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

The HiEd mission is to engage academia, including faculty and students, emergency management professional organizations, and practitioners to work together to foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

To further this mission, FEMA’s HiEd Program conducted an engagement meeting with executives representing FEMA, DHS, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) September 15-16, 2021 in Atlanta, GA. Day one was hosted by FEMA Region 4 and Day two was hosted by Clark Atlanta University. Topics of discussion included efforts to establish and sustain emergency management programs at HBCUs, potential FEMA and DHS resources, and a process for continued engagement.

Meeting Materials:

• HBCU Meeting Update
• Day 1 Slides
• Day 2 Slides
• Building and Sustaining Emergency Management Programs Among Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Meeting Summary

Selected Recordings:

Photos from the Meeting:

Coming Together to Chart a New Path: Empowering the Higher Education Community to Create Transformational Change

The Symposium offers an opportunity to network, gain exposure to successful academic programs and research, and learn about new resources, teaching approaches, and methodologies. Sessions aim to connect educators, practitioners, and researchers.

Symposium tracks:

• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Emergency Management
• Research Methodology and Integration
• Policy and Administration of Emergency Management
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Find materials from the 23rd annual symposium (2021)