![A black and white photo of a flooded community taken from above showcases the extent of the Vanport disaster.](https://i0.wp.com/ecampus.oregonstate.edu/news/assets/vanport-flood-e1663370470797.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1)
Intersectional education at work
4 minute read Lynette de Silva is co-director of Oregon State’s water conflict management and transformation program. She is one of many expert OSU faculty members looking at history through a new lens, asking important questions about things like how race played a part in disasters. Read about de Silva’s research into the 1948 Vanport flood.