Editor
James Ramsay, Ph.D., MA, CSP, FASSP
Professor of Security Studies
Coordinator, Homeland Security Program
Founding Chair, Department of Security Studies
University of New Hampshire
James.Ramsay@unh.edu
Managing EditorSibel McGee, Ph.D., Managing Editor,
Distinguished Analyst, Analytic Services, Inc.
sibelmcgee@msn.com Copy Editor
Lisa B. Cline
Copy Editor, Copywriter, Proofreader
BA, English
lisajeane@aol.com
Past Editor:
Dr Irmak Renda-Tanali
Senior Disaster Management Specialist, PDC Global
Founding Editor:
Dr. Claire Rubin
Claire B. Rubin & Associates
Assistant Managing Editors
Eric Best, Ph.D., Assistant Managing Editor,
Assistant Professor of Homeland Security and Public Policy
School of Public Affairs
Penn State Harrisburg
ericbest@psu.edu
James Burch, Ph.D., Assistant Managing Editor,
Professor-School of Security & Global Studies (SSGS)
American Public University System (APUS)
jburch@apus.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
Claire Connolly Knox, Ph.D., Assistant Managing Editor,
Associate Professor – School of Public Administration
University of Central Florida
Claire.Knox@ucf.edu
Keith Cozine, Ph.D., Assistant Managing Editor,
Associate Professor of Homeland Security
St. John's University, Queens NY
cozinek@stjohns.edu
Caroline Hackerott, PhD., Assistant Managing Editor,
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Emergency Management and Disaster Science
North Dakota State University
Caroline.hackerott@ndsu.edu
M.Hanif Majothi., Ph.D., Assistant Managing Editor,
Associate Professor-Criminal Justice and Political Science (Intelligence)
University of North Georgia
m.hanif.majothi@ung.edu
Editorial Board
Ernest Abbott, J.D.
FEMA Law Associates, PLLC
Washington, D.C.
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
Middletown, PA
Louise Comfort, Ph.D.
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Susan L. Cutter, Ph.D.
Carolina Distinguished Professor and Director of Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute
Department of Geography, University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Bruce DeGrazia, J.D.
University of Maryland Global Campus
Largo, 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
Jacksonville, AL
Laura J. Steinberg, Ph.D.,
Dean, LCS College of Engineering and Computer Science, Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Richard Sylves, Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Dept. of Political Science and International Relations, Univ. of Delaware
Newark, DE