Untangling Unprecedented Uncertainty: What Emergency Management Leaders and Educators Need to Know

Panels and Presentations from the 2021 Symposium

Day 1: Tuesday, June 8, 2021

• Welcome with Chad Gorman, NPD
• FEMA NPD Training and Education Update with Terry Pruitt, NTED; Chris Chesney, CDP; Mike Sharon, EMI; Steve Recca, CHDS; Deyvon Cooper, LSU; and Julie Wilson, CRD
• HiEd Program Update with Michelle Norphlet, NTED
• Academic Community Awards
• The Future of HiEd with Dr. Jeff Stern, EMI; Jillian Rodrigue, IAEM; Nick Sporer, IAEM; and Dan Nyquist, R8

Day 2: Wednesday, June 9, 2021

• 2021 State of the Community / Dialogue with Dr. DeeDee Bennett Gayle
• Understanding the Reality of Terrorist Attacks with Dr. Jack Rozdilsky and Edward Snowden
• Academic Community Poster Contest
• Ethics SIG: EM Ethical Standard Draft Presentation with Dr. Shirley Feldmann-Jensen, Dr. Sandy Smith, Dr. Alyssa Provencio, and Dr. Andrea Adams
• Research Short Talks, moderated by Dr. Ray Chang
  • Challenges and Best Practices for Integrating Research Methods with Dr. Julia Crowley and Dr. Thomas Johnson
  • Translational Research as Culminating Student Research with Dr. Shirley Feldmann-Jensen, Valerie Lucus-McEwen, Margaret Gutierrez, and Jude Colle
• The Implications of COVID-19, Public Health, and Other Human Security Disasters with Dr. James Ramsay, Dr. Terrence O’Sullivan, and Dr. Shirley Feldmann-Jensen

Day 3: Thursday, June 10, 2021

• The Role of Emergent Systems with Joshua DeVincenzo and Jeremy Brooks
• Innovation Short Talks, moderated by Dr. Claire Knox
  • Disasterologists At the Movies with John Carr and Dr. Samantha Montano
  • Sufficiently Incorporating Vulnerable Populations with Rosemary McDonnell
  • Climate Change and Related Variables’ Importance with Dr. Terrence O’Sullivan and Dr. James Ramsay
• Research Short Talks, moderated by Dr. Ray Chang
  • Responding to the Magna, Utah, Earthquake with Dr. David McEntire
  • A New Framework for the Case Study Process with Dr. Wendy Walsh
  • Vicarious Trauma Experience with Dr. Rebecca Stout and Samantha Kostamo
• Simplifying the Process: Developing an Internship with Dr. Stacy Willett and Dr. Sandy Smith
• Partnerships Evaluate Your Program with Kathy Francis and Stephen Carter
• The Minority Report, moderated by Danielle Cortes DeVito
  • Racial, Ethnic, Cultural, and Economic Discrimination in Emergency Management with Meldon Hollis
  • The Demography of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders with Dr. Steven Sano
  • Making EMHS Education More Just and Equitable with Dr. Oluponmile Olonilua
  • Vulnerability Resilience Technology with Dr. Nicolas LaLone