Editor
Dr. James Ramsay, Editor-in-Chief
Professor of Security Studies
Founding Chair, Department of Security Studies
Founding Coordinator, Homeland Security Program
University of New Hampshire
James.Ramsay@unh.edu
Managing Editor
Sibel McGee, Ph.D., Managing Editor,
Distinguished Analyst, Analytic Services, Inc.
sibelmcgee@msn.com
Copy Editor
Lisa B. Cline
Copy Editor, Copywriter, Proofreader
BA, English
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Assistant Managing Editors
Jane A. Kushma, Ph.D., Assistant Managing Editor,
Book Reviews & Special Issues, Associate Professor,
Institute for Emergency Preparedness, Jacksonville State University
jkushma@jsu.edu
Lucien G. Canton, CEM, MBA., Assistant Managing Editor,
Principal, Lucien G. Canton, CEM, LLC,
San Francisco, CA;
Director of Emergency Services (ret.), City and County of San Francisco
lcanton@pacbell.net
Dennis M. Egan, M.E., Assistant Managing Editor,
Principal, Egan Engineering Support Services (EESS), Oakton, VA;
Capt. USCG (ret.)
denniseegan@yahoo.com
Holly T. Goerdel, Ph.D., Assistant Managing Editor,
Associate Professor of Public Administration,
University of Kansas
hgoerdel@ku.edu
Editorial Board
Ernest Abbott, J.D., FEMA Law Associates, PLLC,
805 15th Street, N.W. (Suite 1101);Washington, D.C. 20005
Nicholas V. Cagliuso, Sr., PhD, MPH, Assistant Vice President,
Emergency Management,
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, New York, NY
Beverly A. Cigler, Ph. D., Professor of Public Policy and Administration,
School of Public Affairs, Penn State Harrisburg
Louise Comfort, Ph.D., Univ. of Pittsburgh,
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Pittsburgh, PA
Susan L. Cutter, Ph.D., Carolina Distinguished Professor and Director,
Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute,
Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208
Bruce DeGrazia, J.D.,
University of Maryland Global Campus, MD
Frank Fiedrich, Dr. Ing., Professor of Public Safety and Emergency Management,
Dept. of Safety Engineering, Wuppertal University, Germany
Joseph Green, Ph.D., Director of Applied Science/Science Advisor
Pacific Disaster Center, Maui, HI
Erin Hughey, Ph.D., Director of Global Operations,
Pacific Disaster Center, Maui, HI
Michael J. Hopmeier, M.S., President,
Unconventional Concepts, Inc., Arlington, VA
Robert McCreight, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor,
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Kathryn Newcomer, Ph.D., Associate Director, and PHD Program Director,
Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration,
The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Linda Plotnick, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems,
Jacksonville State University, AL 36265
Jim Ramsay, Ph.D., Chair,
Department of Business, Politics and Security Studies
University of New Hampshire
Laura J. Steinberg, Ph.D., Dean,
LCS College of Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University
Richard Sylves, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science and International Relations,
Dept. of Political Science and International Relations, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716