UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1315

Research Mentor Information
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Primary Research Mentor Name: David Berlan
Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns: He/him
When potential research assistants are reaching out via email, what is your preferred honorific?: David
Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated): dberlan@fsu.edu
Position Title: Faculty
FSU College (if applicable): Social Sciences and Public Policy
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation: Askew School of Public Administration and Policy
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Overall Project Details
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Title of the Project: Evolution of Disaster Aid Targeting and Coordination
Project Keywords: Disasters, Philanthropy, Nonprofits
Are you currently looking for research assistants?: Yes
Number of Research Assistants Needed : 2
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s):
Open to all majors, may be particularly relevant to majors in the social sciences or social work.

Project Location:: On FSU Main Campus
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Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s):: Partially Remote
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work?: 5-10
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work?: Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Overall Research Project Description:
After each hurricane or natural disaster, a wide range of actors mobilize to respond, across the nonprofit, for-profit, religious, and governmental sectors. Knowing how resources are made available for communities to recover and rebuild is crucial to help with continued recovery efforts and identify lessons for disaster planning and responding to future disasters. This project builds on a 2018-2020 study of disaster philanthropy with a second wave study to gauge organizational learning and changes in how organizations coordinate and collaborate. The research will include a survey and other data collection efforts. The study’s initial wave identified fragmented collaboration networks and unequal targeting of assistance to communities; whether these patterns hold across multiple disasters is a key question.

Research Tasks:
Student research assistant(s) will participate in: (1) finalizing survey protocol and identifying supplemental data, (2) recruiting survey participants, (3) analysis of combined data from this project and earlier survey, and (4) reporting of results to academic and practitioner audiences.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need::
Recommended: familiarity with surveys. Training in Qualtrics will be provided so this is not required, but would speed up the learning curve.

Required: an interest in the nonprofit sector, philanthropy, and/or emergency management.

Mentoring Philosophy:
My mentoring philosophy is to prioritize collaborators’ academic and professional goals. This entails open conversations about which aspects of projects best fit collaborators’ interests, opportunities for engagement in the entire range of research activities, and shared ownership of project elements. I avoid micromanagement and rely on clear identification of responsibilities and flexibility to respond to new developments and all team members’ schedules.

Please provide a link to your publications, a video clip, or a website for your research project (if applicable):: https://www.fsunews.com/story/news/2020/01/19/policy-pub-public-generosity-wake-hurricane-michael/4515471002/
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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable?: Yes
Roundtable times and Zoom links:
Tuesday, September 2, from 5:00-5:30pm (https://fsu.zoom.us/j/99792747688)
 https://fsu.zoom.us/rec/share/hv7YzBiYsVVUBrGVQVGZcwqGUw1057ztfsOqrNNeC_tcbd9DwvThmCkjHY9CPDS9.SyC1utDLnaiAb-jZ

Roundtable Info:
- Day: Tuesday, September 2
  Start Time: 5:00
  End Time: 5:30
  Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/99792747688

UROP Program Elements
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Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication: Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation: Yes
Materials Grant: Yes
UROP Poster Presentation: Yes

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Year: 2025
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