[Nheri-council] New CONVERGE Positionality Training Module and Upcoming Webinar

[Lori Peek]

Dear NHERI Colleagues,



I am so pleased to share with you an announcement regarding our new NHERI CONVERGE Training Module - this one focused on Positionality in Hazards and Disaster Research and Practice. I hope you will access and share this free online course and also consider joining us next week for a brief demonstration webinar. More details follow.

Sending warm wishes,

Lori



NHERI CONVERGE Positionality in Hazards and Disaster Research and Practice Training Module and Demonstration Webinar



The NHERI CONVERGE facility, headquartered at the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder, is so pleased to announce the release of the Positionality in Hazards and Disaster Research and Practice Training Module<https://hazards.colorado.edu/news/center-news/converge-releases-new-training-module-positionality-in-hazards-and-disaster-research-and-practice>. This module defines positionality and highlights how understanding your own positionality-or how your different identities shape your perceptions, interactions, and experiences-can lead to more ethical and methodologically sound disaster work. You can register and access the free module here: <http://converge-training.colorado.edu/courses/cultural-competence/> https://converge.colorado.edu/training-modules



To learn more, please join us Thursday, March 23rd, from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. MT for a live webinar where our team will provide a demonstration of the training module. To register for the upcoming webinar, please visit: https://converge.colorado.edu/webinars/converge-positionality-in-hazards-and-disaster-research-and-practice-training-module-a-demonstration-webinar/



This new module is part of a larger series of foundational and advanced trainings that are designed to accelerate the education of a diverse hazards and disaster workforce. The module, like the others in the series, concludes with a 10-question quiz. Upon successful completion of the quiz, users receive a certificate, which is worth one contact hour of general management training<https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/training-modules/continuing-education-credits> through the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) certification program. These modules can be useful for classroom assignments as well as other activities. Please see the CONVERGE Annotated Bibliographies<https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/training-modules/annotated-bibliographies> for further readings and the Assignment Bank<https://converge.colorado.edu/resources/training-modules/assignment-bank> for sample assignments.



Please sign up for additional free resources and updates at the CONVERGE website at: https://converge.colorado.edu/signup. Thank you!





Acknowledgements: The CONVERGE Training Modules are based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NSF Award #1841338), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Geological Survey. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF, CDC, or USGS.



Lori Peek, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Sociology<https://www.colorado.edu/sociology/>
Director, Natural Hazards Center<https://hazards.colorado.edu/>
Principal Investigator, CONVERGE<https://converge.colorado.edu/>, Social Science Extreme Events Research (SSEER<https://converge.colorado.edu/research-networks/sseer/>) Network,  and Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Extreme Events Research (ISEEER<https://converge.colorado.edu/research-networks/iseeer/>) Network
https://hazards.colorado.edu/biography/lori-peek

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