Dr. David Casagrande

grants

Professor of Anthropology

Dept of Sociology/
Anthropology
and
Environmental
Studies

STEPS Building, Room 436
Lehigh University
1 West Packer Ave.
Bethlehem, PA 18015

Tel: (610) 758-2672

Principal investigator

Social Science Extreme Events Research (SSEER) network and the CONVERGE facility at the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado Boulder (Principal Investigator); granted in 2020 to establish a working group on Cultural Perceptions of Risk, Behavioral Responses, and Community Resilience in the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Lehigh University, Faculty Research Grant (Principal Investigator); granted in 2019 to study cultural models of rising sea level in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Lehigh University Collaborative Research Opportunity Grant; granted 2013 for modeling the effects of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in Pennsylvania on human quality of life.
National Science Foundation IMEE Program (with N. Pinter and H. McIlvaine-Newsad); granted 2012 to study impediments to flood mitigation along the Mississippi, Illinois and Ohio Rivers. (Download PDF)
National Science Foundation SGER Program (with H. McIlvaine-Newsad); granted 2009 to study the resilience of rural agricultural communities in Illinois after the 2008 Mississippi River floods. (Download PDF)
Western Illinois University, University Research Council (with H. McIlvaine-Newsad, B. Ribbens & G. Rands); granted 2006 to study environmental values and ecological sustainability among migrants from the Marshall Islands. (Download PDF)
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement award; granted 2000 to research Tzeltal Maya medicinal plant knowledge in Chiapas, Mexico.
National Science Foundation Ethnographic Research Training Grant; awarded 1998 to study ethnobiology and cultural models of primary-forest in Chiapas, Mexico.
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Georgia; Dissertation Travel Award granted 1999 to research Tzeltal Maya taste classification and medicinal plant use in Chiapas, Mexico.
Connecticut Sea Grant College Program; awarded 1995 to survey environmental values of coastal resources.
Tropical Resources Institute, Yale University; awarded 1994 to evaluate methods for estimating parrot populations in Venezuela.
Center for Tropical Bird Studies; awarded 1994 to evaluate methods for estimating parrot populations in Venezuela.

Secondary investigator

Department of Energy Office of Biological & Environmental Research (Co-principal investigator); $919,999 granted in August 2024, to establish a Regional Climate Resilience Center for Water Extremes Adaptation Strategies Implementation.
National Science Foundation JST, Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment Program (Co-principal investigator); $499,271 granted in January 2024, to study an inclusive human-centered risk management modeling framework for flood resilience in New Jersey and Japan.
Lehigh University, Research Futures Program (Co-Principal Investigator); $600,000 granted in October 2022 to create a Catastrophe Modeling Center to study infrastructure resilience against disasters, preparedness against epidemics, and increased insurance social equity.
Lehigh University, Collaborative Research Opportunity Grant (Co-Principal Investigator); granted in 2020 to study the interaction of public perceptions and decisions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lehigh University, Collaborative Research Opportunity Grant (Co-Principal Investigator); granted in 2020 to study the interaction of public perceptions and decisions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Foundation, Center for Global Partnership (Co-Director); granted in 2018 to study managed retreat as a tool for disaster resilience in the US and Japan.
National Science Foundation, Decision Making under Uncertainty Program (Senior personnel); granted 2004 to create a "Decision Center for a Desert City" in Phoenix AZ; research to include human perceptions and the science and policy of climate uncertainty.
Arizona State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Multi-Investigator Proposal Development Grant (Co-Principal Investigator); granted 2003 to study cognitive perception of landscapes, habitat conservation and water scarcity in Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona.