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
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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)
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Dr. Mina Hosseinpourtehrani
Zone Emergency Management Program Officer, South Australian State Emergency Service
(Australia)
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Dr. Barb Russo
Emergency Management Pracademic
Planning Associate, SPIN Global, United States(United States)
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Dr. Irmak Renda-Tanali
Senior Disaster Management Specialist, Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), Global Research Center of the University of Hawaii (RCUH)
(United States)
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Dr. Mark Landahl
Emergency Manager, City of Rockville
Adjunct Faculty, Frederick Community College
Adjunct Professor - Homeland Security, University of Maryland University College(United States)
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Dr. Tabler Jr. Robert
Emergency Management Specialist - Recovery Program Delivery Manager, FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
(United States)
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Dr. Lauren Stienstra
Research Manager, Federalism and Emergency Management, Congressional Research Service
Advisory Board Member & Instructor, UCLA Extension(United States)
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Dr. Matthew Paul Ellis
Program Chair of Business Continuity Management and Integrated Emergency Management, Rabdan Academy
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William Dunne
Director, Emergency Management and Business Continuity, Penn State Health
Senior Instructor / Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine(United States)
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Susan Reinertson
Adjunct Faculty, Homeland Security & Emergency Management Program, Idaho State University
(United States)
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Sahara Sedhain
Consultant, 510- the Netherlands Red Cross, Hague, Netherlands
(Netherlands)
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Feranmi Jeremiah Olowe
Fraud Data Analyst, Majorel
Geospatial Scientist | Emergency & Disaster Risk Management Specialist
(Portugal)