{"id":1417,"date":"2022-07-15T19:06:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T19:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/?post_type=showcase&#038;p=1417"},"modified":"2026-01-27T19:53:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:53:28","slug":"history-of-disaster","status":"publish","type":"showcase","link":"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/showcase\/history-of-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/disaster_16-9-1-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/disaster_16-9-1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/disaster_16-9-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/disaster_16-9-1-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/disaster_16-9-1-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/disaster_16-9-1-1568x883.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/disaster_16-9-1.jpg 1768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in Professor Douglas Northrop\u2019s History 196 and 215 courses, Catastrophe: The History of Disaster, analyzed and presented a historical topic for a wider public audience using ArcGIS StoryMaps. These final projects served in lieu of a standard term paper or exam and spurred the students to carry out original research connected to the themes of the class. Read more about Professor Northrop\u2019s approach in the article \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/history\/news-events\/all-news\/facultynews\/from-term-papers-to-websites.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">From Term Papers to Websites<\/a>.\u201d Follow links below to view project pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"spring-2020\">Fall 2025<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/939987ac30fb476ca0b871889b0dada2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Art and Disaster<br><\/a>Ella Tobin, Yousuf Ansari, Rawan Alzayyat, Madalynn Rose Pollard, Genesis Estela Padilla<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/templates\/7cd0a15316a24c21983f19d28d10cfd8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Tragedy of Injustice: Hurricane Katrina and its Aftermath<\/a><br>Allison Goodrich, Elizabeth Havican, Emery Luyt, Lilah Alexander<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/2d860371770842b88a26f0a33252db22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Architecture of Vulnerability: A History of Government-Created Inequality Through Disaster Relief<\/a><br>Seth Datema, Conor McGinty, Henry Parker, Maisy Peter, Naveen Pullukat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"spring-2020\">Spring 2020<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami<br>Aadya Agrawal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Distancing Across the United States<br>Drew Altman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Covid-19 and You<br>Ashutosh Bhown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Covid-19<br>Xander Brooks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Historical Roots of Cultural Differences During COVID-19<br>Tianyi (Jared) Chai<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COVID-19 From the Perspective of a College Student<br>CJ Ferrante<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hurricane Katrina<br>Kate Glad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Loss of Biodiversity<br>Haarika Karlapati<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What Can We Do? Serology and the Future of COVID-19<br>Halie Kelly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COVID-19: The Modern Global Pandemic<br>Shahriyor Mirzaev<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Flint Water Crisis<br>Kelly O&#8217;Donnell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arcg.is\/0GGzfG\">COVID-19: How Quick Action Leads to Fewer Cases<\/a><br>Caleb Riddering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Superstorm Sandy<br>Bassil Syed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Covid-19<br>Jacob (Kobi) Wettstein<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Helping Hand During Covid-19<br>Makayla Wyly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fall-2019\">Fall 2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Project Website: The History &amp; Findings of Karanis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Module: Faith in Karanis<br>David Appleby, Brendan Bernardo, Ariana Tagavi, Julia Yee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Module: Karanis and the Child<br>Rasmi Davu, Ben McGraw, Jenna Miller, Anna Southon, Lauren Stanciel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Module: Should I Stay or Should I Go?: &#8220;Tipping Points&#8221; in Times of Disaster<br>Joseph 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