Jonathan Eaton

Dr. Jonathan Eaton is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Civil Engineering, where he is serving as Executive Director of the UBC Disaster Resilience Research Network (drrn.ubc.ca) – a transdisciplinary group of researchers committed to inclusive and equitable disaster research. Dr. Eaton is a socio-cultural anthropologist with a focus on heritage, the anthropology of space and place, and the anthropology of disasters. His ethnographic research in Vancouver explores how building community and cultivating a sense of place can help people preserve what they value in the face of uncertain futures – highlighting strategies that communities can apply today to set the stage for future recovery. Jonathan holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, an MA in Anthropology from the University of Toronto, and a BA in History from Valparaiso University.