Mary Waters

The Resilience in Survivors of Katrina Study (RISK) study has followed a cohort of low-income parents from a year before (baseline) exposure to Hurricane Katrina, and then 1, 4 and 12 years post disaster in order to learn more about the short- and…

Tune in to hear Mary Water‘s perspective on how some of the positive qualities in human nature can rise to the surface (and surprise us!) when we’re faced with a disaster.

When Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman and Associate Director Jason Beckfield are both on sabbatical during the 2020-2021 academic year,  Mary Waters, the PVK Professor of Arts and Sciences and the John L. Loeb Professor of Sociology at…

Researchers affiliated with the Resilience in Survivors of Hurricane Katrina (RISK) project have published a paper that takes a look at the health impacts of being displaced into a gentrified neighborhood. The researchers did not find evidence of…

Researchers affiliated with the RISK project have published a study in Social Science & Medicine that looks at the long-term mental health consequences of Hurricane Katrina. Among the study participants—a group of low-income mothers— one in six was…

Findings of a study involving Hurricane Katrina survivors suggest that post-traumatic growth (PTG) was evident in five different key areas for most of the low-income survivors that participated in the study. Mary Waters, PhD, and other RISK project…

Mary Waters has co-authored a research article in Sociological Methods & Research that challenges the status-quo method (grounded theory framework) for qualitative coding procedures. The researchers suggest a way to better leverage today’s…

Harvard Pop Center faculty member Mary C. Waters has been named the PVK Professor of Arts and Sciences in recognition of her excellence in leadership, teaching, and scholarly achievement. The prestigious, five-year term professorship is one of four…

Mary Waters‘ research (RISK project) on the long-term consequences of a disaster on the lives of survivors is featured in this piece in  Science Magazine.

Those suffering from certain symptoms of PTSD (particularly intrusion, which is the inability to keep memories of the event from returning) following a natural disaster face an increased risk for migraine headaches. Harvard Pop Center Visiting…