Eric Tate

Senior Faculty Affiliate — Environmental Policy Research Program
Associate Professor — Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences
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Education

  • PhD, Geography, University of South Carolina, 2011
  • MS, Water Resources Engineering, University of Texas, 1999

Eric Tate teaches and conducts research in the areas of flood hazards, water resources, environmental justice, and social vulnerability, using geospatial indicators to examine environment-society interactions. Tate was a PPC Scholar-in-Residence during the 2020 academic year. 

Latest Research

Research Interests

  • Equity of disaster policy
  • Flood hazards
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Social vulnerability to disasters