Zachary Cox is a Ph.D. student in the Disaster Science and Management program at the University of Delaware where he also works as a Research Assistant on the COPEWELL project. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology with Honors from Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada, and a Master of Arts in Disaster and Emergency Management from Royal Roads University in Victoria, Canada. 

An experienced disaster practitioner, Zac has worked as a Recovery Management Consultant with IBM, as a Research Assistant with Mount Royal University’s Center for Community Disaster Research, and volunteered with the Red Cross’ Personal Disaster Assistance Response Team. His interests in business continuity and disaster recovery will see him conduct dissertation fieldwork in late 2020 to understand how small businesses recover themselves and support their community in the wake of a disaster.