J7A Inclusive Risk Communication: Understanding the Communities We Serve - Improving Language Access & Cultural Relevancy

Tuesday, 14 January 2025: 1:45 PM-3:00 PM
345 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion )

Papers:
1:45 PM
J7A.1
Communicating Snow Squall Risk to Multilingual Audiences with Virtual Reality
Jase E. Bernhardt, PhD, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

2:00 PM
J7A.2
Characterizing Spanish-Speaking Broadcast Meteorologists’ Challenges Communicating Multiple Hazards in Landfalling Tropical Cyclones
Rodolfo Andres Hernandez, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and J. Henderson, E. R. Nielsen, Z. I. Ramirez-Diaz, and I. Rico

2:15 PM
J7A.3
A Language Access Strategy for NOAA’s National Weather Service
Krizia Negrón-Hernández, NWS Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBES) Program, Silver Spring, MD; and B. G. López

2:30 PM
J7A.4
Understanding Fuentes: Exploring Information Sources Utilized by Spanish Speakers in Extreme Weather Events
Anthony Luis Corrales, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and J. E. Trujillo-Falcón, M. Krocak, and J. T. Ripberger

2:45 PM
J7A.5
Identifying Barriers and Resources for Equitable Tornado Warning Systems within Latinx/e Communities in the Southeast
Jennifer First, Universtiy of Missouri, Columbia, Columbia, MO; and M. L. Held, K. N. Ellis, A. Castillo, E. Galvez, S. Eatwell, and C. Brantley

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