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21st Anniversary Higher Education Symposium June 3−6, 2019 After-Action Report/Improvement Plan August 19, 2019

The After-Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP) aligns symposium objectives with program doctrine to include the FEMA Strategic Plan and The National Training and Education Division’s National Training and Education System’s cornerstone principles and related work of the Higher Education Program.

Table of Contents FEMA Higher Education Program

Table of Contents Symposium Overview ..............................................................................................1

Logistics & Planning ...............................................................................................2

Symposium Content ................................................................................................5

Community Resource Sharing .................................................................................9

Successes & Areas for Improvement ..................................................................... 15

Appendix A: Improvement Plan .......................................................................... A-1

Appendix B: Save-the-Date & Invitation ............................................................. B-1

Appendix C: Call for Abstracts & Posters and Scoring Rubric ............................ C-1

Appendix D: Student Volunteer Invitation/Criteria ............................................. D-1

Appendix E: Community Resource Sharing Events ............................................. E-1

Appendix F: Symposium Participants ................................................................. F-1

Appendix G: Symposium Program Agenda ........................................................ G-1

Appendix H: Participant Evaluation & Feedback Summary ................................ H-1

Appendix I: Hotwash ........................................................................................... I-1

After-Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP) 21st Annual Higher Education Symposium Theme: Highlighting Diversity, Inclusion and Unity of Effort

Symposium Overview 1 FEMA Higher Education Program

SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW

Name & Date 21st Annual Higher Education Symposium, June 3−6, 2019

Scope This Symposium is a four-day engagement for the Emergency Management (EM) Higher Education Community of Interest. Day one consists of various topical workshops and days two-four are comprised of plenary and breakout sessions to advance the development and sustainment of EM Higher Education.

Logistics & Planning

Invitations were shared via e-mail, the Higher Education Program website and newsletter, as well as in the FEMA bulletin. The call for abstracts used a similar outreach strategy. A review process for abstract selection was coordinated by external partners from the Information Sharing & Symposium Planning Special Interest Group. The Higher Education Program managed student and faculty volunteers to support the logistics and event data collection.

Symposium Theme This year’s theme was entitled “Highlighting Diversity, Inclusion and Unity of Effort.”

Symposium Content

Seven workshops were offered on the first day of the Symposium. The breakout sessions provided more than 50 opportunities to learn about critical topics, programs, and research relating to EM and diversity, inclusion, and unity of effort. Additionally, an invaluable networking opportunity for colleges/universities, administrators, and students presented itself at the symposium.

Community Resource Sharing

The Posters in the Pub contest encourages research and collaborative opportunities for both students and faculty. The Share Fair, which features important related programs, associations, and organizations also offers a great opportunity to connect and network. Both were held on Tuesday evening from 5:30-7:30 pm in the Pub, along with a dessert selection and coffee. An International Breakfast was held Wednesday morning to welcome international attendees. The Evening in the Library was held on Wednesday from 6:00-7:30 p.m., highlighting new books and publications. Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings were held throughout the duration of the conference and were incorporated as breakout sessions.

Successes & Areas of Improvement

The areas for improvement will be based on feedback and analysis from the Information Exchange and Symposium Planning Special Interest Group and completed participants evaluation forms.

Sponsor FEMA/NTED/NTES’s Higher Education Program

Participating Organizations

263 participants registered to attend the Symposium, representing private and public academic intuitions, international academic institutions, federal agencies, non-governmental agencies, EM scholars, FEMA personnel and some practitioners. A full list of participating agencies in Appendix F.

Point of Contact Wendy Walsh, Higher Education Program Manager Email: [email protected] Phone: (301) 447-1262

mailto:[email protected]



LOGISTICS & PLANNING FEMA’s Higher Education Program, located in the branch of the National Training and Education Division’s National Training and Education System, hosted the 21st Anniversary Higher Education Symposium; a four-day event held at the Emergency Management Institute, located at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, MD. In November, more than 60 international contacts were sent an electronic “Save-the-Date” invitation, which included the application for admission. The engagement’s domestic invitation package, which included a formal electronic invitation and application, was distributed in December via email to more than 990 participants. A total of 1,054 invitations were distributed for the 21st Anniversary Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium. Invitees were contacts from colleges and universities on the College List, professional organizations, and 2018 Symposium attendees. Other invitations were sent through May to: federal, state, and local government agencies including all FEMA regions, persons by request, keynotes, and recommended presenters. A total of 263 participants were recorded through the TIAS roster as attending the Symposium (course E-0392). The actual total is higher, as some FEMA leadership, plenary speakers, and breakout presenters did not complete the application and instead utilized daily security access. The planning of the Annual Symposium was interrupted in December due to the shutdown of the Federal Government, which lasted 22 days.

INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS There were 23 international participants representing ten different countries. The breakdown was as follows:

• Canada – 1 • England – 1 • India – 1 • South Korea – 1 • Sweden – 3 • Taiwan – 6 • Turkey – 7 • United Kingdom – 2 • Uruguay – 1

Additionally, the following plenary/breakout sessions were presented by international participants:

• Hsien-Ho (Ray) Chang, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University 1. Research & Theory Special Interest Group (breakout)

• Jack Rozdilsky, Ph.D., York University 1. Threats to EM Program Sustainability: Downsizing and Elimination (breakout)

• Christian Uhr, Ph.D., Lund University 1. Incorporating Research into Teaching (plenary)



STUDENT VOLUNTEERS

There was a total of 18 student volunteers from the following colleges and universities:

• American Public University • Arkansas State University • John Jay College • Metropolitan College of New York • Monmouth University

• Pennsylvania State University • Saginaw Valley State University • Thomas Jefferson University • University of California, Santa Cruz

With the assistance of student volunteers and under the direction of the Program Assistant, the Symposium ran efficiently. Each student submitted their required 2-3-page synopsis per breakout assignment within the deadline. Students were also expected to serve as session reporters, hand out microphones during plenary session Q&A’s, register Symposium participants, take notes, and support the High Ed Program Manager and Program Support Staff for the week. The students had positive attitudes, were enthusiastic, and participated in sessions when not working with the High Ed Program Staff. All students acclimated very quickly to the Symposium atmosphere and took initiative to perform duties without being asked.

ABSTRACT SELECTION PROCESS FOR PRESENTATIONS

Last year, to improve the abstract selection process and ultimately the quality and relevance of the presentation submissions, a categorization of topic tracks was incorporated into the submission requirements and guidelines. As required last year, each submission had to be applicable to the theme of Diversity, Inclusion and Unity of effort, and then fall into one of the following three categories: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Emergency Management, Research Methodology and Integration, or Policy and Administration of Emergency Management Programs. The FEMA Higher Education Program Manager has historically been the SIG lead for the Information Exchange and Symposium Planning SIG. However, since the Federal Government shutdown was anticipated to interrupt the planning timeline and specifically, the abstract submission and selection process, a co-lead was appointed to handle all tasks while the shutdown ensued. Dr. Jamie Earls, Arkansas Tech University, took on the assignment to organize the submissions and assign them to a reviewer. To make this process efficient and organized, each track was assigned a lead reviewer from the Information Exchange and Symposium Planning SIG. The track lead was responsible for choosing at least three additional reviewers and managing the review process for all submissions applicable to that track. This enabled the SIG to leverage broader support from the Higher Education community in choosing the best presentations for the Symposium. Dr. Goulda Downer, Howard University, led the research track; Dr. Claire Knox, University of Central Florida, led the SoTL track; and Dr. Sandy Smith, Arkansas Tech University, lead the administration track. Together, the Program Manager and track leads created a scoring rubric and proceeded with a blind review process. The Call for Submissions was announced on February 8th via email and through the Program’s website and Newsletter. The deadline to submit was March 15, 2019. There was a total of 49 submissions, three more than last year.



LOCAL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

The Maryland State Police Honor Guard Platoon executed the Presentation of Colors which initiated the start of the Symposium on the morning of Tuesday, June 4, 2019. The Presentation was followed by the singing of the National Anthem, performed by a portion of Mrs. Kirby’s first grade classes from Mother Seton School, a private primary and secondary school located behind the NETC campus in Emmitsburg, MD. The children also led the Pledge of Allegiance and received an enthusiastic welcome afterwards.

Mother Seton School students leading the National Anthem & Pledge of Allegiance

EVALUATIONS

Dr. Bernard Jones, St. John’s University, and Dr. Sandy Smith, Arkansas Tech University again led the evaluation effort for the Symposium. Both are members of the Symposium Planning and Information Exchange Special Interest Group. The paper evaluations were implemented for Monday workshops, each daily plenary, and both breakout sessions each day. The color-coded paper system was used again for organizational purposes. To incentivize the completion of the evaluations, a donation of prizes was organized and raffled off each morning. When a participant submitted a completed evaluation, he/she was provided the stub of a ticket that was entered into the daily drawing. Drawing were held and winners announced at the Wednesday and Thursday morning plenary sessions. Prizes were mostly comprised of books and school swag. Dr. Jones conducted an evaluative analysis of the responses which can be found, along with the evaluation questions, averages and written feedback, in Appendix H.



SYMPOSIUM CONTENT THEME

The theme this year was “Highlighting Diversity, Inclusion and Unity of Effort.” The overarching goals of the engagement were to: 1) host dialogues to facilitate the refinement of the body of knowledge that has been rooted in 21 years of passionate development; 2) offer workshops and breakout sessions to hone the instructional, research and program development skills of faculty; 3) present “elders” from the community to mentor faculty and students; and 4) strategically look forward to develop the emergency management academic discipline.

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

Seven pre-conference workshops were offered to Symposium participants on Monday, June 3, 2019. They were: 1. Mapping, Modeling and Communicating Disaster Information Using GIS

Presenter: Kevin Mickey, Ph.D. 2. Community

Presenter: Lee Rush 3. What to Teach in Emergency Management

Presenter: Dave McEntire, Ph.D. 4. Integrating the Next Generation Core Curriculum into Your Assessment and Accreditation

Strategy Presenters: Jamie Earls, Ph.D.; Carol Hackerott, Ph.D.; Sandy Maxwell Smith, RN, Ph.D.

5. College/Underserved Community Partnership Program (CUPP) Presenters: Michael Burns and Etienna Winzer

6. Mindfulness and Purpose Presenter: Leah Weiss, Ph.D. MSW

7. How to Teach Emergency Management Presenter: David McEntire, Ph.D.

PLENARY SPEAKERS

18 Plenary Speakers presented over three mornings. Speakers were selected as they were relevant to the theme of Diversity, Inclusion, and Unity of Effort. The plenary sessions were as follows: Tuesday:

1. Michael Sharon –Deputy Superintendent, Emergency Management Institute (EMI) 2. Wendy Walsh – Program Manager, FEMA Higher Education Program 3. Jo Linda Johnson, Esq. –Director, FEMA Office of Equal Rights 4. Aaron Titus, J.D. –Author, How to Prepare for Everything 5. Jessica Jensen, Ph.D. –Professor, North Dakota State University 6. Jerry Murphy, J.D., AICP, CFM –Resilient Communities Initiative at University of

Florida 7. Christian Uhr, Ph.D. –Lecturer, Swedish Defense University



8. Marccus D. Hendricks, Ph.D. –Professor, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health

Wednesday: 9. Carlos J. Castillo, CEM –Associate Administrator, FEMA Office of Resilience 10. Dan Paulette Chapman –NTES Branch Chief, FEMA 11. Matthew Prager –Chief, FEMA Curriculum Standards and Instructional Technology

Branch, EMI 12. DeeDee Bennett, Ph.D. –Associate Professor, SUNY Albany 13. Gianina Baker, Ph.D. –Assistant Director, National Institute for Learning Outcomes

Assessment (NIOLA) Thursday:

14. Stephanie Yanta –Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 15. Scott Kelberg –Acting Directory for FEMA National Training and Education

Division (NTED) 16. Martha D. “Marty” Shaub, CEM –President, International Association of

Emergency Managers (IAEM) 17. Jeff Stern, Ph.D. –State Coordinator, Virginia Department of Emergency

Management 18. Kevin Clement, CEM –Faculty, University of Houston

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

The three-day conference hosted 50 Breakout Sessions covering a wide variety of topics including community abstract submissions, educational level sessions, FEMA-led sessions, focus group report-outs, Special Interest Groups and unique community sessions. Presenters were assigned to submit a one-page synopsis of their breakout session for a compilation of proceedings document that will be made available to the community and serve as a historical document of the event. Specifically, the breakout sessions were: Tuesday:

1. Race, Ethnicity, & Economic Impacts Special Interest Groups 2. The Current State of University-Based Disaster Management Courses in the U.S. -

Opportunities 3. Job Placement of Recent Emergency Management Graduates 4. The Benefits and Challenges of Living, Teaching, and Working in Today’s Diverse

