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Stephanie E. Chang joined the University of British Columbia (UBC) in January 2004 with a joint appointment in the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) and the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability (IRES). She has held the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Disaster Management and Urban Sustainability from 2004 to 2013. Dr. Chang was awarded the Shah Family Innovation Prize by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) in 2001 and served as EERI’s Distinguished Lecturer in 2011. In 2018, she received the Distinguished Research Award from the Integrated Disaster Risk Management Society (IDRiM). She has served on the editorial boards of several journals, including Earthquake Spectra, Environmental Hazards, and Natural Hazards. Her research interests encompass urban risk dynamics, disaster recovery resilience, infrastructure systems, and climate change adaptation in coastal cities. She aims to bridge the gap between engineering, natural sciences, and social sciences to address complex issues related to natural disasters. Her research includes both empirical investigations of major urban disasters and computer modeling to analyze risk reduction strategies.
Offers course-only and thesis routes. Focus areas include philosophy of science, mind, ethics, and Asian philosophy.