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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Leah Drakeford

Louisiana State University

Department of Sociology

126 Stubbs Hall
Baton Rouge , LA  70803  

pdrake1@lsu.edu

Project List:

Understanding Resilience Attributes for Children, Youth, and Communities in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities (CRGC)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Project Data Point of Contact, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3

2020

Drakeford, L., Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Finucane, M., & Lee, M. R. (2020). Oil Spill Disruption and Problem Drinking: Assessing the Impact of Religious Context among Gulf Coast Residents. Population Research and Policy Review, 39(1), 119-146.
Parks, V., Slack, T., Ramchand, R., Drakeford, L., Finucane, M. L., & Lee, M. R. (2020). Fishing Households, Social Support, and Depression after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Rural Sociology, 85(2), 495-518.

2018

Parks, V., Drakeford, L., Cope, M. R., & Slack, T. (2018). Disruption of Routine Behaviors Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Society & Natural Resources, 31(3), 277-290.

Book Whole - 1

2020

Finucane, M., Clark-Ginsberg, A., Parker, A., Becerra-Ornelas, A., Clancy, N., Ramchand, R., Slack, T., Parks, V., Ayer, L., Edelman, A., Petrun Sayers, E., Nataraj, S., Bond, C., Lesen, A., Ferreira, R., Drakeford, L., Fiore, J., Weden, M., Venable, K. B., & Black, A. B. (2020). Building Community Resilience to Large Oil Spills: Findings and Recommendations from a Synthesis of Research on the Mental Health, Economic, and Community Distress Associated with the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. RAND Corporation.

Conference Presentations - 7

2019

Parks, V. S., T.; Parker, A. D., L.; Ramchand, R. F., & M.L.; Lee, M. (2019). Religious Context, Local Ties, and Alcohol Misuse in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019
Weden, M. P., A.M.; Drakeford, L. S., & T.; Ramchand, R. (2019). Racial and Economic Segregation, Disaster Exposure, and Self-Rated Heath in the U.S. Gulf Coast. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019

2018

Drakeford, L. P., V.; Slack, T. R., R.; Finucane, M. L., & M.R (2018). Social Resources, Community Religiosity, and Depression among Gulf Coast Residents. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
Parks, V. S., T.; Ramchand, R. D., L.; Finucane, M. L., & M.R (2018). Understanding Social Capital Effects on Health: Opportunities for Resilience Activation in the Gulf Coast Region. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
Parks, V. S., T.; Ramchand, R. D., L.; Finucane, M. L., & M.R (2018). The Effect of Social Capital on Health Outcomes after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting

2017

Drakeford, L. P., V.A.; Ramchand, R. F., & M.L.; Lee, M. (2017). Assessing the Effects of Religion and Disruption on Mental Health in Vulnerable Gulf Communities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Parks, V. D., L.; Ramchand, R. S., T.; Finucane, M. L., & M.R (2017). Local Ties, Natural Resource Employment, and Oil Spill Exposure: Effects on Mental Health Outcomes in the Gulf Coast Communities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017