World: Revisited 5. Disaster Field Course 6. University Youth Leadership in Hurricane Recovery in the Virgin Islands 7. Are Higher Education Programs Incorporating FEMA’s Next Generation Core

Competencies? 8. Writing EM Case Studies for Use in Academic Settings – A Look at the Rhode

Island Night Club Fire Preparedness as a Case Study Teaching Template 9. Case Teaching and Learning Special Interest Group 10. Merging Academia and the Professions in Multidisciplinary Online Graduate

Programs 11. Best Practices in Delivering Online, Advanced Emergency Management Courses 12. Creating Multi-Course Program Assessment Rubrics



13. Collaborative Instructional Design 14. Critical Infrastructure Organizational Resilience – A Focus on Law Enforcement

First Responders 15. Setting a Context for Discourse in the Emergency Services Classroom 16. Develop (or Improve) and Emergency Management Internship Program 17. FEWSION for Community Resilience: Understanding Critical Supply Chains

Through Community Engagement Wednesday:

18. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Special Interest Group 19. Floodplain Management 20. Storytelling – Enhancing Emergency Management Learning in Native Populations 21. Threats to EM Program Sustainability: Downsizing and Elimination 22. Analysis of Buyout Properties – Are the Headlined Correct? 23. An Evaluation of Emergency Management Degree Programs Based on Skills 24. Career Pathway Success: It Starts on Day One 25. Student Perspectives & Academic Learning Special Interest Group 26. Jobs and Internships Special Interest Group 27. Research & Theory Special Interest Group 28. Exploring the Current and Future Uses of Storytelling in Emergency Management

Education 29. Disaster Health Core Curriculum 30. Increasing Emergency Management Resilience in the Health Care and Public Sector 31. Competent Action: Why We Should Care About Immersion and its Effect on the

Individual 32. Using Manipulatives in the Higher Ed Classroom 33. Building on Common Ground: Emergency Management and Homeland Security 34. A Practitioner and Academic Based Assessment for Integrating Homeland Security

and Emergency Management 35. Working with the Administration 36. Higher Education Academy and Fellowship

Thursday: 37. The Role of Emergency Management in the Early College Strategy 38. 2-Year Programs SIG: Planning Resource for Developing a 2-Year EM Academic

Program 39. Ethics Special Interest Group 40. Comprehensive Academic Program Review: Homeland Security and Emergency

Management Degrees 41. Building Cultures of Preparedness: Teaching & Learning Culture-Based Approaches

in EM 42. Integrating the Core Competencies of Resilience into Engineering Education 43. Teaching, Tenure, and Dissertations: How Can I Possibly Accomplish Everything? 44. Accreditation Special Interest Group 45. New Program Resources & Support Special Interest Group 46. Creating Change Agents: Developing Leadership Skills in the Classroom 47. Diversifying Our Source of Solutions



48. Pracademics: Bridging the Gap Between Academics and Practitioners in Emergency Management

49. Climate Security: A Pre-Mortem Approach to a Sustainable Global Future 50. Resilience and Emergency Management: Exploring the Psychological Dynamics of

Leadership 51. Understanding International Cultural Competencies in Disaster Planning and

Response

GRAPHIC FACILITATOR & SINGING TREE

To illustrate and capture the dialogue at the 21st Anniversary of the FEMA Higher Education Symposium, a graphic facilitator was hired and present on stage for each morning plenary. Her artifacts were well-received and repurposed in programmatic material, like the program brochure. Ms. Laurie Marshall; artist, teacher, and master collaborator, was invited back to the Symposium this year, creating at least a dozen oil pastel murals related to the content and conversation of each plenary session. Ms. Marshall has trained thousands of teachers in visual literacy, led visual art and mural making workshops, facilitated leadership training and conflict prevention with NASA, the Department of Interior, the Army Corps of Engineers and now FEMA. Some attendees last year noted that the sound of her drawing was distracting, as it was picked up through the microphones onstage. This year she was moved from the stage to just below the stage, reducing the sound of her drawing considerably. Ms. Marshall also created a Singing Tree Mural for the Symposium last year, adding to an international Forest of 55 Singing Trees murals made by 18,000 people from 50 countries. Each mural addresses a community challenge and brings forward unique and innovative solutions, honoring every voice and vision. All symposium participants were invited to contribute. This year, the mural was on display, again, and attendees add to it.

FEMA Higher Education Singing Tree in 2018 (left) and 2019 (right)



COMMUNITY RESOURCE SHARING The Symposium offers an optimal platform for information and resource sharing within the emergency management community, and beyond. Many networking opportunities were held throughout the week to facilitate the exchange of information including pre-conference workshops (previously noted), a “Share Fair” and poster contest, an international breakfast, an “Evening at the Library” with tour and author networking, and the convening of several Special Interest Groups (SIGs).

SHARE FAIR AND POSTERS IN THE PUB

The “Posters in the Pub” and “Share Fair” events were hosted as they were last year, in the Student Resource Center (also known as “The Pub” on the NETC Campus), accompanied by coffee and dessert selections for attendees and participants. The events ran from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Poster contestants

The poster contest presents the opportunity to share research programs and collaborative opportunities among presenters and participants, as well as offers the opportunity to network. There were 8 entered into the contest. Each poster combines a graphic display of the presented material in a required template with specified learning outcomes and an opportunity to informally discuss research with symposium attendees. Each poster was considered for the 2nd Annual “Dr. Tom Phelan Outstanding Poster Award” and for the “People’s Choice Award.” Criteria for the Dr. Tom Phelan Outstanding Poster Award is selected by the FEMA Higher Education Program Manager based on: 1) The poster addresses a current emergency management problem; 2) The poster is well-organized; 3) The poster presenter conveys the research in a clear and concise manner, being able to answer questions regarding the area(s) presented; and 4) The poster or research conveys potential to promote synergy between the academic and practitioner community.



The “People’s Choice Award” was determined by the highest number of votes received by attendees. All attendees were provided a voting ballot inside their Symposium package along with the instruction to vote for one poster they felt was the best. A voting box was placed in the Pub to allow voters anonymity. Winners were recognized and congratulated for their achievement the following morning during the plenary session.

Participant Affiliation 1. Using Telemedicine to Bridge Health Disparities Gaps During Disaster

Response Thomas Anglin, Chase Beecher, Monroe Molesky, Makenzie Hemmer, Sara Lesnesky

Alma College

2. Social Media’s Impact on Post-Disaster Response in Low Socioeconomic Areas Shane Henry, Nahuel Juarez, Camron Ramirez, Willard Rose

Alma College

3. Addressing Maternal Disaster Planning and Relief: Preparing Mothers for Prenatal, Birth, and Postnatal Care During Disasters Brian Iveson, Jacob Philips, Anthony Pizzo, Blaire Showers

Alma College

4. Disproportionate Dental Care for Minorities in Post-Disaster Areas Alexander Henry, Aubrey Root, Gregg Hartman, Aaron Saenz, Megan Blanchard

Alma College

5. Crisis Communication in Systems K-12 School Principals Tomicka Williams

Purdue Global University

6. IPE Service Learning Project Partnering Students, NGO’s and Village Stakeholders Beatrice Nadine S. Fant, Alexa L. Van Hine, Rene Hernandez

Saginaw Valley University

7. Improvement of Disaster Exercise Planning and Conduct by Modularization of Training Facilities Weiping Tsai, Yuansung Jiang

Taipei City Office of Disaster Management

8. Service-Learning to Promote Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Unity for Disaster Resiliency Dean Kyne

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Poster submission list Dean Kyne from the University of Texas Rio Grande won the Dr. Tom Phelan Outstanding Poster Award, while Alexander Henry, Aubrey Root, Gregg Hartman, Aaron Saenz, and Megan Blanchard, students from Alma College, were awarded the People’s Choice. Seventeen exhibitors; a combination of colleges and universities, organizations, centers, and agencies, had a presence at the “Share Fair” for the purpose of highlighting new and innovative programs, projects, activities, and events. Exhibitors began set-up at 4:45 p.m. and were required to disassemble at the conclusion of the event at 7:30 p.m. The event was well attended and many of the exhibitors offered free giveaways in addition to informational resources at their tables. The exhibitor list below outlines the “Share Fair” participants:



School/Institution/Agency

1. American Society for Public Administration’s Section on Emergency and Crisis Management

2. Association of State Floodplain Managers

3. Columbia College Global Military

4. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Dept. of Security and Emergency Services

5. FEMA Corps

6. FEMA Emergency Management Institute

7. FEMA Independent Study

8. FEMA Mitigation Branch

9. Frederick Community College

10. International Association of Emergency Managers

11. Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management

12. Millersville University

13. Mineta Transportation Institute

14. Texas A & M University/NDPC

15. The Salvation Army

16. U.S. Department of Education, Office for Safe and Health Students

17. United States Fire Association

Share Fair exhibitor list

INTERNATIONAL BREAKFAST

The fourth International Breakfast event was held this year at the symposium. An email invitation was extended to international Symposium registrants on behalf of the FEMA Higher Education Program Manager and Dr. Ray Chang, Professor of Emergency Management at Oklahoma State University and co-lead for the International Emergency Management Special Interest Group. The event is intended to provide an opportunity for the Symposium’s international participants to meet with FEMA leadership and discuss considerations that are unique to international emergency management programs. Mr. Mike Sharon, who serves as the Deputy Superintendent of the Emergency Management Institute (EMI), and FEMA’s National Training and Education Division’s (NTED) National Training and Education System (NTES) Branch Chief, Dan Paulette-Chapman, were in attendance. The breakfast was held in the NETC campus cafeteria on Wednesday morning at 7:00 a.m. The gathering was considerably larger than last year and will require a different venue in the coming



years. Representatives from Canada, India, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Uruguay were in attendance.

International Breakfast participants

WORLD CAFÉ

The World Café was first introduced at the Symposium in 2017 with the intent to foster discussion and relationships on pre-determined topics of interest. It was well-received and the conversations well-documented. Last year the discussion attendance and documentation were not as strong or fruitful. With the hopes of improving participation this year, a lead was assigned to organize the discussion topics, locations/times (outside of the noisy cafeteria), and dialogue hosts. The format was changed from year’s past, when there were three different topics for each of the three full days of the symposium. This year, the same three topics were offered for discussion on both Wednesday and Thursday during the lunch hour. Sign-ups were advertised prior and locations announced Wednesday morning based on the reception.

The topics and host assignments are laid out in the table below:

Topic Concept Discussion Leader Higher Education HiEd may be on the verge of significant

change, with wide ranging concerns over relevance, affordability and a host of other issues.

Sandy Maxwell-Smith, Bernard Jones

Profession The emergency services sector in general is struggling under increased demands, a rapidly changing workforce and higher levels of scrutiny.

Terry O’Sullivan, Steven Jensen

Communities and their Hazardscapes

Changes in the physical, built and social environments are resulting in disasters that can occur more frequently, affect greater numbers, and are increasingly expensive and complex. At the same time many smaller events escape attention altogether, even though they contribute to a collective disillusionment.

Valerie Lucus-McEwen, Cameron Carlson

World Café topic/host assignment



Based on attendance and feedback from the Information and Symposium Planning SIG, the World Cafés will not continue next year, as their return has not amounted to level of effort put into their coordination.

NETC LIBRARY OPEN HOUSE

The “Evening at the Library” was held at 6:00 p.m. at the NETC Library on Day 2 of the Symposium, just as it has traditionally been scheduled. A small planning group within the Symposium Planning SIG was formed to specifically organize and optimize the event. Thirty-four people RSVP’d to attend and take the opportunity to meet and network with recently-published authors, review new and revised textbooks, speak with authors of industry journal articles, take a tour of the library, and participate in a Q & A session with NETC Librarian, Ed Metz.

Authors and attendees of the “Evening in the Library”

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

The Symposium offers space for community led SIGs to meet during the week of the event to serve as focal points for community development in their specialty area. They also are used to generate topics for the Higher Education webinar series, focus groups and future Symposium sessions. All SIGs are open and anyone with an interest can join. Meetings were held throughout the week to allow individuals the opportunity to take part in multiple SIGs. Ten of the thirteen standing SIGs met, while two new SIGs were proposed. The Information Exchange and Symposium Planning SIG generally meets on the last day of the event, from 3:00-5:00 to “hotwash” the event however, to maximize participation, the hotwash was held via traditional conference call a week after the event. The SIGs that hosted meetings were:

• Accreditation/Emergency Management & Homeland Security Unity of Effort • Case Teaching and Learning • Collaboration, Connection, Commitment to Two-year Emergency Management

Academic Programs



• Emergency Management Theory & Research/Science & Technology Integration • Ethics in Emergency Management Academics • Jobs and Internships • New Program Resources & Support • Race, Ethnicity, and Economic Impacts of Emergency Management • Scholarship of Teaching & Learning/Virtual Resources & Simulation • Student Perspectives and Academic Learning

The emerging SIGs are:

• Storytelling in Emergency Management • Public Health in Emergency Management

Accreditation SIG meeting


Successes & Areas for Improvement 15 FEMA Higher Education Program

SUCCESSES & AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT LOGISTICS & PLANNING

Strengths: The conference was executed with few interruptions and great support from student volunteers that assisted in the support of note taking, materials dissemination, and other administrative tasks as needed.

