Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Karyn Melligan,

Assistant Professor & Emergency Management Program Coordinator, Brevard College & Adjunct Faculty, Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Idaho State University

United States 

Dr. Karyn Melligan has more than 15 years of experience in Emergency Management, beginning her career as a wildland firefighter with the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection. In her current position as a consultant, she specializes in assisting clients in obtaining Federal Emergency Management and Homeland Security grants and evaluating emergency operations plans. Dr. Melligan is a subject matter expert with the Homeland Defense & Security Information Analysis Center and has previously taught a wide range of Emergency Management and Homeland Security courses, including but not limited to Weapons of Mass Destruction, Homeland Security, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Typology of Terrorism, and Disaster Planning & Management

Dr. Melligan has Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and three Master’s degrees, including Emergency and Disaster Management, Criminal Justice and Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and a Ph.D. in Public Safety Leadership with a concentration in Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Dr. Melligan volunteers with the American Red Cross on a Disaster Action Team, and in her spare time, she enjoys hiking and time with family and friends.

Editorial Team for Disaster Resilience and Emergency Management

  • Prof. Dr. Donald Donahue (DHEd, MBA, MSJ, FACHE, FRSPH, FICDM)

    Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore

    Director, Healthcare Response Team, Firestorm Solutions, LLC

    Vice President, Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health

    Board of Directors, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

    Board of Governors Member, American Academy of Disaster Medicine

    Founding Director, International Commission on Disaster Medicine

    Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

    Co-Chair, Medical and Health Programming Board, World Humanitarian Forum

    Faculty, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) Fellowship in Disaster Medicine

    Senior Researcher, Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität Wien

    (United States)

  • Dr. Mina Hosseinpourtehrani

    Zone Emergency Management Program Officer, South Australian State Emergency Service

    (Australia)

  • Dr. Barb Russo

    Emergency Management Pracademic

    Planning Associate, SPIN Global, United States

    (United States)

  • Dr. Irmak Renda-Tanali

    Senior Disaster Management Specialist, Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), Global Research Center of the University of Hawaii (RCUH)

    (United States)

  • Dr. Mark Landahl

    Emergency Manager, City of Rockville

    Adjunct Faculty, Frederick Community College

    Adjunct Professor - Homeland Security, University of Maryland University College

    (United States)

  • Dr. Tabler Jr. Robert

    Emergency Management Specialist - Recovery Program Delivery Manager, FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency

    (United States)

  • Dr. Lauren Stienstra

    Research Manager, Federalism and Emergency Management, Congressional Research Service

    Advisory Board Member & Instructor, UCLA Extension

    (United States)

  • Dr. Matthew Paul Ellis

    Program Chair of Business Continuity Management and Integrated Emergency Management, Rabdan Academy

    (United Arab Emirates)

  • William Dunne

    Director, Emergency Management and Business Continuity, Penn State Health

    Senior Instructor / Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine

    (United States)

  • Susan Reinertson

    Adjunct Faculty, Homeland Security & Emergency Management Program, Idaho State University

    (United States)

  • Sahara Sedhain

    Sahara Sedhain

    Consultant, 510- the Netherlands Red Cross, Hague, Netherlands

    (Netherlands)

  • Feranmi Jeremiah Olowe

    Fraud Data Analyst, Majorel

    Geospatial Scientist | Emergency & Disaster Risk Management Specialist

    (Portugal)