Christina Barsky
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Christina Barsky
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Associate prof. directing MPA and Community Resilience and Planning programs at UVM.

Public service | election administration | emergency management | community resilience | and more

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Submit to Panel 34: Governing Through Crisis: Adaptive Public Management in Contexts of Conflict, Instability, and Extreme Events

Deadline: October 18

See you in Perth, Australia!

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August 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Academia, there are times I’m really ready to break up with you.

(So if you happen to see a lady simply trying to do her job today in a shared public space, please just leave her alone. It’s hard enough just trying to exist in the world).
June 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
So, that’s I guess what this is all about.

And I can’t help but wonder if my research partners on the video call had been men, and not women, whether my meeting would have been interrupted.
June 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
And while walking to transportation, are frustrated with yourself because you should have said something.

You should have told the young people this man was with that his behavior was unacceptable.

You should have stood up for your belongingness just as much as his.
June 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Besides you, and this dude, the coffee shop is empty.

(You have been taking your call with headphones on, important to note).

And you’re too stunned at the audacity to tell this person that, no, you will not be leaving.

So you leave. And leave the conference.
June 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
(Your call is a video call).

Some many minute later, a middle age male-presenting person interrupts you to tell you they are going to be meeting with some people behind you.

And.

That you can leave the coffee shop and sit outside. “There is space out there.”
June 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thanks to the Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas and Robyn Palmer for your leadership on this critical work and the invitation to join. Learn more about Civic Health in Vermont visit sos.vermont.gov/secretary-of...
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January 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🗺️ because it nurtures and fosters healthier, stronger places to live

👯‍♀️ because doing so helps engage community members in processes that affect them and their communities

🫥 because civic engagement promotes transparency and participation in democratic society
January 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Why foster civic health?

💫 because it supports building trust and respect for communities to take action for themselves

🔋 because it can help create agency and power in people, particularly those most impacted by a given issue
January 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM