WORKSHOP SPEAKERS

The workshop brings together researchers and practitioners from the U.S. and around the world to consider the disaster challenges and the strategies necessary to address them.

Join us in this future-oriented discussion. 

WORKSHOP CHAIRS & SPEAKERS

Additional speakers will be added as the workshop nears.

WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS

James Kendra

James Kendra
Director, Disaster Research Center
Professor, Joseph R. Biden Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Delaware

Valerie Biden-Owens

Tricia Wachtendorf
Director, Disaster Research Center
Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
University of Delaware

FIRESIDE CHAT

Hosted by the Biden Institute in Honor of the Disaster Research Center’s 60th Anniversary

Anthony Fauci

Anthony Fauci

Formerly the director of the National Institutes Of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and currently a Distinguished University Professor at Georgetown University, Dr. Fauci is a renowned physician, immunologist and infectious disease researcher, and scientific leader. He has advised seven U.S. Presidents on multiple health crises such as HIV/AIDS, SARS, MERS, avian influenza, swine flu, Zika, Ebola and COVID-19, among emergent diseases.

Valerie Biden-Owens

Valerie Biden Owens 

Valerie is Chair of the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware, a partner at Owens Patrick Leadership Seminars and a senior advisor to Diversified Search Group. Valerie sits on the Advisory Board of the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children. For 20 years, she has managed or advised President Biden’s campaigns, she served as Executive Vice President of Joe Slade White & Co., a media consulting firm.

SPEAKERS

Additional speakers will be added as the workshop nears.

Tomohide Atsumi
Faculty of Human Sciences
Osaka University, Japan

Erik Auf der Heide
Retired
Center for Disease Control

Alejandro Garnica Andrade
Consultant
Mexico

DeeDee Bennett-Gayle
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cyber-Security
University at Albany, SUNY

Eva Angelyna Bogdon
Disaster & Emergency Management/School of Administrative Studies 
York University, Canada

Ray Chang
Department of Security and Emergency Services
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University

Rachel Davidson
Disaster Research Center
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
University of Delaware

Hiroaki Daimon
Faculty of Regional Management 
University of Fukuchiyama

Allison Deese
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Northeastern University

Hannah Frey
Department of Sociology 
Texas A&M International University

Angela Gladwell
Office of Policy and Program Analysis
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Ziqiang Han
Center for Risk Governance and Emergency Management
School of Political Science and Public Administration
Shandong University, China

Felicia Henry
Disaster Research Center
Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice
University of Delaware

Jessica Jensen
Homeland Security Operations Center
RAND Corporation

Justin Kates
Senior Business Continuity Advisor
Wawa, Inc
President
International Association of Emergency Managers

Brad Kieserman
Operations and Logistics
American Red Cross

Jennifer Lazo
Innovation and Technology Division, Emergency Management Department 
City of Los Angeles

Giuseppe Lelow
Life and Environmental Sciences
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Maggie Leon-Corwin
Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
University of Oklahoma

Minna Lundgren
Risk and Crisis Research Centre
Mid Sweden University, Sweden 

Mary Nelan
Department of Emergency Management and Disaster Science
University of North Texas 

Debra Hess Norris
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Art Conservation
University of Delaware

Valerie Marlowe
E.L. Quarantelli Collection
Disaster Research Center
University of Delaware

Tony McAleavy
Fire & Emergency Management Program
Oklahoma State University

Michelle Meyer
Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center
Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning
Texas A & M University

Lori Peek
Natural Hazards Center
University of Colorado – Boulder

Cornelia Posch
E.L. Quarantelli Collection
Disaster Research Center
University of Delaware

Everett Ressler
Executive Director
HDPI

Kasie Richards
Situational Awareness and Decision Support
American Red Cross

Nancy Rios-Contreras
Department of Sociology
Chapman University

Jason Rivera
Department of Public Management 
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Patrick Roberts
Pardee RAND Graduate School
RAND Corporation

Havidán Rodríguez
President
University at Albany, SUNY

Juan Camilo Sanchez Gil
Industrial Engineering
Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia

Jenniffer Santos-Hernandez
Salvador Padilla Escabí Graduate School of Planning
University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras

A.R. Siders
Disaster Research Center
Joseph R. Biden School of Public Policy and Administration
Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences
Gerard J. Mangone Climate Change Science and Policy Hub
University of Delaware

Eric Stern
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cyber-Security
University at Albany, SUNY

Jeff Stern
Emergency Management Institute
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Mitchell Stripling
Pandemic Response Institute
Columbia University

Shigeo Tatsuki
Department of Sociology
Doshisha University, Japan

Kathleen Tierney
Natural Hazards Center
Department of Sociology
University of Colorado – Boulder

Jonathan Tollefson
Department of Sociology
Brown University

Joseph Trainor
Interim Dean, Joseph R. Biden School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Delaware

Shiho Uchiyama
Faculty of Human Sciences
Osaka University, Japan

Carolina Velazquez-Calderon
Department of Geography
Florida State University

Dennis Wenger
Retired
NSF 

FEATURED PRESENTATION CHAIR

Julie Elliott

Julie Elliott
Disaster Research Center
Disaster Science and Management
Joseph R. Biden School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Delaware

GRADUATE WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS

Trevedi, Jennifer

Jennifer Trivedi
Disaster Research Center
Department of Anthropology
University of Delaware

Roni Fraser

Roni Fraser
Disaster Research Center
Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice
University of Delaware

GRADUATE WORKSHOP SPEAKERS

Sarah DeYoung

Lauren Clay
Department of Emergency Services and Health Systems
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Sarah DeYoung

Sarah DeYoung
Disaster Research Center
Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice
University of Delaware

Tim Furlong

Tim Furlong
Delaware Bureau 
NBC

Jenniffer Santos-Hernandez

Jenniffer Santos Hernadez
Salvador Padilla Escabí Graduate School of Planning
University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras

A.R. Siders

A.R. Siders
Disaster Research Center
Joseph R. Biden School of Public Policy and Administration
Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences
Gerard J. Mangone Climate Change Science and Policy Hub
University of Delaware

Rachel Slotter

Rachel Slotter
Office of Emergency Management
University of Virginia

Tricia Wachtendorf
Disaster Research Center
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
University of Delaware

Dana Veron

Dana Veron
Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences

Gerard J. Mangone Climate Change Science and Policy Hub

University of Delaware

COASTAL COMMUNITIES FIELD TRIP LEADERS

Victor Perez 
Disaster Research Center
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
University of Delaware

RUSSELL DYNES FELLOWS 

Supported by The Russell R. Dynes Fund for International Initiatives in Disaster Research

Alex Garnica Andrade

Alejandro Garnica Andrade
Consultant
Mexico

Juan Camilo Sanchez Gil

Juan Camilo Sanchez Gil
Industrial Engineering
Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia

Aditi Sharan

Aditi Sharan
Environmental Science
University of Auckland 

MEET the AUTHORS

Meet the authors of several important books in the field and chat about their important work. Some autographed copies will be available for (cash) purchase.

Louise Comfort
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh

Hazardous Seas: A Sociotechnical Framework for Early Tsunami Detection and Warning

Nathan Jessee
High Meadows Environmental Institute
Princeton University 

People or Property Legal Contradictions, Climate Resettlement, and the View from Shifting Ground 

Lori Peek
Natural Hazards Center
University of Colorado – Boulder

The Continuing Storm: Learning from Katrina 

Albert Samah 

Delaware Emergency Management Agency

Smiles from Our Sirens: Poetry and Wise Sayings from Emergency Management 

Amish Trivedi
Department of English
University of Delaware 

FuturePanic 

Tricia Wachtendorf and James Kendra
Disaster Research Center 
University of Delaware 

American Dunkirk: The Waterborne Evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Kayode Adeniji
East Carolina University

Community Experiences with Hurricane Recovery Processes and Policies

Christopher Alegbeleye
University of Delaware

Predicting Hurricane Damage and Loss to Mobile Manufactured Homes

Yajaira Ayala
University of Delaware 

Using Radical Ethnographic Methods to Analyze Compounded Disasters in Lake Charles, LA.

Thalia Balkaran
Columbia University

Applying the Resilient Children/Resilient Communities Initiative to the Caribbean: Building child-focused resilience in Dominica

Siddiq Mohammed Ali Berama
India Institute of Technology Roorkee

Assessment of Impacts of Climate Change and Land Use Land Cover Change on the Hydrological Water Balance in the Blue Nile Basin 

Evalyna Bogdan
York University

Disaster Education Through the Flood Resilience Challenge Serious Game

Thomas Birkland  
North Carolina State University

Emergency Response and Climate Change in the Arctic

Pamela Cisternas
Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (CIGIDEN)

How can residents and tourists be prepared for earthquakes and tsunamis in coastal communities?

Rithika Dulam
National Institute of Standards and Technology

Challenges of small business recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study on Charleston

Julie Elliott
University of Delaware

Highlighting Disaster Experiences of CHEER Hub Community Partners

Utkarsh Gangwal
University of Delaware

Interdependent human-infrastructure system modeling for resource disparity assessment

Puja Jani
University of Delaware

Where can I go?” Finding Replacement Housing after a Rural Floodplain Buyout

Omer Kleinman
Reichman University

Legal Definition of Emergency

Maja Klinga
Mid Sweden University, Risk and Crisis Research Centre

Disinformation: a risk and/or a crisis

Roberto Moris                               
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

CEGIR Regional Integrated Management Center & CAPCA Carrying Capacity Monitor 

Lori Peek
University of Colorado Boulder

Social Science Extreme Events Research (SSEER) Network

Lori Peek
University of Colorado Boulder

CONVERGE

Maria Porada
University of Delaware

Household Decision-Making Related to Structural Retrofits: An Application of the Precaution Adoption Process Model

Patrick Roberts
RAND Corporation

New Missions in Emergency Management: Oral Histories of Emergency Managers in COVID-19 and Operation Allies Welcome

Sarah Scales
University of Nebraska Medical Center 

Intra-Urban Temperature Variability and Vulnerable Populations in Knox County, TN

Kalim Shah
University of Delaware

How to Build a Better National Adaptation Plan: The Republic of the Marshall Islands Experience

Aditi Sharan
Environmental Science 

University of Auckland

Disasters and the “Other Gender”: Exploring the Experiences of the Hijra Community in Disasters in India

Prabin Sharma
University of North Texas

Are College Students and Local Residents So Different? Induced Earthquake Hazard Adjustment Intentions and Associated Coping and Threat Appraisals

Harman Singh
Penn State University 

Causes, Impacts, and Mitigation Strategies of Urban Pluvial Floods in India: A Systematic Review

Jingya Wang
University of Delaware

Applying Adaptive Management to Surge and Waves Model for Protection Systems (SWaMPS)

Zachery White
University of Delaware

Recall Error in Disaster Epidemiology

Caroline Williams
University of Delaware

A Decision-Support Tool for Testing Land Use Policies in the Context of Natural Hazard Risk

Jonathan Teye Yevuyibor
Louisiana State University

Examining Flood Related Decision Making in the Aftermath of Hurricane Ida