Travis is an experienced researcher and community planner with a focus on issues of vulnerability, energy and environmental justice, and disaster recovery. He has been recognised as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and a U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Fellow. His work focuses on how recovery policies reproduce community vulnerabilities and socioeconomic disparities.
During his Fulbright, Travis will work with researchers at the University of Tasmania to examine the role house and contents insurance plays in community recovery after a hazard event. This work will shed light on household- and community-level factors impacting disaster recovery and place change in Australia and the U.S.