15th Annual Emergency Management
Higher Education Conference
“Preparing for the Future of
Emergency Management and Homeland Security”
June 4–7, 2012
Emergency Management Institute
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
Emmitsburg, MD
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 – Morning Plenary – E Auditorium
7:00–8:30 a.m. Conference Registration (E Building, 1st Floor Hallway)
8:30–9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks
Tony Russell, CEM
Superintendent
Emergency Management Institute
Federal Emergency Management Agency/Department of Homeland Security
Emmitsburg, MD
9:00–9:15 a.m. Mitigation Welcome and FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Program Update
Lillian Virgil
Mitigation Branch Chief
Emergency Management Institute
Federal Emergency Management Agency/Department of Homeland Security
Emmitsburg, MD
9:15–9:25 a.m. Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Vilma Schifano Milmoe
Deputy Superintendent
Emergency Management Institute
Federal Emergency Management Agency/Department of Homeland Security
Emmitsburg, MD
9:25–10:10 a.m. Reflections: Seeing the Future through the Past
Lucien Canton
Consultant, Author and Speaker
Lucien G. Canton, CEM (LLC)
10:10–10:15 a.m. Homeland Security Track/Welcome
Stanley B. Supinski, Ph.D.
Director, Partnership Program, Naval Postgraduate School
Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Associate Professor, Long Island University
Homeland Security Management Institute
10:15–10:20 a.m. Morning and Afternoon Breakout Session Room Announcements
10:20–10:30 a.m. Break
10:30–11:30 a.m. Morning Breakout Sessions
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch – K Building Cafeteria
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 – Morning Plenary – E Auditorium (Continued)
1:00–2:30 p.m. 1st Round of Afternoon Breakout Sessions
2:30–3:00 p.m. Break
3:00–5:00 p.m. 2nd Round of Afternoon Breakout Sessions
5:00–7:00 p.m. Cookout – Log Cabin
10:30–11:30 Tuesday, June 5th – Morning Breakout Sessions
(1) Academia, Emergency Management, and the Role of Geospatial Technologies
Description: This session will explore recent advances in geospatial technologies and their implications for teaching and research in the higher education environment. Recent implementations of tools in the classroom, lessons learned from those experiences, and strategies for future improvements of teaching practices will be covered. Current and potential roles that higher education can serve in the advancement of geospatial research and service will also be addressed. The session will conclude with the roles academia can play in support of emergency management and recent examples of projects that involve partnerships between colleges, universities, and emergency management agencies.
Moderator: R. Samuel Winningham
Program Analyst (Systems)
Grants Data Analysis and Tools Branch
Risk Reduction Division
Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration
DHS-FEMA
Crystal City, VA
Presenter: Shane Hubbard
Department of Geography
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
Reporter: Allison Buchanan,
York University (CAN)
(2) Preparedness, Warnings, and Protective Action: Class Exercises/Campus Public Emergency Communications—Best Practices and Emerging Trends
Moderator: Jean Bail, Ed.D., RN, MSN, MEP, CEN, EMT-P
Philadelphia University
Philadelphia, PA
Topic: Preparedness, Warnings, and Protective Action: Class Exercises
Description: This presentation reviews a novel class exercise to reinforce the concepts of preparedness (individual and community), warnings, and individual protective action. These concepts are acted out by the students to test their knowledge and based on grounded research literature related to warnings (Drabek 1999, Mileti and Peek 2000, Lindell and Perry 2004).
Presenter: DeeDee Bennett
Doctoral Student
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
10:30–11:30 Tuesday, June 5th – Morning Breakout Sessions (Continued)
Topic: Campus Public Emergency Communications—Best Practices and Emerging Trends
Description: This presentation summarizes research conducted to develop three intern-based courses on the subject of campus emergency communications. Attendees will benefit from hearing what campus emergency management personnel and their first responder colleagues have identified as best practices and emerging trends in emergency communications for American campuses.
Presenter: Albert Brown
Lecturer
College of Technology and Innovation
Arizona State University
Reporter: Stephanie Gibbs,
Walden University
(3) Community Support and Training for Emergency Preparedness: Applications, Social Media, and Changing Technology
Description: The Georgia Disaster Mental Health website, www.georgiadisaster.info, makes all facets of Emergency Management (EM) accessible to the general public. The K-12 Emergency Preparedness Technical Assistance Center (K-12 EPTAC) combines the benefits of on-line coursework with the engagement of experiential learning in bringing EM to the K-12 community. The examples presented provide interdisciplinary research and development efforts that expand the current methods used for disseminating information. These projects open the way to increased technologically enhanced trainings.
