Elizabeth A Albright | Scholars@Duke

Elizabeth A Albright
Associate Professor of the Practice of Science and Policy Methods

Elizabeth's current research centers on how policies and decisions are made in response to extreme climatic events. Further, she is interested in collaborative decision making processes, particularly in the realm of water resource management. She has received a grant from the National Science Foundation and a Fulbright Scholarship to support her scholarship. The Midwest Political Science Associated recently awarded Elizabeth the 'Best Paper by an Emerging Scholar' award at their national conference. Her geographic regions of interest include the southeast US and Central and Eastern Europe. Prior to completing her Ph.D. Elizabeth worked for the State of North Carolina in water resource management.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of the Practice of Science and Policy Methods, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2021

Contact Information

4113 Environment Hall, Nicholas School of the Environment, 9 Circuit Drive, Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
elizabeth.albright@duke.edu (919) 613-8153

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- D.R., Duke University 2009
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2013 - 2021
- Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2012 - 2013
- Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2011 - 2012
Recognition
In the News
- FEB 23, 2023 Duke Today
  
  Faculty Exchange Ideas on Duke’s Climate Commitment in Academic Council
- SEP 30, 2022 Duke News
  
  Duke Experts on Hurricane Recovery: Need a Long-Term Focus
- JUL 16, 2020
  
  During Hurricane Season, COVID Response Must Include Storm Preparation
- AUG 16, 2019
  
  Why Florence Is Still With Us and What That Means for the Next Storm
- MAY 31, 2019 Nicholas School of the Environment
  
  Community Impacts From Extreme Weather Can Shape Climate Change Beliefs
- SEP 19, 2018 Sanford School Policy 360 Podcast
  
  Podcast: Hidden Hurricane Lessons for Policymakers
- JUN 20, 2018 Nicholas School of the Environment
  
