J. Steven Picou is Professor of Sociology and Past Chair of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work at the University of South Alabama. Dr. Picou received his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University and has held academic and research appointments at Ohio State University and Texas A&M University. Dr. Picou has research interests in environmental sociology, applied sociology and disasters. He has published three books and over 100 articles and book chapters. He is an adjunct scientist at the Prince William Sound Science Center and the Copper River Delta Institute, Cordova, Alaska. Dr. Picou has received over one million dollars in grant funding since his appointment at the University of South Alabama from organizations such as the National Science Foundation, Center for Field Research, and the Natural Hazards Research Center. In 2001, Dr. Picou received the Distinguished Contribution Award from the Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association at the annual meeting in Anaheim, CA. He was recently appointed to the American Sociological Association Katrina Task-Force, a group which will focus on developing research projects to study the community impacts of the worst natural disaster in United States history.

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