Lee Rush, Executive Director JustCommunity, returned this year to host a pre-conference workshop. He was so well-received by the attendees of his workshop, who stayed connected throughout the duration of the Symposium, that the planning committee will be inviting him back next year to kick-off the Symposium with a Community Building exercise.

The new proceedings requirement produced more than 30 documents to add to the 21st Annual Higher Education Symposium artifacts; the most in the event’s history! Combined with the After-Action Report, there are robust records that capture the invaluable gathering.

Engaging the FEMA Regions also seemed to be a successful addition to the symposium, both with connecting academics and practioners to the Region and in getting a sense of who is coming to the symposium.

Area for Improvement 1: The submission form did not include a requested length of time to present, nor did it offer a checkbox option for a moderator. Action: The submission form will give a checkbox option for a 30-minute, one hour, or one-and-a-half-hour presentation slot, as well as a checkbox for moderator need.

Area for Improvement 2: The submission deadline was affected greatly by the Federal Shutdown. Furthermore, the submission deadline is scheduled during the spring break of some colleges and universities. Action: To avoid academic calendar conflicts, the Higher Education Program team will be mindful of Final Exam weeks and Spring Break closures when scheduling the submission deadline.

Area for Improvement 3: Initially, a new email box was created at the Higher Education Program to accept presentation submissions. However, due to an impending Federal Government shutdown, a “gmail” account was established to accept the submissions, to be managed by a member of the Information Exchange and Symposium Planning SIG. This account was found to be in violation of external affairs and had to be discontinued. Submissions required re-routing to another email account. Action: A faculty member of the Information Exchange and Symposium Planning SIG will establish an email account to receive and organize the presentations prior to sharing them with the Higher Education Program.

Area for Improvement 4 One of the submission track leads did not coordinate at least three reviewers for each submission, resulting in an insufficient and askew review for that track. Additionally, the reviewers were from the same institution, restricting a diverse perspective.



Action: Each submission track lead must organize at least three reviews for each submission and each reviewer must be from a different institution to ensure diversity.

Area for Improvement 5: Some presentation titles did not align properly with their descriptions and/or actual presentation content.

Action: The Higher Education Program team and track leads will carefully review submission titles to ensure their alignment with presentation content.

Area for Improvement 6: The length of the morning plenaries continues to be a complaint among attendees; both that they start too early and they last too long. Action: The length of the morning plenaries will be reduced by delaying the start time by an hour. Additionally, the amount of FEMA doctrine presented in the plenaries will be reduced.

Area for Improvement 7: While the event program booklet has continued to improve, it requires more time to provide ample editing and printing time. Action: Begin drafting program booklet the first week of April

Area for Improvement 8: Name tags do not provide affiliation and/or region or state. Action: Provide affiliation and region or state on all name tags to maximize networking experience.

Area for Improvement 9: The evaluations and evaluation process has yielded better participation and feedback over the past two years, especially because of the incentives offered. The process still includes paper evaluations and it seems that only a few SIG members are sharing product donations as prizes. Action: Consider using a QR code reader for all evaluations to eliminate paper. Recruit more product donors among the community for incentive prizes.

Area for Improvement 10: The proceedings report yielded excellent feedback and support from presenters. While it was a requirement to submit a proceedings report, not all presenters complied. Action: To grow the participation in proceedings submissions, an incentive will be awarded to presenters who comply by awarding an extra point to the submission scoring rubric the following year.

SYMPOSIUM CONTENT/COMMUNITY RESOURCE SHARING

Strengths: The community resource sharing events were well-attended and provided an opportunity to showcase research, facilitate collaborations, and encourage networking. A new informational library session for graduate students was organized by the NETC Librarian, Ed Metz. The International Breakfast was, again, well-attended due to the growing number of international engagement. The Evening in the Library was well-organized and offered additional resources and networking opportunities and was spearheaded by a co-planning group within the Information Exchange and Symposium Planning SIG.



Area for Improvement 1: Participants are eager to participate in additional workshops. Action: Consideration will be made to add workshop times on Friday, in addition to the pre-conference workshops on Monday.

Area for Improvement 2: Special Interest Groups have not traditionally been invited to the Share Fair. Action: Next year, Special Interest Group leads will be invited to table at the Share Fair to encourage SIG participation and engagement.

Area for Improvement 3: World Cafes require much planning and effort with very little engagement and artifact. Action: World Cafes will be discontinued.

Area for Improvement 4: The International Breakfast experienced a slight drop in attendees, this year. The planning for this event is tricky due to a lack of adequate space for interaction. Action: The planning group will explore other options for networking with the international participants.

Area for Improvement 5: While the Evening at the Library event was well attended and considered a successful engagement, there was a lot of last-minute planning. Action: Planning for the Evening in the Library will begin earlier than in years past. It is suggested that invitations be sent to authors in March.

Area for Improvement 6: There is generally good reception of the graphic note-taker who has participated in the symposium over the past two years. Action: The planning group will evaluate the necessity of the graphic note-taker and decide whether to invite her to the next symposium.

Area for Improvement 7: The SIG meetings are very popular and interfere with breakout sessions. Action: The planning group will explore other options for scheduling SIG meetings.


Appendix A: Improvement Plan A-1 FEMA Higher Education Program

APPENDIX A: IMPROVEMENT PLAN This IP has been developed specifically for the FEMA Higher Education Program as a result of the 21st Annual Higher Education Symposium conducted on June 3−6, 2019. LOGISTICS & PLANNING

Issue/Area for Improvement Corrective Action Primary

Responsible Start Date Completion Date

1. Submission Form Add a specified time usage check box of 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1 and ½ hours, and 2 hours to assist in scheduling presentations Add a check box if no moderator is needed Add level of experience check box for each breakout to guide participants

Higher Education Program Staff

October 2019 November 2019

2. Submission Deadline Move deadline to ensure it does not interfere with academic spring break

SIG November 2019 Ongoing

3. Submission Email Determine if submissions should be sent to a FEMA email or SIG co-chair personal email

Higher Education Program Assistant

January 2020 January,2020

4. Evaluations Create a QR code to make evaluations electronic Recruit more product donors for incentive raffle

SIG January 2020 May 2020

5. Proceedings Incentivize the completion of a proceedings report by awarding extra points to the scoring rubric of presenters who successfully completed all presentation requirements the year prior

SIG February 2020 Ongoing

6. Submission Review Ensure that each track has AT LEAST three reviewers per submission

SIG February 2020 February 2020

7. Presentation Titles/Descriptions

Carefully review titles and descriptions to ensure accuracy of breakout


March 2020 March 2020

8. Event Program & Printing

Ensure that there is ample time to draft, format, edit, print, and receive the event program booklet


April 2020 April 2020

9. Name Tags Include affiliation and state on the name tags to assist in networking


April 2020 April 2020`


Appendix A: Improvement Plan A-2 FEMA Higher Education Program



10. Plenaries Reduce the length of morning plenaries by starting later Reduce the FEMA doctrine during plenaries

SIG Ongoing Ongoing

SYMPOSIUM CONTENT/COMMUNITY RESOURCE SHARING



1. Workshops Consider adding additional workshop times on Friday

SIG January 2020 January 2020

2. Share Fair Add space for Special Interest Groups Invite state association leaders to the Share Fair



3. Graphic Note Taker Determine if the Symposium will host a graphic note taker


4. SIG Meeting Schedule Explore other scheduling options for staggering SIG meetings Request feedback from SIG leads


5. World Cafés Omit World Cafés next year SIG NA NA

6. International Breakfast Location

Explore another opportunity for networking

Higher Education Program Team


7. Evening at the Library Begin planning for this much earlier. Suggested that invitations be sent to authors in March Share a document that includes authors participating in the event via website, social media, and newsletter to promote the event

Higher Education Program Team



Appendix B: Save-the-Date/Invitation B-1 FEMA Higher Education Program

APPENDIX B: SAVE-THE-DATE & INVITATION HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM

NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER • EMMITSBURG, MD NATIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION DIVISION / NATIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION

SAVE-THE-DATE JUNE 3-6, 2019 21st Annual

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM: Diversity, Inclusion and Unity of Effort

Theme Faculty Awards The 21st Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium will be held on June 3-6, 2019 in Emmitsburg, MD. FEMA’s Higher Education Program, within the National Training and Education Division’s National Training and Education System, will coordinate workshops, plenaries, and breakout sessions highlighting how to build, engage, and amplify the work of the emergency management academic community while focusing on diversity, inclusion, and unity of effort.

• SoTL Award • Kay Goss Innovation Award • Blanchard Award

Information Exchange Event Details • Pre-conference workshops • International Mixer • Share Fair/Poster Contest • Evening in the Library • Special Interest Groups

Register early, as the symposium has a maximum capacity of 300 attendees. The Higher Education website (https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/educonference19.aspx), provides all of the details needed to attend and present at the symposium including the application, draft agenda, workshop information, how to become a student volunteer, information for moderators and all other logistical information. All applications require a Student Identification (SID) number. Instructions to obtain a SID can also be found on the symposium page.

International Applicants Call of Submissions The symposium offers an opportunity to network with other academics, gain exposure to successful programs and research, and learn about new resources and approaches. International partners are an essential part of the whole community, and add immense value to the dialogue.

All non-U.S. citizens attending the symposium must have a security clearance conducted and completed before they are accepted. A security clearance takes 8-12 weeks to complete. International applications are due by February 15, 2019. Applications received after this date will not be accepted.

Coming in January 2019 Submission Tracks

• Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

• Research Methodology & Integration

• Program Policy & Administration

If you have questions about the symposium contact Barbara Johnson, Higher Education Program Assistant Phone: (301) 447-1452 Email: [email protected]

https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/educonference19.aspx





21st Annual

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM 2019

REGISTER NOW! • REGISTRATION

There is a maximum capacity of 300 attendees. Register early at FEMA Training (https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/educonference19.aspx)

• STUDENT IDENTIFICATION (SID) NUMBER All applications must include a SID Number. To obtain a Student Identification (SID) Number (https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid)

• APPLICATION To access the FEMA General Admissions Application (https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/educonference18.aspx/) International applications due February 15th Domestic applications due April 26th Send completed applications to: NETC Admissions Office, Room I-216 National Emergency Training Center 16825 South Seton Avenue Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727-8998 Phone: (301) 447 - 1035 Fax: (301) 447 - 1658 Email: [email protected]

All applications will require a notification of acceptance (presenters and attendees). Individuals that do not receive notification of acceptance will not be granted admittance to the NETC.

Diversity, Inclusion, & Unity of Effort

The 21st Annual Emergency Higher Education Symposium will be held on June 3−6, 2019 in Emmitsburg, MD. FEMA’s Higher Education Program, within the National Training and Education Division’s National Training and Education System, will coordinate workshops, plenaries, and breakout sessions highlighting how to build, engage, and amplify the work of the emergency management academic community while focusing on diversity, inclusion, and unity of effort.

The Symposium offers an opportunity to network with other academics, gain exposure to successful programs and research, and learn about new resources and approaches. The week-long exchange includes Special Interest Group meetings, an international mixer, share fair and poster contest, faculty awards, and an evening library even in addition to plenaries and breakout sessions.

Accepting Submissions February 8th−March 15th

The presentation submissions must be applicable to the theme of diversity, inclusion, and unity of effort and fall into one of the following three categories:

• Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) • Research Methodology & Integration • Program Policy & Administration

QUESTIONS/CONTACT: Barbara Johnson Phone: (301) 447-1452 [email protected]

HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER • EMMITSBURG, MD

NATIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION DIVISION / NATIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION SYSTEM


https://cdp.dhs.gov/femasid

https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/educonference18.aspx/







SECURITY All NETC visitors will need to provide two forms of photo identification. Upon access, your vehicle will be searched, a temporary parking pass will be issues, and you will be advised where to park. Additionally, you will be provided with a photo ID that must be worn at all times, while on campus. Off-campus participants will need to be on campus at 7:00 a.m. to ensure enough time for security and registration. All non-U.S. citizens attending the symposium must have a security clearance conducted and completed before they are accepted. A security clearance takes 8-12 weeks to complete. *International visitors must have their passport accessible at all times.

TRANSPORTATION Expenses will not be reimbursed and are the responsibility of the attendee. Individuals staying at neighboring hotels will be responsible for making travel arrangements to and from the NETC campus. Individuals staying on the NETC campus will have access to a courtesy bus. A bus will pick up from Reagan National Airport at 6:00 p.m. and BWI Airport at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 2nd, as well as transportation back to both airports on Friday, June 7th, leaving campus at 9:30 a.m. To reserve a seat on the bus, please contact the NETC Transportation office at (301) 447-1113 or [email protected] at least two weeks prior to the start data of the symposium. NETC is approximately 90 minutes from the Baltimore/Washington area.

