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23rd Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium (2021)
Untangling Unprecedented Uncertainty: What Emergency Management Leaders and Educators Need to Know
June 8, 2021 – June 10, 2021 PDT
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