The Emergency Management and Community Resilience curriculum incorporates a multitude of fields, ranging from anthropology to urban planning to communication. Our scholars and practitioners apply their expertise in the Pacific Northwest and throughout the world. You can hear directly from our experts by checking our Practicing Resilient Futures faculty speaker series.
Yu Xiao, EMCR Program Director and Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning
Jennifer H. Allen, Professor of Environmental and Natural Resources Policy
Heejun Chang, Professor of Geography
Alida Cantor, Associate Professor of Geography
Michele R. Gamburd, Professor of Anthropology
Rick Williams, Adjunct Graduate Faculty and Senior Fellow, Public Administration and Urban Studies
Nicholas MacDonald, Community Safety Division, City of Portland
Masami Nishishiba, Chair of Public Administration and Director of Initiative for Community Disaster Resilience
Scott F. Burns, Professor Emeritus of Geology
Vivek Shandas, Professor of Geography
Lauren Frank, Associate Professor of Communications
Brianne Suldovsky, Assistant Professor of Science, Environment, and Risk Communication
Eric Einspruch, Adjunct Professor of Public Administration