HOUSING/MEALS EMI will provide single-room, on-campus housing at no cost for the first 250 participants. International participants staying on-campus will be charged $40.00 per night. Other participants will need to stay in local hotels at their own expense. All participates staying on campus must purchase a meal ticket (www.netcmealtickets.com) within two weeks prior to their stay. A meal ticket costs $126.52 and includes three meals and two snack breaks per day, for four days. After purchase, an email will be sent to you for proof of purchase. Please provide proof of purchase by printing your receipt or providing email via mobile phone in the dining hall at your first meal, at which time you will receive the reminder of your meal tickets.

The REAL ID Act

The REAL ID Act (https://www.dhs.gov/real-id) establishes minimum security standards for license issuance and production and prohibits Federal agencies from accepting for certain purposes driver’s licenses and identification cards from states not meeting the Act’s minimum standards. Please check to ensure your state is compliant.

MONDAY WORKSHOPS

Half-day workshops will be held on Monday, June 3rd from 8:00 a.m.−5:00 p.m. The schedule offers a variety of topics related to the theme of faculty development and will be posed to the Higher Education Program website in April.

EVENING EVENTS

Monday, June 3rd – International Mixer with EMI Leadership Tuesday, June 4th – Share Fair/Poster Contest Wednesday, June 5th – Library Tour/Author Meet and Greet

ADDDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Higher Education Program website (https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/educonference19.aspx) provides up-to-date information and detailed needed to attend and present at the symposium including the application, draft agenda, workshop information, how to become a student volunteer, information for moderators and all other logistical information.



http://www.netcmealtickets.com/

https://www.dhs.gov/real-id





Appendix C: Call for Abstract & Posters C-1 FEMA Higher Education Program and Scoring Rubric

APPENDIX C: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS & POSTERS AND SCORING RUBRIC

HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM

NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER • EMMITSBURG, MD NATIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION DIVISION / NATIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION SYSTEM

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS JUNE 3-6, 2019

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: MARCH 15, 2019 (5:00 p.m. ET)

The 21st Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium will be hosted on June 3-6, 2019. FEMA’s Higher Education Program, within the National Training and Education Division’s National Training and Education System will host this the educational gathering with a specific focus on faculty development.

Higher Education is a primary vehicle for preparing emergency managers and growing the emergency management profession. Over the past 20+ years extraordinary strides have been made in the development of the emergency management academic discipline, yet the ability of higher education to deliver a relevant, equitable, scalable, cost-effective education is still faced with many challenges.

The emergency management discipline may advance further through a more robust use of education research. The education research community has a well-developed body of knowledge, including approaches that can inform an array of education issues for many emergency management programs. Access to such research and practice is invaluable at this point in our evolution, given the unique demands of Emergency Management Higher Education.

Aligned with the theme of “Diversity, Inclusion, & Unity of Effort,” the symposium’s emphasis on professional development will:

• Host the dialogue to facilitate the increase of diversity, inclusion, and unity of effort in the emergency management academic discipline

• Offer workshops to hone the instructional, research and program development skills of faculty • Share EM knowledge throughout the community to mentor faculty, students, and the profession. • Showcase successful programs and highlight new and effective resources that promote continuous

quality improvement.

The presentation submissions for this year must be applicable to the faculty development focus, and fall into one of the following three categories:

• TRACK 1: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Emergency Management • TRACK 2: Research Methodology & Integration • TRACK 3: Policy & Administration of EM Programs

Submission Guidelines You will be asked to include details pertaining to the presenters, type of presentation, length, as well as a brief summary of the activity or presentation topic. Be sure to complete all required information fields. Carefully review and edit your responses prior to submitting your completed proposal. Incomplete proposals will not be reviewed. In addition to completeness, each proposal will be assessed by an independent review committee against the following criteria:

• Relevance: the proposal should demonstrate alignment to the conference tracks; • Clarity and Quality: the proposal should clearly outline the topic that will be featured in the

presentation as well as its main concepts/ideas. (please quality control your proposal for spelling and grammar);

• Innovation: the proposal introduces new ideas, methods, and/or approaches that promote new knowledge and have the potential to contribute to the field;



• Focus: the proposal contributes to knowledge on broader issues of evaluation methods, theories, policies and practices that have value to a wide community in contrast to presenting findings of a specific evaluation;

Compensation There is no compensation or travel expenses covered for presenters. Considering the benefits of attending the conference, presenters do not receive reduced or waived conference registration fees. Important Dates Deadline for Submissions: March 15, 2019 Notification of Acceptance: Mid to late April 2019 Submission of Support Materials for Print: May 1, 2019 Submission of Final Presentation (if applicable): May 1, 2019 Symposium Registration Deadline (international participants): February 15, 2019 Symposium Registration Deadline (domestic participants): April 26, 2019 Review Process Each track will be reviewed by an academic lead in the track area along with a minimum of three additional peer reviewers. The review rubric will be the same for all tracks and will provide ratings for: 1) clarity and completion of the submission, 2) interesting and relevant abstract/synopsis, 3) clear and meaningful objectives/expected learning outcomes and 4) a session outline/detailed description that is comprehensive, thought-provoking, and consistent with the stated abstract. Each submission will be notified of their acceptance, conditional acceptance or rejection by mid to late April 2019. Submission Form

• SESSION TITLE o 100 character maximum – no more than 10 words o Titles should briefly identify the content and audience and should be able to stand alone and

give a clear idea of what will happen in the session. • PRESENTATION SUBMISSION TRACKS

o TRACK 1: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in Emergency Management The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning is an inquiry of student learning at the post-secondary level which can, in turn, advance the practice of teaching. Much of SoTL research is outside the discipline of emergency management and homeland security. Submissions for this track should address all or some of the following: trends, gaps, opportunities and/or challenges, benefits, applicable pedagogical/andrological theories and tools, program and course assessment, online learning, and/or creating and maintaining community partnerships in SoTL specific to emergency management and homeland security.

o TRACK 2: Research Methodology & Integration Submissions for this track should address current research integration into emergency management curricula, applicable research methods to promote the exploration and understanding of relevant emergency management topics, and/or techniques for teaching research methodology in emergency management and homeland security programs.

o TRACK 3: Program Policy& Administration of EM & Related Programs Submissions for this track should include successful approaches, practices and challenges related to policy development and program administration of emergency management and homeland security programs. This can also include the administration and policy development and challenges that may come with administering blended programs that integrate emergency management programs with other disciplines such as public health, homeland security, criminology and public administration. Other topics for this track include securing jobs and internships, program sustainability, and student and faculty recruitment.

• POSTER SUBMISSIONS Poster submission topics may be aligned with any of the three tracks. Poster sessions will be presented



during the “Share Fair” and provide a less formal opportunity to share work with colleagues. Posters will be printed by the higher Education Program to ensure consistency. Accepted poster submissions will be provided with the required format and a deadline for completed. Posters that do not make the deadline or do not use the prescribed format will be rejected. The Higher Education Program will review and edit, if needed, for printing purposes. Presenters will have a 1 week period to review the final mark-up of the poster; if no response is received, the poster mark-up will be considered accepted. Presenters must be present to answer questions during the Share Fair. Posters will be evaluated by Symposium Participants, and the best Poster will win an Award. Note: No electricity will be available nor will AV equipment or display tables be permitted.

• PRESENTER INFORMATION o Complete information for each presenter MUST be included. This includes Name, Address,

Phone, Email, and Institution. o In addition, please include key research and/or teaching interest areas. o A biography is required for each presenter. Due to printing constraints, the biography is

limited to approximately 100 words. The form allows for a maximum of 500 characters per bio.

o PANELS: For panels, the moderator should be listed as “Presenter 1.” This is required for submission. Please include any confirmed panel members on the submission form. If the panel is not fully formed, please include a list of potential panelists in the detailed description section of the submission. Panel members should be listed under “Presenters 2-4.” For additional members, please include them as an attachment and ensure that presenter information is complete. For program purposes, a final list of panelists is due by May 1, 2018. Any panelist not included in the original proposal require approval of the track lead and the Higher Education Program Manager.

• ABSTRACT/SYNOPSIS o The abstract/synopsis should be limited to 50 words. This is the information that will be

published in the program so that participants will understand the purpose of the presentation. • PRESENTATION STRUCTURE

o Panel: The purpose of the Panel session is to engage a group of panelists in an interactive discussion or debate. Proposals for panel discussions should include clear descriptions of the topics to be discussed and the procedures that will be used to manage the discussion among panelists and with the audience. “Presenter 1” should be used for the session moderator; if the moderator will also be participating on the panel, please advise in the detailed description. Panelists should be listed under “Presenter 2-4;” additional panelists may be included at the end (please make sure to include all information for each panelist).

o Research Paper: A paper refers to a fully developed manuscript on a scholarly topic. Papers with a common theme may be grouped into paper sessions on the Annual Symposium Program. Each author will have a set amount of time to present his/her work and group discussions will follow.

o Roundtable: A roundtable is a group discussion on a particular theme or topic. Roundtable presentations typically include a 5-10 minute presentation by the organizer to introduce the topic, followed by discussion and feedback from participants. Presenters should bring targeted questions to pose to the participants.

o Workshop: A workshop is a platform for colleagues to share knowledge and expertise and foster the professional development of workshop participants. *THIS IS NOT FOR MONDAY WORKSHOPS*

o Other: If the presentation structure does not fit into one of the above categories, please select “Other” and explain the presentation structure in the detailed description portion of the submission form.

• OBJECTIVES/EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES o Write objectives that focus on the WHAT you expect the participants to do or learn at the

conclusion of your presentation. o What do you want your attendees to remember?



o What three things do you want your attendees to recall upon leaving your presentation? Two to three main points is the maximum for a thirty- to sixty-minute presentation.

• KEYWORDS o Please include 3-5 keywords for your topic.

• NEEDED EQUIPMENT o Standard A/V equipment, including a computer, projector, and screen will be provided. Easel

charts will also be provided. Please list any special equipment you may need. • SESSION OUTLINE/DETAILED DESCRIPTION

o A description of the topical content and delivery plan. This should be 300-500 words. Publication Presenters are encouraged to publish the material coming from the Symposium. Toward this end, we are working with publishers to capture a proceedings issue of our symposium. In past years we have not received enough full submissions. If you are interested committing to writing up your session for publication, please note this on your submission. Submission Send Completed Submission Forms for Presentations to: [email protected] no later than 5:00 p.m. ET on March 15, 2019.

For Additional Information Barbara L. Johnson Higher Education Program Support DHS/FEMA/NTED/NTES Ph: (301) 447-1452 [email protected] EMI Higher Education Program (https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/)

Dr. Jamie E. Earls Symposium Planning SIG Co-Chair Arkansas Tech University Ph: (479) 518-8009 [email protected]



http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/edu




HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM

NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRAINING CENTER • EMMITSBURG, MD NATIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION DIVISION / NATIONAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION SYSTEM

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS JUNE 3-6, 2019

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: MARCH 15, 2019 (5:00 p.m. ET)

SESSION TITLE: ______________________________________________________________

SUBMISSION TRACK/POSTER: Select Option

PRESENTERS: Presenter 1:

Name: Bio†: Address: Phone: Email: Institution: Interests*:

Presenter 2:


Presenter 3:


Presenter 4:


*Research and/or teaching interest key areas. †A maximum of 500 characters are allowed.



______________________________________________________________

Select Option

ABSTRACT/SYNOPSIS: (less than 50 words−to be used for the Program) NOTE: If you are submitting a poster, you need only to complete this section.

PRESENTATION STRUCTURE: Select Presentation Structure

OBJECTIVES/EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES:

KEYWORDS: ________________________________________________________________________

NEEDED EQUIPMENT:



______________________________________________________________

Select Option

SESSION OUTLINE/DETAILED DESCRIPTION: (300-500 words)



POLICY & ADMINISTRATION TRACK - PRESENTATION SCORING RUBRIC



RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & INTEGRATION TRACK - PRESENTATION SCORING RUBRIC



SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING TRACK - PRESENTATION SCORING RUBRIC


Appendix D: Student Volunteer Invitation/ D-1 FEMA Higher Education Program Criteria

APPENDIX D: STUDENT VOLUNTEER INVITATION/CRITERIA

21st Annual

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM

Student Volunteer Intern Position

June 3-6, 2019 National Emergency Training Center

Emmitsburg, Maryland Students currently enrolled in a college/university emergency management program area needed as student volunteer interns for the 21st Annual Emergency Management Higher Education (Hi Ed) Symposium.

• Student must have the recommendation of a faculty member of department chair.

• Student must be a least 18 years of age.

