David Swenson, associate scientist, is part of the effort to aid the community's recovery from an EF-3 tornado in Marshalltown July, 2018.
In the months following the tornado, the effort expanded upon the research of Sara Hamideh, assistant professor of community and regional planning, to include more faculty and students in Iowa State’s sustainable environments interdisciplinary graduate program. Mimi Wagner, associate professor of landscape architecture; Austin Stewart, associate professor of art and visual culture; Alex Braidwood, associate professor of graphic design; and Dave Swenson, associate scientist in economics, received a grant from the Fieldstead & Company Endowment for Community Enhancement Fund to support this year’s work in Marshalltown.
Swenson is assisting with economic analysis and insight into disasters from a policy and recovery perspective.