Week
Date
Topic
Response Paper Authors
1
9-Jan
First official day of class, but I will be out of town at a conference
2
16-Jan
Hazards and Disasters: Types
The slides for this week are here
The bibliography I promised is available here
3
23-Jan
Historical Context of EM
Samuel Adubofour
4
30-Jan
Policy and Management: Mitigation--Do federal policies promote risk?
Colin Donovan
David McNulty
Sarah Waterman
5
6-Feb
Policy and Management: Vulnerability, Preparedness and Response
Jerrica Dowling
Tyrone Davis
Kristin O'Donovan
6
13-Feb
Policy and Management: Recovery
Scot Berry
Matt DeVivo
7
20-Feb
Pollicy and Management: Communications and Media
Samuel Adoubafor
Alison Baker
8
27-Feb
Federalism and Emergency Management: Sources of Cooperation and Conflict
9
5-Mar
Spring Break
10
12-Mar
Disasters, Politics and the Policy Process
Crystal Majors
Ed Wallace
The slides for this week are here.
Here's the link to the NWS warning for Hurricane Katrina.
11
19-Mar
Disaster Myths: Sociological and Psychological Perspectives
12
26-Mar
Everything Has Changed I: Terrorism and Emergency Management
13
2-Apr
Everything Has Changed II: Hurricane Katrina, a return to pre-9/11 EM?
Cyrstal Majors
Sarah Waterman Alison Baker
14
9-Apr
International Perspectives
15
16-Apr
The Future of Emergency Management: Summary and conclusions, and career directions
16
23-Apr
No class--Tom Birkland in Seattle for National Earthquake Conference