  Why Some Communities Recover Quickly Following a Natural Disaster
- SEP 5, 2014
  
  Consumer Response Will Make or Break California Plastic Bag Ban, Expert Says
Expertise
Subject Headings
- Muser Mentor
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - Europe (Continent)
  - United States of America (Country)
- Research
  - Hungary (Country)
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Clean Energy for All? Creating A North Carolina Policy Roadmap to a Just and Clean Energy Transition awarded by Duke Office of the Provost 2021
- Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Collecting Oral Histories of Environmental Racism and Injustice in the American South awarded by Duke Office of the Provost 2021
External Relationships
- Cambridge University Press
- II cowrote a book with Cambridge Press. The book is for sale and I have receive less than $500 in revenue from it.
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Shanahan, Elizabeth A., Rob A. DeLeo, Elizabeth A. Albright, Meng Li, Elizabeth A. Koebele, Kristin Taylor, Deserai Anderson Crow, et al. “Visual policy narrative messaging improves COVID-19 vaccine uptake.” Pnas Nexus 2, no. 4 (April 2023): pgad080. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad080.
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  - Crow, Deserai A., Rob A. DeLeo, Elizabeth A. Albright, Kristin Taylor, Tom Birkland, Manli Zhang, Elizabeth Koebele, Nathan Jeschke, Elizabeth A. Shanahan, and Caleb Cage. “Policy learning and change during crisis: COVID-19 policy responses across six states.” The Review of Policy Research 40, no. 1 (January 2023): 10–35. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12511.
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  - Koebele, E. A., E. A. Albright, K. L. Dickinson, D. Blanch-Hartigan, L. Neuberger, R. A. Deleo, E. A. Shanahan, and J. D. Roberts. “Perceptions of Efficacy are Key Determinants of Mask-Wearing Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Natural Hazards Review 22, no. 3 (August 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000489.
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  - Albright, E. A., and D. A. Crow. “Capacity Building toward Resilience: How Communities Recover, Learn, and Change in the Aftermath of Extreme Events.” Policy Studies Journal 49, no. 1 (February 1, 2021): 89–122. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12364.
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  - Crow, Deserai A., Elizabeth A. Albright, and Elizabeth Koebele. “The role of coalitions in disaster policymaking.” Disasters 45, no. 1 (January 2021): 19–45. https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12396.
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  - Crow, D. A., E. A. Albright, and E. Koebele. “Evaluating Stakeholder Participation and Influence on State-Level Rulemaking.” Policy Studies Journal 48, no. 4 (November 1, 2020): 953–81. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12314.
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  - Koebele, Elizabeth A., Deserai A. Crow, and Elizabeth A. Albright. “Building Resilience during Recovery: Lessons from Colorado's Watershed Resilience Pilot Program.” Environmental Management 66, no. 1 (July 2020): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-020-01296-3.
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  - McGhee, D. J., S. B. Binder, and E. A. Albright. “First, Do No Harm: Evaluating the Vulnerability Reduction of Post-Disaster Home Buyout Programs.” Natural Hazards Review 21, no. 1 (February 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000337.
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  - Albright, E. A. “Disaster-driven discussion.” Nature Climate Change 10, no. 1 (January 1, 2020): 12–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0664-9.
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  - Albright, E. A., and D. Crow. “Beliefs about climate change in the aftermath of extreme flooding.” Climatic Change 155, no. 1 (July 15, 2019): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02461-2.
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  - Crow, D. A., E. A. Albright, and E. A. Koebele. “Stakeholder Participation and Strategy in Rulemaking: A Comparative Analysis.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly 19, no. 2 (June 1, 2019): 208–35. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532440018821655.
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  - Crow, D. A., and E. A. Albright. “Intergovernmental relationships after disaster: state and local government learning during flood recovery in Colorado.” Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning 21, no. 3 (January 1, 2019): 257–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2019.1623660.
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  - Hamin, E. M., Y. Abunnasr, M. R. Dilthey, P. K. Judge, M. A. Kenney, P. Kirshen, T. C. Sheahan, et al. “Pathways to coastal resiliency: The Adaptive Gradients Framework.” Sustainability (Switzerland) 10, no. 8 (July 26, 2018). https://doi.org/10.3390/su10082629.
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  - Crow, D. A., E. A. Albright, T. Ely, E. Koebele, and L. Lawhon. “Do Disasters Lead to Learning? Financial Policy Change in Local Government.” Review of Policy Research 35, no. 4 (July 1, 2018): 564–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12297.
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  - Crow, D. A., E. A. Albright, and E. Koebele. “Evaluating Informational Inputs in Rulemaking Processes: A Cross-Case Analysis.” Administration and Society 49, no. 9 (October 1, 2017): 1318–45. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399715581040.
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  - Kondash, Andrew J., Elizabeth Albright, and Avner Vengosh. “Quantity of flowback and produced waters from unconventional oil and gas exploration.” The Science of the Total Environment 574 (January 2017): 314–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.069.
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  - Crow, D. A., E. A. Albright, and E. Koebele. “Environmental rulemaking across states: Process, procedural access, and regulatory influence.” Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 34, no. 7 (November 1, 2016): 1222–40. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263774X15606922.
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  - Chernick, Melissa, Megan Ware, Elizabeth Albright, Kevin W. H. Kwok, Wu Dong, Na Zheng, and David E. Hinton. “Parental dietary seleno-L-methionine exposure and resultant offspring developmental toxicity.” Aquatic Toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 170 (January 2016): 187–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.11.004.
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  - Crow, D. A., E. A. Albright, and E. Koebele. “Public Information and Regulatory Processes: What the Public Knows and Regulators Decide.” Review of Policy Research 33, no. 1 (January 1, 2016): 90–109. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12154.
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  - Albright, E. A., and D. A. Crow. “Learning processes, public and stakeholder engagement: Analyzing responses to Colorado's extreme flood events of 2013.” Urban Climate 14 (December 1, 2015): 79–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2015.06.008.
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  - Nojavan A, Farnaz, Song S. Qian, Hans W. Paerl, Kenneth H. Reckhow, and Elizabeth A. Albright. “A study of anthropogenic and climatic disturbance of the New River Estuary using a Bayesian belief network.” Marine Pollution Bulletin 83, no. 1 (June 2014): 107–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.04.011.
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  - Albright, Elizabeth A., and Deserai A. Crow. “The Environment and Sustainability in the Urban Arena,” 2014.
  - Albright, E. A. “Policy change and learning in response to extreme flood events in Hungary: An advocacy coalition approach.” Policy Studies Journal 39, no. 3 (August 1, 2011): 485–511. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2011.00418.x.
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  - Albright, E. A. “Policy change and learning in response to extreme flood events in Hungary.” Policy Studies Journal 39, no. 3 (2011): 485–511.
  - Maguire, L. A., and E. A. Albright. “Can behavioral decision theory explain risk-averse fire management decisions?” Forest Ecology and Management 211, no. 1–2 (2005): 47–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2005.01.027.
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- Book Sections
  - Albright, E. A. “Leadership in response to extreme flood events in Hungary.” In Environmental Leadership: A Reference Handbook, 502–10, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452218601.n53.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Service to Duke
- Bass Connections Faculty Advisory Council. 2018 - 2020 2018 - 2020

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

In the News

Subject Headings

Global Scholarship

Expertise

Research

Selected Grants

Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

External Relationships

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Recent Courses

Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

Service to Duke