• Student is responsible for paying his/her own transportation costs to and from the symposium and the purchase of a meal ticket.

• Students will be assigned two or more plenary/breakout sessions for reporting assignments and will be expected to submit a 2-3 page report per session.

• Students are also assigned various administrative duties i.e., passing out microphones during plenary sessions, assisting with symposium registration, handing out symposium folders, taking hard copies of presentation materials to classrooms, posting breakout session classroom assignments and various other duties.

Student volunteer interns are required to attend 100% of the symposium, including morning plenary sessions, beginning with Monday workshops and ending on Thursday afternoon with the last breakout sessions. Student volunteer interns are encouraged to participate in all symposium activities. For more information and to apply email [email protected]





Appendix E: Community Resource E-1 FEMA Higher Education Program Sharing Events

APPENDIX E: COMMUNITY RESOURCE SHARING EVENTS WORLD CAFÉ

Topic Concept Discussion Leader Higher Education HiEd may be on the verge of significant change, with wide ranging

concerns over-relevance, affordability and a host of other issues Sandy Maxwell-Smith Bernard Jones

Profession The emergency services sector in general is struggling under increased demands, a rapidly-changing workforce and higher levels of scrutiny.

Terry O’Sullivan Steven Jensen



Steve Carter/Steve Jensen

WORLD CAFÉ GUIDANCE

SEVEN DESIGN PRINCIPLES FROM THE WORLD CAFÉ COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Set the Context- Pay attention to the reason you are bringing people together, and what you want to achieve. Knowing the purpose and parameters of your meeting enables you to consider and choose the most important elements to realize your goals: e.g. who should be part of the conversation, what themes or questions will be most pertinent, what sorts of harvest will be more useful, etc. Create a Hospitable Space- Café hosts around the world emphasize the power and importance of creating a hospitable space—one that feels safe and inviting. When people feel comfortable to be themselves, they do their most creative thinking, speaking, and listening. In particular, consider how your invitation and your physical set-up contribute to creating a welcoming atmosphere. Explore Questions than Matter- Knowledge emerges in response to compelling questions. Find questions that are relevant to the real-life concerns of the group. Powerful questions that “travel well” help attract collective energy, insight, and action as they move throughout a system. Depending on the timeframe available and your objectives, your Café may explore a single question or use a progressively deeper line of inquiry through several conversational rounds. Encourage Everyone’s Contribution- As leaders we are increasingly aware of the importance of participation, but most people don’t only want to participate, they want to actively contribute to making a difference. It is important to encourage everyone in your meeting to contribute their ideas and perspectives, while also allowing anyone who wants to participate by simply listening to do so. Connect Diverse Perspectives- The opportunity to move between tables, meet new people, actively contribute your thinking, and link the essence of your discoveries to ever-widening circles of thought is one of the distinguishing characteristics of the Café. As participants carry key ideas or themes to new tables, they exchange perspectives, greatly enriching the possibility for surprising new insights. Listen Together for Patterns & Insights- Listening is a gift we give to one another. The quality of our listening is perhaps the most important factor determining the success of a Café. Through practicing shared listening and paying attention to themes, patterns and insights, we begin to sense a connection to the larger whole. Encourage people to listen for what is not being spoken along with what is being shared. Share Collective Discoveries- Conversations held at one table reflect a pattern of wholeness that connects with the conversations at the other tables. The last phase of the Café, often called the “harvest”, involves making this pattern of wholeness visible to everyone in a large group conversation. Invite a few minutes of silent reflection on the patterns, themes and deeper questions experienced in the small group conversations and call them out to share with the larger group. Make sure you have a way to capture the harvest - working with a graphic recorder is very helpful.

World Café Etiquette Graphic by Avril Orloff: The World Café (www.theworldcafe.com)

http://www.theworldcafe.com/




SHARE FAIR INVITATION

21st Annual

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM

Share Fair 2019 – Tuesday, June 4th 5:30-7:30 pm

SPECIFICATION We will provide tables measuring approximately 5’ X 2’; please advise if you plan on using a full-table, a half table, or plan on only bringing pamphlets/ brochures. We suggest that you bring material for about 150 participants. MATERIAL PREPARATION Displays and materials may be sent prior to the symposium for your convenience. Boxes should be clearly marked “EMI Higher Education Symposium Share Fair.” Any materials not clearly designated for the symposium will be refused. Materials should be sent to (and should arrive by Wednesday, May 29, 2019): Barbara Johnson 16825 South Seton Avenue Office E114B Emmitsburg, MD, 21727-8998 SET-UP/TEAR DOWN INSTRUCTIONS You will be responsible for the set-up and tear down of your display, along with the clean-up of your area. You may begin to set up your display at 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4th and begin disassembling your display after 7:30 p.m. If you are shipping leftover material off campus, please make sure you have the supplies necessary to do so, including tape, labels and all shipping expenses to and from the symposium. Shipping arrangements must be made prior to leaving campus. It is not the responsibility of the Higher Education Program or NETC to make sure your materials are returned to you. The NETC campus only has a United Parcel Service (UPS) drop-off. Using any other shipping service will require you to leave the campus.

You’re Invited

The Share Fair is a great opportunity to share programs, projects, activities, and events from your college, university, agency or organization. The purpose is to share effective practices and/or resources valuable to emergency management education. Some examples might include internship programs, job placement, campus resilience, academic-practitioner collaboration, education for adjunct faculty, student recruitment, graduate tracking or service learning projects and successful practices in curricula design, development and delivery.

Please note: this is not a forum for resource materials such as books, publications or other media for instruction. However, Wednesday evening please join us in the NETC library where faculty will have the opportunity to share recent publications and course materials.

2018 Share Fair participants

TO REGISTER CONTACT:

Danielle Green [email protected] Ph. (301) 447-1452






SHARE FAIR MAP

POSTER CONTEST BALLOT



INTERNATIONAL BREAKFAST INVITATION



EVENING IN THE LIBRARY INVITATION

STUDENT LIBRARY SESSION


Appendix F: Symposium Participants F-1 FEMA Higher Education Program

APPENDIX F: SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS Name Organization Anglin, Thomas A Alma College Arminio, Julia C Monmouth University Bail, Jean B Jefferson University Barbera, Joseph A George Washington University Basilio, Molly E Philadelphia University Bayouth, Shawn Thomas Arkansas State University Beecher, Chase Charles Alma College Bennett, DeeDee Marie University of Albany Best, Eric M University of Delaware Blackwood, Karen I Intermountain Center for Disaster Preparedness Blankenship, Susan E University of MD University College Boone, Robert S Columbia College Boyd, David J Pikes Peak Community College Bradley, Linda NY City College of Technology Brandelgård, Anna Elizabeth MSB Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency Bridenhagen, Mary C Maryland Responds Broderick, Harold T St. John's University Brown, Curtis C Virginia Department of Emergency Management Buchanan, Paula R Jacksonville State University Bullock, Jane A Bullock & Haddow LLC Burdick, Brett Alan Virginia Commonwealth University Carey, Thomas J Metropolitan College of New York Carlberg, Ella MSB Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency Carlson, Cameron D University of Alaska Fairbanks Carter, Stephen Stuart Frederick Community College Cedeno, Norlean Kodiak Island Tribal Cedeno, Jim G Kodiak Island Tribal Chang, Hsien-Ho Oklahoma State University Chestnutt, Rebecca L Salvation Army Chiang, Yuan-Sung National Fire Agency Ministry of Interior Choi, Seong Chul Oklahoma State University Christopher, Kenneth National University Cioffi, Claudio George Mason University Clark, Barbara Merkle Intermountain Center for Disaster Preparedness Clark, Catherine M Minnesota Department of Public Safety Clark, Dawn B Arkansas State University Clement, Kevin M The University of Houston Cleveland Hall, Eva N Tulane University Cohen, Jason A Nova Southeastern University Colle, Judith A California State University Long Beach Comiskey, John G Monmouth University



Conley, Kevin J UMass Lowell Contino, John J Central Penn College Cooper, Terry D New Haven Health Dept Coss, Daniel J Columbia Southern University Culp, Diana R Frederick Community College Cwiak, Carol L North Dakota State University Davis, Kelley L Nova Southeastern University Dayton, Kathleen Marie Montgomery College d'Honore, Rai Crewe California State University Long Beach Dion, Maeve L University of New Hampshire Ditch, Robert University of Maryland Dolan, Tabatha Leigh Court Street Village Apartments Downer, Goulda Angella Howard University College of Medicine Duffy, Elizabeth A Frederick Community College Eakins, Lewis A Idaho State University Earls, Jamie E Arkansas Tech University Edgar, Stephen J University of California Santa Cruz Edwards, Frances L Mineta Transportation Institute Elkins, Alicia R Lancaster Ems Association Esteves, Tammy L Troy University Fagan, Robert J Foreign Service Institute Favoroso, Vincenzo J Wilmington University Feldmann-Jensen, Shirley California State University Long Beach Fitch, Kaylan N Central Michigan University Flowers, Angelyn Spaulding University of the District of Columbia Foote, Lawrence B Newton NH Emergency Management Fosse, Richard A University of Iowa - College of Engineering Francis, Kathy L Frederick Community College Frederick, Marva L York College of City University of NY Fries, Thomas E FEMA NETC Fuqua, Charisse R FEMA Region VIII Garrett, Kelly E Emergency Management Institute Gasperetti, William N US Coast Guard Auxiliary Giles-Jones, Brittany K Metropolitan College of New York Glick, Jeffrey A DHS Goble, C Jeffrey Central Penn College Gonzalez, Rosa A SUNY Erie Community College Gonzalez, Katherine M FEMA Goodrich, Daniel C Mineta Transportation Institute Gordon, Paula D Auburn University Goss, Kay C University of Nevada Las Vegas Gouge, Jeffry A Drury University Graham, Thomas D Tennessee State University Grogan, Lenore B CUNY, New York, New York Guannel, Michele L University of the Virgin Islands



Gutari, Chanelle L George Washington University Hackerott, Caroline S Arkansas Tech University Hartman, Greggery Jon Alma College Hartofilis, Rosemary Rosemary Hartofilis Hemmer, Mackenzie Leigh Alma College Henry, Shane Kenneth Alma College Henry, Alexander P Alma College Hernandez, Rene L Saginaw Valley State University Hill, John A University of Denver Hollis, Meldon S Savannah State University Hutton, Ralph H University of Maryland Hyman, Amy D Arkansas State University Iskender, Hikmet ITU Center of Excellence for Disaster Management Iveson, Brian D Alma College Jekel, John American Military University Jensen, Steven John California State University Long Beach Jensen, Jessica A North Dakota State University Jerolleman, Alessandra G Jacksonville State University Johnson, Curtis Tennessee State University Johnson, James R University of Maryland UMUC Jones, Bernard A St John's University Jones, Patricia D Tennessee State University Juarez, Nahuel F Alma College Kies, Emily J Elgin Community College Kilpatrick, Daniel J University of South Carolina Kirkpatrick, Sarah Jo Bundy North Dakota State University Klimczak, Victoria USU National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health Knox, Claire C University of Central Florida Korona, Doris A Wagner College Spiro School of Nursing Kreisberg, Debra J Colorado School of Public Health Kreysa, Peter George California State University Long Beach Kupietz, Kevin D Elizabeth City State University Kyne, Dean University of Texas Landahl, Mark R Frederick County Sheriff's Office Lane Pixley, Cotina University of the District of Columbia Lesnesky, Sara L Alma College Lieberman, Joel University of Nevada Las Vegas Lindsay, Bruce R Congressional Research Service Loebach, Peter J Elizabeth City State University Lombardo, Samuel R Frederick Community College Lucus-McEwen, Valerie J California State University Long Beach Lyle, Mary Anne FEMA Lyons, Alan M Frederick Community College Mannarino, Theresa K Border Community SERVICE of Niagara University Marshall, Laurie Create Peace Project



Marsolais, Mark Thomas College Martinez, Linda Kay California State University Long Beach McDonough, Edward J Maryland Emergency Management Agency McEntire, David A College of Health and Public Service, Utah Valley University McIntosh, Patricia A College of the Mainland McSweeney-Feld, Mary Helen Towson University Meyers, Melissa Dawn Maryland Fire & Rescue Institute Mickey, Kevin J The Polis Center Moeggenborg, Quinton O Alma College Molesky, Monroe J Alma College Moschella, John Michael Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Mowrey, Rebecca J Millersville University Murphy, Gerald E Association of State Floodplain Managers Nagel, Jared C Congressional Research Service Needel, Yale M FEMA Nguyen, Binh N FEMA Region VIII Nojang, Emmanuel N Savannah State University O'Connor, Michael Joseph SUNY Canton O'Lawrence, Henry California State University Long Beach Olonilua, Oluponmile O Texas Southern University Olson, Laura L FEMA Ostrom, Lee T University of Idaho O'Sullivan, Terrence M University of Akron Emergency Mgmt. Overton, Michael T Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Palmer, Joel E FEMA Region VII Patenaude, Blythe Joy Preparedness Initiatives Paulette-Chapman, Daniel C FEMA Pearsall, Jennifer A NYC Emergency Management Perez Melendez, Nelly C Thomas Jefferson University East Falls Campus Phillips, Jacob A Alma College Pinckney, Dana L University of Pennsylvania Pizzo, Anthony Vincent Alma College Plance, David W FEMA Region IX Porter, Larry A Arkansas Tech University Ramirez, Camron Ezekiel Alma College Ratliff, Kohlten C n/a Remus, Hendrell D Tennessee State University Renda-Tanali, Irmak University of MD University College Richmond, Joseph Lee Arkansas State University Rivera, Heriberto Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Rolon, Jose J Fire Department City Of New York Rondello, Kenneth C Adelphi University Root, Aubrey K Alma College Rose, Willard L Alma College Rouse, Rebecca A Talane University