Moderator: Mick Maurer, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
School of Management, MPA in Emergency and Disaster Management Program
Metropolitan College of New York
New York, NY
Presenters: Louis F. Boynton, MA, LPC, Ph.D. Candidate
Project Coordinator, Georgia Disaster Mental Health Website
Project Designer & Trainer, K-12 Emergency Preparedness Technical Assistance Center
Assessment Counselor, Willowbrooke Hospital
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA
Curt Arey, MA, LAPC
Project Coordinator, Georgia Disaster Mental Health Website
Project Designer & Trainer, K-12 Emergency Preparedness Technical Assistance Center
Resident Psychotherapist, Heartwork Counseling Center
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA
Reporter: Rex Temple,
Park University
10:30–11:30 Tuesday, June 5th – Morning Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(4) Experiential Learning: Measuring Practitioner Experiences Against Course Learning Objectives
Description: Incorporating practitioner experience in higher education is important to adult learners. However, it can also be challenging for instructors since experiences are unique to the individual and may or may not directly apply to course learning objectives. This presentation introduces a model for how instructors can use reflective learning in assessing student understanding of course objectives through their unique practitioner experiences.
Moderator: Ali Gheith, CEM
Director
MPA in Emergency and Disaster Management Program
Metropolitan College of New York
New York, NY
Presenter: Kenneth Goldberg, DPA
Associate Professor
National University
La Jolla, CA
Reporter: Montray Smith,
University of South Florida
(5) Leadership Styles Enhancing Disaster Preparedness Operations
Description: Emergency Managers are being tasked to provide an expanded array of services to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural and manmade disasters and terrorist attacks. Consequently, this session offers participants 10 leadership principles and practices contributing to Emergency Managers’ knowledge, skills, and abilities for making the transition from plan to progress! Additionally, video segments will be used to support the PowerPoint presentation of the leadership principles and practices that aid emergency management leaders in putting plans into action to achieve organizational success. There will be time for questions and answers.
Moderator: Jim Savitt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Area Coordinator
Emergency Management and Fire Services Administration
Empire State College Center for Distance Learning
Saratoga Springs, NY
Presenters: Sheriff Kem Kimbrough, B.S., J.D.
Sheriff of Clayton County
Clayton County, GA
Bill Lowe, DBA, EMT-P, EFO, LEO
Associate Professor of Emergency Management
Jacksonville State University
Anniston, AL
Reporter: Sandra Speer,
Capella University
10:30–11:30 Tuesday, June 5th – Morning Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(6) A Focus on the Brick and Mortar Type of Emergency Management Education
Description: “Brick and mortar” Emergency Management higher education programs are an important subset of the Nation’s Emergency Management university program offerings. These programs are defined here as the more traditional education programs of Emergency Management study hosted at 4-year institutions, leading to various types of degrees, taught by doctorate-holding, tenure-based faculty, with face-to-face classroom instruction, and a minimal reliance on online course offerings. Institutions with these types of programs will share their experiences and lessons learned in program development and implementation.
Moderator: Paul Kennedy, MPH, MSN, LTC, AN
Public Health Staff Officer
Proponency Office for Preventive Medicine U.S. Army Medical Command
Fort Sam Houston, TX
Presenters: Jessica Jensen
Assistant Professor
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Elliot Jennings
Lecturer and EOC Coordinator
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Heriberto Urby, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL
Jack Rozdilsky, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL
Reporter: Gerald Steffen,
Capella University
1:00–2:30 1st Round of Tuesday, June 5th Afternoon Breakout Sessions
(1) Associate Level Program Development
Description: The purpose of this session is to facilitate discussion on what works and what does not in an Emergency Management program.Topics of discussion will include: the identification of objectives and competencies; course design; curriculum mapping; delivery methods; audience identification; marketing, transferability; and employment opportunities.A panel of members, from both new and established programs, will talk about their experiences, followed by discussion from audience members.
Moderator: Clinton Andersen
Faculty – Emergency Management
Community College of Aurora
Denver, CO
Presenters: Benn Prybutok
Director
Emergency Management & Planning
Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell, PA
Robert Aberle
Chair
Public Safety & Human Services
College of Southern Nevada
North Las Vegas, NV
Katherine “Lark” Stewart
Director
Emergency Management Program
Edmonds Community College
Lynnwood, WA
Judy Jaeger
Emergency Management Program Chair
Central Georgia Technical College
Macon, GA
Reporter: Jacob Dickman,
Capella University
(2) Maximizing the Potential of Emergency Management Higher Education
Description: Emergency Management higher education has come a long way since the first program was developed at the University of North Texas in 1984. Programs have increased in number as have the number of students enrolled. But, where do we—as the higher education community—want to go from here? Where do we need to go? Are there things we want to pursue as a community to maximize the potential of our programs into the future? This session will address these questions through a facilitated discussion amongst those in attendance.
