Redina Herman
Summer 2007 WAS*IS
 I received my BS degree from Florida Institute of Technology from the Physics Department. I then went to graduate school at the University of Illinois in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences and received my PhD in 2003. After completing my PhD, I stayed on at the University of Illinois for two years as a post doctoral associate studying climate change. I am now an Associate Professor at Western Illinois University in the Department of Geography, where I teach introductory classes in Weather and Climate and the Dynamic Meteorology series. My current areas of research include contrails and the public response to and understanding of hazardous weather alerts. In the Fall 2007 semester I will administer a survey for incoming students at Western Illinois University to see how much they know about hazardous weather in central Illinois. I expect this survey to suggest a need for more education of incoming students. I also plan to administer a public survey to determine how the public receives, interprets and reacts to hazardous weather alerts. This project will involve collaboration between the Western Survey Research Center, and Departments of Sociology, Psychology and Geography.
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