Shelley Hoover

Shelley is interested in social vulnerability and environmental hazards. Her research is focused on modelling the social dimensions of vulnerability and incorporating those models into effective hazard mitigation and relief strategies. A geographer by training, she is particularly interested in the influence of place on generating unique interactions between the dimensions of social vulnerability and how those interactions affect both vulnerability and resilience. Prior to joining SPIA, Shelley worked with the University of Illinois Chicago’s School of Public Health and the University of Chicago’s Center for Spatial Data Science. At the University of Illinois Chicago, she was the Assistant Director of Research Services and an Adjunct Lecturer teaching geospatial analysis and social vulnerability courses. At the University of Chicago, she held a research associate appointment working on a place-based social determinants of health model.