1:00–2:30 1st Round of Tuesday, June 5th Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
The session will not feature any presentations; instead, the purpose of this forum is to allow individuals associated with higher education programs to both listen to and comment on what others envision for the future and what it will take to get there. Possible topics for discussion include ideas to make programs sustainable, visible, and valuable within their institutions; ideas for the future of curriculums and the emergency management body of knowledge; and ideas for overcoming challenges faced by programs, in addition to any other topics those in the audience would like to discuss.
Moderator: Jessica Jensen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Management
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
Reporter: Gerald Steffen,
Capella University
(3) Incorporating Cultural Competence into Emergency Management Programs
Description: The disparities found in at-risk populations present an additional challenge for professionals and Emergency Managers relative to providing services that are culturally competent. Preparing students who are competent, culturally aware, and sensitive is critical for educational institutions that provide related degree options and programs. With consideration to social determinants, this presentation will demonstrate the value of cultural competency training.
Moderator: Ali Gheith, CEM
Director
MPA in Emergency and Disaster Management Program
Metropolitan College of New York
New York, NY
Presenters: Laurie Shanderson, Ph.D., MPA
Assistant Dean
School of Health Sciences
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Galloway, NJ
Dale Sanders, DO, MBA
Director/Assistant Professor
Health Care Administration/Business Administration
Alma College
Alma, MI
Reporter: Rex Temple,
Park University
1:00–2:30 1st Round of Tuesday, June 5th Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(4) Generating Meaningful Research Questions: An Academic/Practitioner Collaboration
Description: This panel of academics, doctoral students, and practitioners will discuss how to craft emergency management research that contributes to the body of knowledge and is informed by and accessible to the practitioner community.
Moderator: Jane Kushma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Doctoral Program Director, Institute for Emergency Preparedness
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL
Presenters: Jane Kushma, Ph.D.
Joseph Barbera, M.D.
Associate Professor of Engineering Management (Crisis & Emergency Management) Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Co-Director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management The George Washington University Washington, DC
Steve Reissman, Ph.D., CEM
Strategic Integration Group
Office of Response and Recovery
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Washington, DC
John Fenn EM Doctoral Student
Jacksonville State University
Emergency Management Preparedness Specialist Eastaboga, AL
Scott Manning EM Doctoral Student Jacksonville State University
District Quality Assurance Program, Materials Division
Virginia Department of Transportation, Salem District
Royce Woodruff EM Doctoral Student Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL
Reporter: Stephanie Gibbs,
Walden University
1:00–2:30 1st Round of Tuesday, June 5th Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(5) Emergency Management Accreditation Programs: Are ANY Right for You?
Description: This session explores Emergency Management-related higher education accreditation programs. While a few do exist, many programs still have not jumped on the accreditation bandwagon. Why? An overview of various accreditation programs will be provided, as well as a panel session addressing accreditation perspectives/experiences and areas of concern.
Moderator: Johanna Bishop, M.S., M. Ed, CPT
Director
Behavioral Science Programs
Wilmington University
New Castle, DE
Presenters: Stacy Willett, Ed.D.
Associate Professor/Lead Faculty
Emergency Management & Homeland Security
University of Akron
Akron, OH
Robert Schwartz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Director, Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy Research
University of Akron
Akron, OH
Carol Cwiak, J.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Management
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
David McEntire, Ph.D.
Professor
Emergency Administration and Planning Program
Department of Public Administration
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
Reporter: Montray Smith,
University of South Florida
1:00–2:30 1st Round of Tuesday, June 5th Afternoon Breakout Sessions (Continued)
(6) A Balanced Homeland Security and Emergency Management Undergraduate Curriculum: The Eastern Kentucky Experience
Description: Using the model curriculum for undergraduate Homeland Security programs developed at a conference in 2009 at the Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) revised its curriculum. With a combination of major and interdisciplinary supporting courses, the revised EKU curriculum demonstrates how to balance Homeland Security courses on infrastructure protection, counterterrorism, and policy and intelligence support with comprehensive Emergency Management instruction.
Moderator: Stanley B. Supinski, Ph.D.
Director, Partnership Program, Naval Postgraduate School
Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Associate Professor, Long Island University
Homeland Security Management Institute
Presenters: Michael Collier, Ph.D.
Homeland Security Program Coordinator
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
Fred May, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Homeland Security
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
Reporter: Amy Pelicano,
American Public University
3:00–5:00 2nd Round of Tuesday, June 5th Afternoon Breakout Sessions
(1) Maintaining and Improving Bachelor’s-Level Emergency Management Programs
Description: This session discusses bachelor’s programs in Emergency Management. Faculty from four programs will present a brief description of their programs and discuss various methods of recruiting students, curriculum issues, sustainability, and overall management of Emergency Management programs. In addition, they will discuss both successful and failed strategies. Following these case study presentations, the floor is open for questions and discussion to exchange ideas.