Session: Social Justice and Scientific Practice in the 21st Century (100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Wednesday, 15 January 2020: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM

Host: 15th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice

Cochairs:

Randy A. Peppler, University of Oklahoma, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) and Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, OK and Susan A. Jasko, California University of Pennsylvania, Communication, Design, and Culture, California, PA

This session seeks to address how critical global/local issues facing communities of all kinds might be conceptualized in ways that ensure community voices and priorities are paramount. This is especially important as extreme events, community needs, and quality of life factors conflate driven by technological change, politically charged contexts, and economic instability. Questions include: How can social science, partnerships across the weather enterprise, and advances in prediction capability be developed in new and powerful ways to meet the approaching challenges of the 21st century? What do we mean by social justice and how we might identify with local groups issues important to communities? We seek analysis of issues related to social justice and scientific practice broadly construed.

Papers:

1:30 PM

13.1

Social and Environmental Justice in Cap-and-Trade Emissions Programs: Connections Back to Research and Policy?

Randy A. Peppler, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

1:45 PM

13.2

Cloudy with a Chance of Sexism: Examining Race and Sex of Broadcast Meteorologists on Trust and Credibility

Adam M. Rainear, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA

2:00 PM

13.3

Risk Perceptions of Hurricane Hazards and the Missing Link for Minority Populations