{"id":540,"date":"2011-02-10T18:44:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T18:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=540"},"modified":"2016-12-21T11:16:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T16:16:29","slug":"sociology-professor-leads-grant-from-u-s-dept-of-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/sociology-professor-leads-grant-from-u-s-dept-of-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Sociology professor leads grant from U.S. Dept. of Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Fernando Rivera was awarded a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture. He will lead the Sociology component of a two year grant with two UCF faculty members from the department of Public Administration.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-555 size-medium\" title=\"432689_34603153\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2011\/02\/432689_34603153-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2011\/02\/432689_34603153-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2011\/02\/432689_34603153-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2011\/02\/432689_34603153-299x399.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2011\/02\/432689_34603153.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The trio will study how risk and vulnerabilities can be managed by identifying factors influencing community capacity and resilience in communities in Central Florida.\u00a0Further research for the project will study how risk can be communicated to reduce public complacency toward disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rivera will study how culture, complexity and social networks play a role in the communities. 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