Journal of Mental Health.  15:26-43.

 

Grusky, O., K. Tierney, J. Holstein, R. Anspach, D. Davis, D. Unruh, S. Webster, S. Vandewater, and H. Allen.  1986.  "Models of Local Mental Health Delivery Systems," (long version).  Pp. 159-195, in W. R. Scott and B. L. Black (eds.) The Organization of Mental Health Services:  Societal and Community Systems.  Beverly Hills, CA:  Sage Publications.

 

Grusky, O., K. Tierney, R. Manderscheid, and D. Grusky.  1985.  "Social   Bonding and Community Adjustment of Chronically Mentally Ill Adults," Journal of Health and Social Behavior.  26:49-63.

 

Grusky, O., K. Tierney, J. Holstein, R. Anspach, D. Davis, D. Unruh, S. Webster, S. Vandewater, and H. Allen.  1985.  "Models of Local Mental Health Delivery Systems," (short version) American Behavioral Scientist. 28:704-720.

 

Tierney, K. J.  1985.  "Emergency Medical Preparedness and Response in Disasters:  The Need for Interorganizational Co-Ordination," Public Administration Review.  45:77-84.

 

Tierney, K. J.  1983.  "On the Importance of Social Factors in the Prevention and Management of Chemical Emergencies," Zivilschutz-Forschung.  14:119-135 (German).

 

Tierney, K. J. and D. L. Corwin.  1983.  "Exploring Intra-Familial Child Sexual Abuse:  A Systems Approach."  In D. Finkelhor, R. J. Gelles, G. T. Hotaling, and M. A. Straus (eds.), The Dark Side of Families: Current Family Violence Research.  Beverly Hills, CA:  Sage Publications.

 

Tierney, K. J.  1982.  "Developing a Community Preparedness Capability for Sudden Emergencies Involving Hazardous Materials."  Pp. 759-787, in H. H. Fawcett and W. S. Wood (eds.), Safety and Accident Prevention in Chemical Operations, Second Edition.  New York, NY:  Wiley Interscience.

 

Tierney, K. J.  1982.  "The Battered Women Movement and the Creation of the Wife Beating Problem," Social Problems.  20:207-229.

 

Gurney, J. N. and K. J. Tierney.  1982.  "Relative Deprivation and Social Movements:  A Critical Look at Twenty Years of Theory and Research,"  The Sociological Quarterly.  23:33-47.

 

Tierney, K. J.  1981.  "Community and Organizational Awareness of and Preparedness for Acute Chemical Emergencies,"  Journal of Hazardous Materials.  4:331-342.


 

Quarantelli, E. L. and K. J. Tierney.  1981.  "A Model for Studying Community Preparedness for Acute Chemical Disasters."  Pp. 336-353, in H. Graf-Baumann and S. Metreveli (eds.) Unfall- und Katastrophen-forschung.  Erlangen, W. Germany:  Fachbuch (German).

 

Tierney, K. J.  1980.  "Emergent Norm Theory as Theory:  An Analysis and Critique of Turner's Formulation."  Pp. 42-53, in M. D. Pugh (ed.) Collective Behavior:  A Source Book.  St. Paul, MN:  West Publishing Company.

 

Quarantelli, E. L., C. Lawrence, K. Tierney, and T. Johnson.  1979.  "Initial Findings from a Study of Socio-Behavioral Preparations and Planning for Acute Chemical Hazard Disasters," Journal of Hazardous Materials.  3:79-90.

 

Tierney, K. J. and V. A. Taylor.  1977.  "EMS Delivery in Mass Emergencies:  Preliminary Research Findings," Mass Emergencies.  2:151-157.

 

RESEARCH REPORTS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

 

Tierney, K. J. and J. Trainor.  2004.  “Networks and Resilience in the World Trade Center

Disaster.”  Pp. 157-172 in Research Progress and Accomplishments 2003-2004 Buffalo, NY: State University of New York at Buffalo, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.

 

Chang, S. E., A. Rose, M. Shinozuka, W. D. Svekla, and K. J. Tierney.  2000. AModeling

Earthquake Impact on Lifeline Systems: Advances and Integration.@  Pp. 1-14 in

Research Progress and Accomplishments, 1999-2000.  Buffalo, NY: State University of New      York at Buffalo, Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.

 

Tierney, K. J., S. E. Chang, R. T. Eguchi, A. Rose, and M. Shinozuka.  1999.