Rozdilsky, Jack Lewis York University Rubin, Claire B Claire B Rubin & Assoc LLC Rupert, Mae L Arkansas State University Rush, Lee JustCommunity Inc Ryan, Sean M Northern Arizona University Sanders, Dale Lee Alma College Schittino, Jennifer D SAIC Schmeling, Michelle R FEMA Region X Schubert, Heather A Pennsylvania State University World Campus Schultz, Christopher J Thomas Edison State University Schwartz, George M Immaculata University Schwartz, Robert M University of Akron Emergency Mgmt. Schweber, Claudine University of Maryland UMUC Scott, Daniel E Fuller Theological Seminary Sharon, Michael J FEMA Emergency Management Institute Sharp, Charles Donzell BEMA International Shuler, Alison J Penn State University Smith, Sandra Joe Maxwell Arkansas Tech University Smith, Edward H Penn State University Smith, Deanna W Southern University and A&M College Spence, Anna-Kay Metropolitan College of New York Squires, Netali University of Maryland Stallworth McCaskill, Tracey L MTA New York City Transit Stern, Eric K University of Albany Stewart, Janelle M American Red Cross of Greater NY Stimeling, Jordan L Penn State Harrisburg Strauss Riggs, Kandra T National Center for Disaster Medicine & Public Health Suarez, Dulce M Florida International University Sullivan, Jaclyn Jaclyn Sullivan Tator, Andrew J Coastal Carolina Community College Tawil, Maurice Bassam Central Michigan University Taylor, David Bruce Niagara University Titus, Aaron D Crisis Cleanup, LLC Trate, Kirk Robert Wilmington University Tsai, Wei Ping Taipei City Office of Disaster Management Tupuola, Tafalmamao L T University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Uhr, Christian Sven Lund University Urban, Lynn S University of Central Missouri Van Hine, Alexa L Saginaw Valley State University Wadsworth, Ingrid D Association of State Floodplain Manager Inc Walbrecker, Dianne L Emergency Management Institute Walter, Brittany L Arkansas State University Wang, Jing-Ting Taipei City Fire Department Ward, Teresa M Pikes Peak Community College Whitesides, Jeff L Truckee Meadows Community College



Wilhelmsen, Cheryl A University of Idaho Willett, Stacy L University of Akron Williams, Tomicka N Purdue University Global Wiltsher, Cheree Y Florida A & M University - School of Allied Health Sciences Wooten, William H FEMA Region V Wright, Lynn M FEMA Region I Yalda, Sepideh Millersville University Center for Disaster Research & Edu Yaman, Fatih Istanbul Technical University Yeh, Chun-Shing Taipei City Fire Department Ziolkowski, Sally M FEMA Region IX


Appendix G: Symposium Program Agenda G-1 FEMA Higher Education Program

APPENDIX G: SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM AGENDA



Campus Map



Program Manager’s Welcome Welcome to the 21st annual FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium!

Our theme this year, “Diversity, Inclusion & Unity of Effort” provides us with a broad focus to see the myriad of perspectives and possibilities to evolve the academic discipline, research and professional practice of emergency management. We are fortunate to have a great line up of speakers sharing their success stories, challenges and future opportunities to develop emergency management education! We have an outstanding group of participants representing diverse communities from across the globe. I have no doubt we will learn an immense amount in the sessions and in our dialogue with each other.

According to US Census reports the United states can expect significant increases in racial and ethnic diversity by 2050 and we are seeing demographic changes in many of our communities. How much change are we seeing in our student population? How does this affect how we teach? Has the classroom dialogue changed? Does everyone feel their voice is being heard? Are our program graduates prepared to serve in diverse community? In addition to race and ethic difference we are also seeing more emphasis in understanding economic differences and increasing financial literacy.

Two years ago, we were very fortunate to have Operation Hope Director, John Hope Bryant speak at our 19th Annual Symposium on financial literacy and in 2018 the FEMA Strategic Plan and Administrator’s Planning Guidance have incorporated increasing financial literacy as a key focus area to meet objectives. How is financial literacy incorporated into our curricula? What is the latest research telling us and how do we use research to inform policy and action.

Our theme this year is also looking at the diversity and inclusion of other academic disciplines and professions to create a Unity of Effort. Emergency Management academics have had some long and strong connections to first responders, scientists, researchers, public health, public administration & homeland security practitioners, yet there is variance in these relationships and at times misunderstanding, competition and mistrust. At this symposium we have an opportunity to reflect on these relationships. What assumptions do we hold? Do we have collaboration success stories? Can we replicate them? Where are the opportunities?

At the beginning of this calendar year, we released a report entitled “Building Cultures of Preparedness: Report for the Emergency Management Higher Education Community.” This report is a snapshot of the community perspective and conveys strategies for us to support inclusion, diversity and unity of effort. The guiding principles are trust, inclusion, cross-cultural communication & support of local practices. The authors of this report have actively disseminated this report which has resulted in a lot of dialogue. I see this as an outstanding success! This work is influencing the dialogue, it is causing reflection, is has inspired connection and bridged communities!

Thank you for making time to come this year. Your presence is a gift to us – I hope you will be able to fully engage in all the community is offering over the next three days!

With Kindest Regard,

Wendy Walsh

With Sincere Gratitude… The Information Sharing & Symposium Planning SIG has been planning this event for an entire year! A heartfelt thank you to each participant that has actively contributed to the planning and success of the 21st Annual FEMA Higher Education Symposium!

• Paula Buchanan • Steve Carter • Dan Paulette-Chapman • Ray Chang • Damon Coppola • Goulda Downer • Jamie Earls • Bernard Jones • Claire Knox • Shirley Feldmann-Jensen • Kathy Francis • Steve Jensen • Mike McCabe • Sandy Maxwell Smith •

Also, a huge thank you to Laurie Marshall, Graphic Facilitator and Singing Tree Designer, for capturing this year’s community dialogue and to NETC Librarian, Ed Metz, for his time and commitment to providing valuable resources to our community.

Laurie Marshall is an artist, teacher and master collaborator based out of California. She has more than thirty years’ experience in project-based learning in academic environments. Laurie has also trained thousands of teachers in visual literacy, led visual art and mural making workshops, facilitated leadership training and conflict prevention with NASA, the Department of Interior, the Army Corps of Engineers and now FEMA. She has authored eight books, eleven plays, and thirty-six videos. She is the illustrator for children’s book Flood of Kindness, which was written by her grandson and inspired by Hurricane Katrina. She holds a bachelor degree in history and education from Antioch College and a master degree in art and education from Beacon College.

Ed Metz, MLIS, MA, has served as Program Manager and Head Librarian at the National Emergency Training Center Library, specializing in meeting the information needs of first responders and emergency managers from all around the country. Mr. Metz has been with the NETC Library since 2008 and is responsible for the day-to-day management of library operations which includes but is not limited to the development, housing and maintenance of the print, audio-visual and digital library collections, managing the content of the library website and aggregating news reports on a variety of fire safety and emergency management topics, and the incorporation of information technology innovations into library services.



Table of Contents NETC Campus Map .................................................... 1 Program Manager’s Welcome/Gracious Space .......... 2 Pre-Symposium Workshop Schedule ......................... 3 World Café Guidance/Schedule .................................. 4 Tuesday at a Glance/Highlights .................................. 5

Tuesday Morning Plenary/Tuesday Breakouts ........ 6 Tuesday Breakouts .................................................. 7

Poster Contest/Share Fair........................................... 9 Wednesday at a Glance/Highlights ........................... 10

Wednesday Morning Plenary/ Wednesday Breakouts .......................................... 11 Wednesday Breakouts ........................................... 12

Evening in the Library/Gracious Space ..................... 14 Thursday at a Glance/Highlights ............................... 15

Thursday Morning Plenary/Thursday Breakouts .... 16 Thursday Breakouts/Notes .................................... 17

Special Interest Groups ............................................ 19 Future Faculty Spotlight ............................................ 19

Are you on The College List?

The College List (https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/collegeli

st/) is an invaluable and comprehensive online resource that showcases the

development of programs at all levels of study in the Emergency Management

Higher Education Community as well as the broader Homeland Security and

related fields of study.

Monday Pre-conference Workshops

Monday, June 3rd Location Mapping, Modeling and Communicating Disaster Information Using GIS Workshop Kevin Mickey Full Day M201

Community Lee Rush Full Day S125

Program Start-up and Sustainment Dave McEntire Half Day AM K302

Integrating the Next Generation Core Curriculum into Your Assessment and Accreditation Strategy *** ** Jamie Earls, Carol Hackerott, Sandy Maxwell Smith Half Day PM

K302

“But…I Didn’t Mean it Like That” Micro-messaging & Creating an Inclusive Classroom Rosie Bolen, Paula Whetzel-Ribeau Half Day PM K308

SoTL Research Methods for Teachers Claire Connolly Knox, Shirley Feldmann-Jensen, Carol Hackerott, Mark Landahl Half Day AM M202

FEMA Efforts and Collaboration Opportunities Karen Marsh Half Day PM S121/S123

***This workshop will involve participants creating their own course assessment framework and programmatic map. Participants are encouraged to bring their own programmatic materials. **Following this interactive ½-day workshop, participants will be prepared to develop curriculum learning objective rubrics. (ATU has submitted a proposal for such a Symposium workshop.)

https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/collegelist/





World Café Guidance SEVEN DESIGN PRINCIPLES FROM THE WORLD CAFÉ COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Set the Context- Pay attention to the reason you are bringing people together, and what you want to achieve. Knowing the purpose and parameters of your meeting enables you to consider and choose the most important elements to realize your goals: e.g. who should be part of the conversation, what themes or questions will be most pertinent, what sorts of harvest will be more useful, etc. Create a Hospitable Space- Café hosts around the world emphasize the power and importance of creating a hospitable space—one that feels safe and inviting. When people feel comfortable to be themselves, they do their most creative thinking, speaking, and listening. In particular, consider how your invitation and your physical set-up contribute to creating a welcoming atmosphere. Explore Questions than Matter- Knowledge emerges in response to compelling questions. Find questions that are relevant to the real-life concerns of the group. Powerful questions that “travel well” help attract collective energy, insight, and action as they move throughout a system. Depending on the timeframe available and your objectives, your Café may explore a single question or use a progressively deeper line of inquiry through several conversational rounds. Encourage Everyone’s Contribution- As leaders we are increasingly aware of the importance of participation, but most people don’t only want to participate, they want to actively contribute to making a difference. It is important to encourage everyone in your meeting to contribute their ideas and perspectives, while also allowing anyone who wants to participate by simply listening to do so. Connect Diverse Perspectives- The opportunity to move between tables, meet new people, actively contribute your thinking, and link the essence of your discoveries to ever-widening circles of thought is one of the distinguishing characteristics of the Café. As participants carry key ideas or themes to new tables, they exchange perspectives, greatly enriching the possibility for surprising new insights.

Listen Together for Patterns & Insights- Listening is a gift we give to one another. The quality of our listening is perhaps the most important factor determining the success of a Café. Through practicing shared listening and paying attention to themes, patterns and insights, we begin to sense a connection to the larger whole. Encourage people to listen for what is not being spoken along with what is being shared. Share Collective Discoveries- Conversations held at one table reflect a pattern of wholeness that connects with the conversations at the other tables. The last phase of the Café, often called the “harvest”, involves making this pattern of wholeness visible to everyone in a large group conversation. Invite a few minutes of silent reflection on the patterns, themes and deeper questions experienced in the small group conversations and call them out to share with the larger group. Make sure you have a way to capture the harvest - working with a graphic recorder is very helpful.

World Café Etiquette Graphic by Avril Orloff: The World Café (www.theworldcafe.com)

World Café Schedule The World Café is a well-established methodology for exploring important issues. This year we want to hear your concerns about emerging issues in the main areas we serve: higher education, the profession, and our communities. Our intention is to explore relevant issues that are on the horizon. These emerging topics may not yet be widely discussed and researched but are important for us to start to consider. To enable better conversation, we will be meeting during lunch on Wednesday and Thursday in a quieter setting. Please sign up on Tuesday by 2:00PM for a take-away lunch and join us on one of the days or both, if you can. Locations will be determined by the number of sign-ups and announced on Wednesday morning in the plenary.

