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Rachel Davidson

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Core Faculty, Disaster Research CenterUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Davidson conducts research on natural disaster risk modeling and civil infrastructure systems.

Kelly Herd, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Herd focuses on creativity and product design as they relate to social cognition, identity, and emotions

Yvette Lapayese

ProfessorLoyola Marymount University

Department of Teaching and Learning

Tricia Wachtendorf

Director / Professor, Disaster Research Center / Department of Sociology & Criminal JusticeUniversity of Delaware

Prof. Wachtendorf expertise lies in the social, organizational, and decision-making aspects of disasters.

Valerie Karplus

Professor and Associate Director of the Scott InstituteCarnegie Mellon University

Valerie Karplus studies resource and environmental management in organizations operating in diverse national and industry contexts.

Sarah Fox

Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Sarah Fox's research examines how technological artifacts challenge or propagate social exclusions.

Professor Ed Galea

Director of the Fire Safety Engineering GroupUniversity of Greenwich

His research and software tools inform disaster management and crowd safety, and the design of safe buildings, aircraft and ships, globally

Professor Dorothy Newbury-Birch

Professor of Alcohol and Public HealthTeesside University

Her research focuses on reducing alcohol related harm in society, particularly young people & those in the criminal justice system.

James Garrett

Provost and Chief Academic OfficerCarnegie Mellon University

James Garrett is instrumental in institutional and academic planning and implementation

Ramnath K Chellappa

Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management; Academic Director, MS in Business AnalyticsEmory University, Goizueta Business School