<p>Academics and practitioners see resilience as a critical driver of a community's success or failure in recovering or bouncing back from disasters. Jill Raycroft discusses her thesis, "<a href="https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&amp;did=854377" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Realizing Resilience: A Study of Definition, Indicators, and Operationalization</a>," and provides insight into improving resilience by bridging how it is studied in theory and practiced in the field.</p>

A series of informal conversations with CHDS Homeland Security Master’s program students about their thesis research, the spark that led to the selection of their topic, research challenges and personal experiences with the thesis process. Participants also discuss how the topic relates to the broader homeland security enterprise and what it’s like to be part of the CHDS Master’s Program.