Topic Concept Discussion Leader Higher Education HiEd may be on the verge of significant change, with wide ranging

concerns over-relevance, affordability and a host of other issues Sandy Maxwell-Smith Bernard Jones

Profession The emergency services sector in general is struggling under increased demands, a rapidly-changing workforce and higher levels of scrutiny.

Terry O’Sullivan Steven Jensen



Steve Carter/Steve Jensen





Tuesday at a Glance Morning Plenary

E Auditorium Afternoon Breakout

1:00-2:30 p.m. Afternoon Breakout Session

3:00-5:00 p.m. 7:00-8:00 Symposium Registration (Building E, 1st Floor Hallway) 8:00-8:10 Campus Facility Brief 8:10-8:20 Presentation of Colors, The National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance 8:20-8:50 Welcome, Opening Remarks and Singing Tree 8:50-9:25 Why it Matters Jo Linda Johnson 9:25 -10:00 Community Unity of Effort Aaron Titus 10:00-10:15 Break 10:15-11:00 Incorporating Research into Teaching Shannon Brown, Jessica Jensen, Jerry Murphy, Christian Uhr 11:00-11:30 Diversity in Action—Bill Anderson Fellow Marcus D. Hendricks 11:30-11:45 Wrap-up, Evaluation Process, and Daily Information 11:45-1:00 Lunch

1) Race, Ethnicity, & Economic Impacts SIG Meldon Hollis (4) 2) The Current State of University-Based Disaster Management Courses in the U.S. – Opportunities Kandra Strauss-Riggs (3), Gerald White (3), Thomas Kirsch (3) 3) Job Placement of Recent Emergency Management Graduates Jessica Jensen (1), Sarah Kirkpatrick (1) 4) The Benefits and Challenges of Living, Teaching, and working in Today’s Diverse World: Revisited Norma Jones (3), Linda Martinez (3), Henry O’Lawrence (3), Dale Sanders (3) 5) Disaster Field Course Dulce Suarez (1) 6) University Youth Leadership in Hurricane Recovery in Virgin Island Michele Guaunel (3) 7) Are Higher Education Programs Incorporating FEMA’s Next Generation Core Competencies? Jason Cohen (2) Track Key (1) Policy & Administration (2) Research (3) SoTL (4) SIG

1a) Writing EM Case Studies for Use in Academic Settings—A Look at the Rhode Island Night Club Fire Preparedness as a Case Study Teaching Template Kevin Kupietz (3) 1b) Case Teaching and Learning Interest Group Dianne Walbrecker (4) 2a) Merging Academia and the Professions in Multidisciplinary Online Graduate Programs Maeve Dion (3) 2b) Best Practices in Delivering Online, Advanced Emergency Management Courses Tashonda Haugabrook (3) 3a) Creating Multi-Course Program Assessment Rubrics Jamie Earls (1), Caroline Hackerott (1), Sandy Maxwell Smith (1) 3b) Collaborative Instructional Design Beth Gray (3), Caroline Hackerott (3) 4a) Critical Infrastructure Organizational Resilience—A Focus on Law Enforcement First Responders Harold Broderick (3), Bernard Jones (3) 4b) Setting a Context for Discourse in the Emergency Services Classroom Melissa Meyers (3) 5) Develop (or Improve) an Emergency Management Internship Program Jennifer Pearsall (1) 6) FEWSION for Community Resilience: Understanding Critical Supply Chains Through Community Engagement Sean Ryan (1)

Tuesday Highlights

Jo Linda Johnson, Esq., joined FEMA in July of 2018. She previously spent almost five years with TSA as the Director of the Civil Rights Division there. Prior to TSA, Ms. Johnson spent almost 13 years with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. During her tenure with the Commission, Ms. Johnson served in several roles, including that of appellate attorney with the Office of Federal Operations (OFO), Special Assistant to the Acting Vice Chair of the Commission, and Director of Training and Outreach. She is considered an expert on civil rights laws, the Federal sector EEO process, issues of affirmative employment and affirmative action, diversity and inclusion, communication, and problem solving. Ms. Johnson received her Juris Doctor from the George Washington University School of Law in Washington, DC, and her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Aaron Titus, J.D., is the author of How to Prepare for Everything, an empowering method to prepare individuals and families. He is a data architect specializing in describing, modeling, and enhancing community relationships after disasters. Aaron is the president of Mountain West VOAD, a 12-state VOAD from Alaska to the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, and Dakotas. He represents LDS Charities on Colorado VOAD, Larimer County VOAD, Boulder County VOAD, and formerly New Jersey VOAD, having coordinated more than 40,000 LDS volunteers. He is the executive director of Crisis Cleanup, which has documented nearly a billion dollars of voluntary disaster relief service after 119 disasters in 40 states. As an attorney, Aaron specializes in internet, technology, privacy, and corporate law.

Shannon Brown, Ph.D., focuses his studies on the history of technology and modern world history. Prof. Brown joined the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security instructional staff in September 2017 and brings expertise into intersections of technology, society, and homeland security policy. He is on the instructional teams for the Internet and Society and Special Topics: Government core courses at CHDS, and supervises numerous student thesis projects on public policy, technology, and interagency topics that have direct relevance to the homeland security enterprise.

Jessica Jensen, Ph.D., Jessica Jensen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Management at North Dakota State University and Head of the Department. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Emergency Management. Jensen teaches, publishes regularly, presents her work in practitioner and academic settings, and collaborates with practitioners routinely. Most important, given today’s presentation, her passion is to integrate and synthesize hazards and disaster literature across disciplines and develop theoretical frameworks depicting how a host of emergency management phenomena work.

Jerry Murphy, JD, AICP, CFM, is an Associate Research Scientist with the Resilient Communities Initiative at the University of Florida (UFRCI). Jerry is a certified floodplain manager, certified urban and regional planner, and legal scholar. His work and research are focused on land use planning and control law, community-based planning, code and regulation drafting, floodplain management, infrastructure finance and planning, post-disaster redevelopment planning, community resiliency and sustainability. He currently leads the UFRCI, working with local governments through interlocal agreements to assemble teams of expert faculty, researchers, and student assistants to craft planning solutions to the challenges facing local governments in the 21st Century. He is currently Co-chair of the Higher Education Policy Committee for the Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM).



Christian Uhr, Ph.D., primarily researches Command & Control and multi-agency coordination. He is currently involved in research on power and norms in a crisis management context and in several projects dealing with the challenges of individual and collective decision-making. He runs a university course entitled “Introduction to disaster response management” and also lectures at the Swedish Defense University. Dr. Uhr is a trained on-scene commander and is driven by the ambition to build bridges between researchers and professionals.

Marccus D. Hendricks, Ph.D., MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and a Faculty Affiliate with the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health in the School of Public Health at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. His other affiliations include the Clark School of Engineering’s Center for Disaster Resilience, the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, and the Environmental Finance Center. His research interests broadly include infrastructure planning and management, social vulnerability to disaster, environmental justice, sustainable development, public health and the built environment, and participatory action. Hendricks is a founding fellow and past chairperson of the William Averette Anderson Fund (BAF) and currently serves as a board member for the Fund. Hendricks holds a PhD in urban and regional science and a Master of Public Health, both from Texas A&M University. He completed his undergraduate work at the University of North Texas.

Tuesday Morning Plenary 7:00-8:00 a.m. Symposium Registration (Building E, 1st Floor Hallway) 8:00-8:10 a.m. Campus Facility Brief

Jason Cawthon 8:00-8:10 a.m. Presentation of Colors

Maryland State Police, Honor Guard Platoon National Anthem/Pledge of Allegiance Mother Seton School, Mrs. Kirby’s First Graders

8:20-8:50 a.m. Welcome, Opening Remarks & Singing Tree Michael Sharon, EMI Deputy Superintendent Captain Tonya Hoover, NFA Superintendent Wendy Walsh, FEMA Higher Education Program Manager

8:50-9:25 a.m. Why it Matters Jo Linda Johnson, Esq., Director, FEMA Office of Equal Rights

9:25-10:00 a.m. Community Unity of Effort Aaron Titus, J.D., Author, How to Prepare for Everything

10:00-10:15 a.m. Break 10:15-11:00 a.m. Incorporating Research into Teaching

Shannon Brown, Ph.D., Professor, Center for Homeland Defense and Security Jessica Jensen, Ph.D., Professor, North Dakota State University Jerry Murphy, J.D., AICP, CFM, Resilient Communities Initiative at the University of Florida Christian Uhr, Ph.D., Lecturer, Swedish Defense University

11:00-11:30 a.m. Diversity in Action—Bill Anderson Fellow Marccus D. Hendricks, Ph.D. Professor, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health

11:30-11:45 a.m. Wrap-up, Evaluation Process, and Daily Information 11:45-1:00 p.m. Lunch

Tuesday Afternoon Breakouts, 1:00-2:30 p.m. 1) Race, Ethnicity, & Economic Impacts Special Interest Group (Room L100)

Description: This SIG recognizes the rich diversity of the communities served by the emergency management field of practice and focuses on curricula, research, teaching tools, and other resources required to facilitate learning in the academic emergency management discipline. The SIG is interested in supporting the development of faculty and students to promote understanding and inclusivity, and recognize the impact of current narratives, policy decisions, and practice on people of various races, ethnicities, and economic dispositions. A panel of experts will jumpstart the conversation. Lead: Meldon Hollis

Savannah State University

2) The Current State of University-Based Disaster Management Courses in the U.S. – Opportunities (Room M202) Description: The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health conducted an analysis of the current state of academic degree programs offered in disaster preparedness or emergency management. The range of opportunities speaks to the need for a strategic overview of available options. FEMA’s robust course mapping tool can provide that systematic analysis in order to support program administrators in their curriculum development decisions. Presenters: Kandra Strauss-Riggs

Education Director, National Center for Disaster Medicine & Public Health/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Gerald White, Ph.D. Analytics Team Lead, FEMA/National Training and Education System Thomas Kirsch, MD Director, National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health Professor of Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director

Moderator: Robert “Dr. Bob” Ditch, Ed.D., CEM Staff Liaison Officer & NESA-MTT Coordinator, National Headquarters Civil Air Patrol



Tuesday Afternoon Breakouts, 1:00-2:30 p.m. continued 3) Job Placement of Recent Emergency Management Graduates (Room K308)

Description: The value of an emergency management degree, particularly as it relates to job placement, has been a subject of discussion since emergency management degrees were first offered. Yet, despite more than 35 years of such degrees and related concerns, this topic has not been empirically studied. This session reports the findings of an exploratory study that examined the actual job placement of 161 students who recently graduated with a bachelor’ degree in emergency management. Presenters: Jessica Jensen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor/Department Chair—Department of Emergency Management, North Dakota State University Sarah Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Emergency Management/Assessment & Curriculum Coordinator, North Dakota State University

4) The Benefits and Challenges of Living, Teaching, and Working in Today’s Diverse World: Revisited (Room S125) Description: This presentation will revisit the focus on the importance of being aware and respectful of the variety of cultures that exist in all communities. Additionally, instructors must be aware of the necessity of not only being respectful, but embracing the possibilities. Activities simulating working in diverse cultures will be included. Presenters: Norma Jones, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Howard University Linda Martinez, Ph.D. Faculty, Department of Healthcare Administration, California State University, Long Beach Henry O’Lawrence, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Professional Studies Dept. of Health Care Administration, California State University, Long Beach Dale Sanders, Ph.D. Director, Health Care Administration, Alma College

Moderator: Goulda Downer, Ph.D., RD, LN, CNS, FAND Associate Professor, Howard University

5) Disaster Field Course (Room K318) Description: Florida International University offers an interdisciplinary disaster management program. Students of the program complete a disaster field operations course whereby students engage in a multi-day field-simulation experience, applying knowledge learned in the classroom to a disaster-simulated scenario. The presentation focus on the overall impact of this 40-hour practical disaster exercise. Presenter: Dulce Suarez

Assistant Director, Academy for International Disaster Preparedness, Florida International University Moderator: Sally Ziolkowski

Deputy Federal Preparedness Coordinator & Acting National Preparedness Division Director, FEMA Region IX

6) University Youth Leadership in Hurricane Recovery in the Virgin Islands (Room S121/S123) Description: Science 100, the largest class at the University of the Virgin Islands, focuses on natural disasters of the Caribbean. Since Hurricanes Irma and Maria, students have engaged in preparedness activities including disaster recovery work. Continued course development will create a gateway for youth leadership in recovery and resilience efforts. Presenter: Michele Guannel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biology, University of the Virgin Islands Moderator: Claire B. Rubin

Author and President, Claire B. Rubin & Associates, LLC 7) Are Higher Education Programs Incorporating FEMA’s Next Generation Key Core Competencies? (Room K308)

Description: In 2017, FEMA’s Next Generation Key Core Competencies were created. This presentation will highlight survey results from a dissertation study to determine whether the key core competencies are being incorporated by faculty members from institutions that teach in Emergency Management degree programs. Presenter: Jason Cohen, Ed.D.

