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When governments are unable or unwilling to provide necessary relief to communities, local faith-based congregations (FBCs) step in and fill the gap. Though shown to provide for so many needs following disaster, FBCs have largely been left out of the institutional emergency management cycle. The aim of this study was to explore the role of FBCs in the disaster response and recovery process and investigate how recovery impacts FBCs. The primary objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of FBCs and how to better integrate them into the formal emergency management process.The main questions were as follows: First, what is the role of FBCs during the disaster recovery process? Second, how do FBCs change (temporarily and permanently) during disaster recovery, and what factors may promote or inhibit change? To answer these questions, qualitative semistructured interviews were held to develop a case study of Katy, Texas and its recovery from Hurricane Harvey of 2017. The applied and conceptual implications resulting from this study, which apply to FBCs, researchers, emergency managers, and policy makers, highlight the opportunity to better incorporate FBCs formally into emergency management practices.

This work examines the lynching of twelve female victims in Texas from 1885 to 1926.

B-roll aerial footage of the grounds, and chapel interior of Presidio La Bahia, located in Goliad, TX. Video is silent.

Interior photograph of the chapel nave and balcony of Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX. Temporary imprisonment site of Colonel James Fannin's men during the Texas Revolution's Goliad Massacre.

Exterior photograph of the chapel in Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX as seen from the NE cannon turret.

Watermelon painted water tower in Luling, TX is seen behind a fenceline with a 2020 election sign for Donald Trump and Mike Pence with the slogan "Make America Great Again."

Aerial photograph of east wall, northeastern turret, and chapel at Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX.

Aerial photograph of eastern wall, turrets, courtyard and barracks of Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX.

Overhead photograph of Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX.

Photograph of SW cannon turret and south wall of Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX.

Night time exterior photograph of Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX.

Photograph of cannon in the northwestern turret at Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX.

Aerial photograph of Our Lady of Loreto Chapel at Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX.

Aerial photograph of the rear side of the chapel at Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX.

Aerial photograph of the side of the chapel at Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX.

Reconstructed home of Ignacio S. Zaragoza's birthplace in Goliad, TX.

Bronze statue at Zaragoza Birthplace State Historic Site in Goliad, TX.

Equirectangular panoramic view of the interior barracks at Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX.

Equirectangular panoramic view of the interior barracks at Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX.

Equirectangular panoramic view of the interior of the chapel of Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX. Temporary imprisonment site of Colonel James Fannin's men during the Texas Revolution's Goliad Massacre.

Equirectangular panoramic view of the chapel transept of Presidio la Bahía in Goliad, TX. Temporary imprisonment site of Colonel James Fannin's men during the Texas Revolution's Goliad Massacre.

Exterior view of the Caldwell County Courthouse in Lockhart, Texas.

This was a mixed-method user-centered study regarding the University of North Texas's student-owned learner record and credentialing system. Through methods of quantitative and qualitative inquiry, student perceptions were unearthed and recommendations to improve the system were provided.