AImproving Earthquake Loss Estimation: Review, Assessment and Extension of

Loss Estimation Methodologies.@  Pp. 13-28 in Research Progress and Accomplishments,

1997-1999.  Buffalo, NY: State University of New York at Buffalo, Multidisciplinary

Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.

 

Tierney, K. J. and J. M. Dahlhamer.  1999.  AFactors Influencing Business Recovery Following Earthquakes.@  Pp. 539-546 in Proceedings of the 6th Japan/United States Workshop on Urban

Earthquake Hazard Reduction.  Tokyo, Japan: Institute of Social Safety Science.

 

Tierney, K. J.  1998.  AHow Will Social Science Help Us Deal With Earthquakes?@ in Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.  Oakland, CA: Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

 

Tierney, K. J. and J. M. Dahlhamer.  1998.  ABusiness Disruption, Preparedness, and Recovery: Lessons From the Northridge Earthquake.@  Pp. 171-178 in Proceedings of the NEHRP Conference and Workshop on Research on the Northridge, California Earthquake of January 17, 1994, Volume IV.  Richmond, CA: California Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering.

 


Lee, G.C., T. O=Rourke, M. Shinozuka, and K. J. Tierney.  1998.  ADeveloping Urban Reconstruction Strategies from Northridge and Kobe Earthquake Studies.@  Pp. 112-118 in Proceedings of the NEHRP Conference and Workshop on Research on the Northridge, California Earthquake of January 17, 1994, Volume IV.  Richmond, CA: California Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering.

 

Tierney, K. J.  1998.  AResearch Overview: Emergency Response.@ Pp. 9-15 in Proceedings of The NEHRP Conference and Workshop on Research on the Northridge, California Earthquake of January 17, 1994.  Richmond, CA: California Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering.

           

            Tierney, K. J.  1995.  "Social Aspects of the Northridge Earthquake."  Pp. 255-262 in Woods, M. C. and W. R. Sieple (eds.), The Northridge, California Earthquake of 17 January 1994.  Sacramento, CA: California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology, Special Publication 116.

 

Tierney, K. J. and J. M. Nigg.  1995.  "Business Vulnerability to Disaster-Related Lifeline Disruption."  Pp. 72-79 in Proceedings of the  4th U. S. Conference on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering.  American Society of Civil Engineers.

 

            Tierney, K. J.  1994.  "Societal Impacts."  Pp. 7-1-7-10 in J. D. Goltz (ed.)  The Northridge, California Earthquake of January 17, 1994: General Reconnaissance Report.  Buffalo, NY: State University of New York at Buffalo, National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.  Technical Report NCEER-94-0005.

 

            Tierney, K. J.  1992.  "Organizational Features of U.S. Lifeline Systems and their Relevance for Disaster Management."  Pp. 423-436, in Proceedings of the 4th U.S.-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Disaster Prevention for Lifeline Systems.  Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce.  National Institute of Standards and Technology.  NIST Special Publication 840.

 

            Tierney, K. J.  1991.  "Emergency Medical Care Aspects of the Loma Prieta Earthquake."  Pp. 301-325 in International Symposium on Building Technology and Earthquake Hazard Mitigation, CIB Proceedings, Publication 142.  Washington, DC: National Institute of Standards and Technology.

 

            Tierney, K. J.  1990.  ANeeded Research on the Social and Organizational Factors Affecting Medical Outcomes Following Earthquakes.@  Pp. 110-117 in Proceedings of Conference XIX: A Meeting of the U.S. ad hoc Working Group on Earthquake-Related Casualties.  Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey.

 


Tierney, K. J.  1989.  "Disasters and Mental Health:  A Critical Look at Knowledge and Practice."  Pp 158-177, in E. L. Quarantelli and C. Pelanda (eds.) Proceedings: Italy-United States Seminar on Preparations for, Responses to, and Recovery from Major Community Disasters. Newark, DE:  Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware.

 

Tierney, K. J.  1988.  "The Coalinga Earthquake:  Four Years Later."  Pp. 145-153 in A Review of Earthquake Research Applications in the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program:  1977-1987.  Reston, VA:  U. S. Geological Survey.  Open-File Report 88-13-A.

 

Tierney, K. J.  1986.  "Dilemmas in Post-Earthquake Recovery:  The Case of the 1983 Coalinga, California Earthquake,"  Proceedings of the Third U. S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineerin