Director, Disaster Research Center and Professor, Public Policy & Administration, University of Delaware
Research interests include community resilience and recovery, emergency planning, crisis management, and organizational improvisation and resilience.
Conversant on topics such as disaster planning, coastal hazards, technology in emergency management and risk perception and communication.
Has published articles and made presentations about emergency response to disasters including: the Indian Ocean tsunami, the September 11th World Trade Center terrorist attacks, Hurricane Katrina, and Hurricane Sandy
Co-author of American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11, Temple University Press
Jan 21, 2025 12:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
As wildfires swept through neighborhoods on the outskirts of Los Angeles in January 2025, stories about residents there helping their neighbors and total strangers began trickling out on social media. Accounts of Hollywood...