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  • Professor
  • SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT CU DENVER
Deserai Crow

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Policy
Duke University

Master of Public Administration
91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Denver

Bachelor of Science in Journalism
91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó

Biography

Dr. Deserai Anderson Crow is a Professor in the School of Public Affairs at the 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Denver. She researches community resilience in the face of climate risks and disasters, with specific focus on inequities, vulnerabilities, and cross-sector collaborative engagement in decision-making.

Within this body of scholarship, she specializes in local and state-level policy, including stakeholder participation and influence, information sources used, and policy outcomes. Dr. Anderson Crow’s crisis and disaster work includes , , and . Her ongoing research includes a study of statewide building codes for wildfire mitigation in Colorado as well as assessments of stakeholder needs in communicating complex climate, drought, and disaster data.

She earned her PhD from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment in Environmental Policy. She also holds a Master of Public Administration from the 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó at Denver’s School of Public Affairs and a B.S. in Journalism from the 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó.

Areas of Expertise

environmental policy, disaster policy, environmental justice, public health policy, natural hazards, state policymaking, local government