Gabriela Hoberman holds a Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Political Science from Florida International University. Dr. Hoberman is an Adjunct Professor, Research Associate and Team Leader of the Disaster Risk Reduction Program at FIU, supported by the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA). Dr. Hoberman’s experience is in comparative politics in Latin American and Caribbean countries, specifically on democracy, governance, accountability, and political economy. Her current research is on disaster risk reduction, political economy of disasters, governance and accountability. Dr. Hoberman has presented extensively at international and national conferences as well as contributed with papers and literature reviews for academic journals. Dr. Hoberman is a recipient of a Quick Response Grant from the Natural Hazards Center (NHC) conducting field research in the 2010 Chile’s earthquake and tsunami. She is Faculty Director for LACC’s Politics & International Relations in Argentina study abroad program, an intensive four-week program designed to foster an understanding of Latin American international relations with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the region. Her most recent co-authored articles are (1) “Establishing Public Accountability, Speaking Truth to Power, and Inducing Political Will for Disaster Risk Reduction: “Ocho Rios+25,” (with Richard Olson and Juan Pablo Sarmiento), Environmental Hazards (2011); (2) “Disaster Risk Management Disparity in the Caribbean: Evidence from Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago,” (with Juan Pablo Sarmiento), Disaster Risk Reduction Program for the Western Hemisphere Security Analysis (WHEMSAC)-Applied Research Center (ARC), Florida International University (2011); and (3) “Disaster Risk Reduction, Public Accountability, and the Role of the Media: Concepts, Cases, and Conclusions,” (with Richard S. Olson and Juan Pablo Sarmiento), Background Paper for the 2011 ISDR Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Secretariat, Geneva (2011).
Articles
Political Calculus in the Engagement with a Disaster Risk Reduction Agenda: The Case of the Post-2010 Earthquake and Tsunami in Chile, Faculty Publications (2012)
Disaster Risk Management Disparity in the Caribbean: Evidence from Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago (with Juan Pablo Sarmiento), Faculty Publications (2011)
This study on risk and disaster management capacities of four Caribbean countries: Barbados, the Dominican...
Disater Risk Management Disparity in the Caribbean: Evidence from Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago (with Juan Pablo Sarmiento), Western Hemisphere Security Analysis Center (2011)
This study on risk and disaster management capacities of four Caribbean countries: Barbados, the Dominican...
Disaster Risk Reduction, Public Accountability, and the Role of the Media: Concepts, Cases and Conclusions (with Richard S. Olson and Juan Pablo Sarmiento), UN GAR Background Notes (2011)
The Absence of Race in Democratic Politics: The Case of the Dominican Republic, FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations (2010)
This dissertation explores the relationship between race and democratization. Through the examination of the case...