| | Newark, DE 19716 | <div class="ExternalClassBE2444417DB54155B760DE9C7A440006"><p>Christopher is a doctoral candidate in the department of political science and international
relations. In his dissertation, he asks: “What might sovereignty mean in a place without formal
state sovereignty or national self-determination?” He attempts to locate sovereignty in its
diversity of articulations by examining the specific postcolonial context of Puerto Rico,
theorizing sovereignty as a political-economic process rather than mere status. Hurricane
Maria exposed poverty, environmental injustice, and differential vulnerability; but since the
Verano Boricua mass unrest in 2019, a debate has opened for the need for a left-wing, anti-austerity transformation of the island based on a new politics—the people mobilized against
the establishment. Christopher has presented his research on emergency politics and disaster
neoliberalism at domestic and international conferences. He is affiliated with the Disaster
Research Center at the University of Delaware because of his interdisciplinary focus on disaster
governance. Christopher has studied emergency management through Delaware
Emergency Management Agency. He is presently serving as Treasurer for the University of
Delaware Chapter of the International Association of Emergency Managers.</p></div> | | | | | | | | | | | | ctharp@udel.edu | /Documents%20Bios%20CVs/Tharp%2C%20Christopher%202021.02%20CV.pdf | Tharp, Christopher | | | <img alt="" src="/Images%20Bios/THARP%20Christopher.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science and International Relations | | | | | |
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