Journal Article Bonding, Bridging and Linking: How Social Capital Operated in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina Get access Robert L. Hawkins, Robert L. Hawkins Robert L. Hawkins is the McSilver Assistant Professor in Poverty Studies at the Silver School of Social Work at New York University. He is also the Director of the McSilver Institute on Poverty, Policy, & Practice at the Silver School. Katherine Maurer is a doctoral student at the Silver School of Social Work at New York University and a Junior Research Scientist at the McSilver Institute. Correspondence to Robert Hawkins, Silver School of Social Work, New York University, 1 Washington Square North, New York, NY 10003, USA. E-mail: Robert.hawkins@nyu.edu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Katherine Maurer Katherine Maurer Robert L. Hawkins is the McSilver Assistant Professor in Poverty Studies at the Silver School of Social Work at New York University. He is also the Director of the McSilver Institute on Poverty, Policy, & Practice at the Silver School. Katherine Maurer is a doctoral student at the Silver School of Social Work at New York University and a Junior Research Scientist at the McSilver Institute. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 40, Issue 6, September 2010, Pages 1777–1793, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcp087 Published: 03 August 2009 Article history Accepted: 01 July 2009 Published: 03 August 2009