Academic Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor, Nova Southeastern University Moderator: Kathy Francis

Executive Director and Adjunct Faculty, Emergency Management Programs, Frederick Community College Lead, Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management

Tuesday Afternoon Breakouts, 3:00-5:00 p.m. 1a) Writing Case Studies for Use in Academics - A Look at the Rhode Island Night Club Fire (Room S125)

Description: This session will utilize a case study of preparedness relating to the Rhode Island Night Club Fire as a template for teaching students EM principles. Participants of this session will be shown practices in teaching with case studies as well as the developed preparedness program to utilize. The SIG will explore ways to leverage efforts with those being undertaken by several FEMA components. Presenter: Kevin D. Kupietz, Ph.D.

Emergency Management Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor, Elizabeth City State University 1b) Case Study SIG (Room S125)

Description: This session provides an opportunity for members of the Case Teaching and Learning SIG to share accomplishments over the past year and discuss future initiatives. SIG members will also discuss ways to facilitate participation and enhance communication. Lead: Dianne Walbrecker

Training Specialist, Emergency Management Institute



Tuesday Afternoon Breakouts, 3:00-5:00 p.m. continued

2a) Merging Academia and the Professions in Multidisciplinary, Online Graduate Programs (Room K318) Description: This session discusses learning theories and implementation tools for multidisciplinary, online graduate programs. Programmatic topics include alignment of outcomes and philosophies; scaffolding of learning across courses; integration of academic and professional instructors; and creation of bespoke evaluations. Course design topics include constructivism, open education, collaborative learning, accessibility, and metacognition. Presenter: Maeve Dion, J.D.

Assistant Professor of Security Studies, University of New Hampshire at Manchester 2b) Best Practices in Delivering Online, Advanced Emergency Management Courses (Room K318)

Description: The evolution of online learning has come a long way, and experiences developing and delivering online, graduate, and advanced degree and certification curricula have shown us that new standards and technologies extend our abilities to educate professionals in the emergency management practice. This workshop will provide attendees with examples of best practices regarding the extension of technology usage to better communicate with and engage adult students. Presenter: Tashonda Haugabrook, MPA

Adjunct Professor, Metropolitan College of New York Moderator: George Schwartz, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor of Leadership, Immaculata University 3a) Creating Multi-Course Program Assessment Rubrics (Room K302)

Description: This workshop will look at systematic process for program assessment utilizing NGCC-based learning objectives. Building on these program objectives, participants will explore the processes of rubric development and creation as well as assurance of learning for programmatic assessment across multiple courses. Presenter: Jamie Earls, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Emergency Management Homeland Security, Arkansas Tech University Caroline Hackerott, Ph.D. Assistant Professor/Graduate Program Director of Emergency Management Homeland Security, Arkansas Tech University Sandy Maxwell Smith, RN; Ph.D. Professor and Department Head of Emergency Management, Arkansas Tech University Naval Postgraduate School

3b) Collaborative Instructional Design (Room K302) Description: This collaborative instructional design utilizes a graduate emergency management and homeland security leadership class and an undergraduate emergency management skills development class. Both classes address EM Next Generation Core Competencies. In this session, a three-part collaborative teaching and learning strategy is presented and discussed. Presenters: Beth Gray, J.D., MBA

Associate Professor, Arkansas Tech University Caroline Hackerott, Ph.D. Assistant Professor/Graduate Program Director of Emergency Management Homeland Security, Arkansas Tech University

Moderator: Sam Lombardo Program Manager/Adjunct Faculty, Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management Frederick Community College

4a) Critical Infrastructure Organizational Resilience - A Focus on Law Enforcement First Responders (Room L100) Description: This presentation continues the discussion of Organizational Resilience with particular focus on critical infrastructure resource protection regarding law enforcement. Organizational resilience within law enforcement is analyzed to identify strengths and weaknesses which allows for the creation of advanced training and educational resources regarding this important and essential first-responder population. This analysis introduces a methodology of analysis which can extend to Fire Safety and EMS. Presenters: Beth Gray, J.D., MBA

Associate Professor, Arkansas Tech University Caroline Hackerott, Ph.D. Assistant Professor/Graduate Program Director of Emergency Management Homeland Security, Arkansas Tech University

4b) Setting a Context for Discourse in the Emergency Services Classroom (Room L100) Description: Setting the tone for diversity and inclusion in the classroom through discourse does not have to be a daunting experience. We will discuss methods for creating this foundation, exploring our own personal belief system and tools for addressing issues of diversity and inclusion as they arise in our classrooms. Presenters: Melissa Meyers

University of Maryland, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute Moderator: Lewis Eakins, Ph.D., CPP

Chief Security Officer, Department of Public Safety, Idaho State University 5) Develop (or Improve) an Emergency Management Internship Program (Room M202)

Description: Through hands-on activities, you will develop an internship program outline, identify a realistic intern project, and recognize and overcome obstacles to starting a program. This workshop will be given through the lens of developing a High School Internship Program, and can be applied to any Emergency Management Internship Program. Presenter: Jennifer Pearsall, MS

Interagency Training Coordinator, New York City Emergency Management Department Moderator: Stacy Willett, Ed.D.

Professor and Program Director, Emergency Management and Homeland Security (EMHS), University of Akron

6) FEWSION for Community Resilience: Understanding Critical Supply Chains Through Community Engagement (Room K308) Description: Learn the key components of the FEWSION for Community Resilience (F4R) process to increase adaptive capacity and stakeholder engagement in your community. The F4R process combines cutting-edge data research tools with community engagement strategies to drive evidence-based conversations about last mile and mesoscale food, energy, and water supply chains. Presenter: Sean Ryan

Professional Development Coordinator, Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Northern Arizona University

Moderator: Alessandra Jerrolleman, Ph.D., MPA, CFM Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Management, Jacksonville State University



Poster Contest & Share Fair

TONIGHT

Join Us in the Pub for Coffee and Dessert Tuesday Evening June 5th from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

The Share Fair is a great opportunity to share programs, projects, activities, and events from your college, university, or agency. The purpose is to share effective practices related to emergency management education. Some examples might include internship programs, job placement, campus resilience, academic-practitioner collaboration, education for adjunct faculty, student recruitment, graduate tracking or service learning projects, and successful practices in curricula design, development, and delivery.

The annual research poster contest will take place simultaneously. Faculty and students will present research and project posters to compete for the Dr. Tom Phelan Outstanding Poster Award and the People’s Choice Award. Don’t forget to cast your ballot for the People’s Choice Awards! Criteria for the awards are based on: 1) The poster addressing a current emergency management problem, 2) The poster being well organized, 3) The presenter conveying the program or research in a clear and concise manner and being able to answer questions regarding the area(s) presented, and 4) the poster or research conveying potential to promote synergy between the academic and practitioner community.

Please note: This is not a forum for resource materials such as books, publications, or other media for instruction. However, please join us on Wednesday evening in the NETC library, where faculty will have the opportunity to share recent publications and course materials.

Contestants

Name(s) Institution Poster Title Thomas Anglin, Chase Beecher, Monroe Molesky, Makenzie Hemmer, Sara Lesnesky

Alma College Using Telemedicine to Bridge Health Disparities Gaps During Disaster Response

Shane Henry, Nahuel Juarez, Camron Ramirez, Willard Rose

Alma College Social Media’s Impact on Post-Disaster Response in Low Socioeconomic Areas

Brian Iveson, Jacob Philips, Anthony Pizzo, Blaire Showers

Alma College Addressing Maternal Disaster Planning and Relief: Preparing Mothers for Prenatal, Birth, and Postnatal Care During Disasters

Alexander Henry, Aubrey Root, Gregg Hartman, Aaron Saenz, Megan Blanchard

Alma College Disproportionate Dental Care for Minorities in Post-Disaster Areas

Tomicka Williams Purdue Global University

Crisis Communication Systems K-12 School Principals

Beatrice Nadine S. Fant , Alexa L. Van Hine , Rene Hernandez

Saginaw Valley University

IPE Service Learning Project Partnering Students, NGO’s and Village Stakeholders

Weiping Tsai , Yuansung Jiang Taipei City Office of Disaster Management

Improvement of Disaster Exercise Planning and Conduct by Modularization of Training Facilities

Dean Kyne University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Service-Learning to Promote Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Unity for Disaster Resiliency

Share Fair Participants

• American Society for Public Administration/ Section on Emergency and Crisis Management

• Association of State Floodplain Managers • Columbia College Global Military • Emergency Management Institute • FEMA Careers • FEMA Corps • International Association of Emergency Managers • FEMA Independent Study Program • Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management/Frederick Community

College • Millersville University • Mineta Transportation Institute • Texas A&M/National Domestic Preparedness Consortium • The Salvation Army • U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Safe and Health Students



Wednesday at a Glance Morning Plenary



3:00-5:00 p.m. 8:00-8:15 Welcome Back and Recapping 8:15-9:00 Diversity, Inclusion & Unity of Effort: Necessary Ingredients for Effective Resilience Carlos J. Castillo 9:10-9:30 Awards/Posters Claire Connolly Knox, Carol Cwiak, Sandy Maxwell Smith, Wendy Walsh 9:30-10:00 Inclusivity at the NTES Dan Paulette-Chapman EMI Course Credit Transfer Pathways Matthew Prager 10:00-10:15 Break 10:15 -10:35 State of the Community DeeDee Bennett 10:35-11:15 A Discipline Prepared Gianina Baker 11:15-11:30 Focus Group Report Out Stacy Willett, Laura Olson 11:30-11:45 Wrap-up, Evaluation Process, and Daily Information 11:45-1:00 Lunch

1) Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Special Interest Group Claire Connolly Knox (4) 2) Floodplain Management Jerry Murphy (3), Ingrid Wadsworth (3) 3) Storytelling—Enhancing Emergency Management Learning in Native Populations Jim Cedeon (3), Norlean Cedeno (3) 4) Threats to EM Program Sustainability: Downsizing and Elimination Jack Rozdilsky (1) 5) Analysis of Buyout Properties—Are the Headlines Correct? Eric Best (2) 6) An Evaluation of Emergency Management Degree Programs Based on Skills Julia Crowley (3) 7) Career Pathway Success: It Starts on Day One Carol Cwiak (1), Sarah Kirkpatrick (1) Track Key (1) Policy & Administration (2) Research (3) SoTL (4) SIG

1a) Student Perspectives & Academic Learning Special Interest Group Terry Cooper (4) 1b) Jobs & Internships Special Interest Group Stacy Willett (4) 2a) Research & Theory Special Interest Group Ray Change (4), Joel Palmer (4) 2b) Exploring the Current and Future Uses of Storytelling in Emergency Management Education Alessandra Jerollman (3) 3a) Disaster Health Core Curriculum Kandra Strauss-Riggs (3) 3b) Increasing Emergency Management Resilience in the Healthcare and Public Sector Rosemary Hartofilis (1), Bernard Jones (1) 4a) Competent Action: Why We Should Care About Immersion and Its Effect on the Individual Debra Kreisberg (3), Noel Metcalf (3) 4b) Using Manipulatives in the Higher Ed Classroom Frannie Edwards (3), Dan Goodrich (3) 5a) Building on Common Ground: Emergency Management and Homeland Security Cameron Carlson (2), Shirley Feldmann-Jensen (2), Steven Jensen (2), Terry O’Sullivan (2) 5b) A Practitioner and Academic-Based Assessment for Integrating Homeland Security and Emergency Management Cameron Carlson (2) 6a) Working with the Administration David McEntire (1) 6b) Higher Education Academy and Fellowship David McEntire (3)

Wednesday Highlights

Carlos J. Castillo, CEM, works with the Deputy Administrator on implementation of FEMA’s preparedness programs and grants, insurance, mitigation, and continuity programs. Previously, Mr. Castillo oversaw FEMA’s Individual and Public Assistance Programs and led development of the Agency’s National Disaster Housing Strategy. Mr. Castillo has over 35 years of emergency and disaster management leadership experience at all government levels. He recently served as the Regional Disaster Officer for the South Florida Region American Red Cross and was an Adjunct Instructor at Florida International University and a guest lecturer on at the University of Miami.

Dan Paulette-Chapman serves as the Chief of the National Training and Education System (NTES) Branch at the NTED. The Branch is dedicated to optimizing and integrating the preparedness training and education communities nationwide; serving as a catalyst to enhance the ways in which training and education help to build a secure and resilient Nation. His career in emergency management spans more than fourteen years, and includes service as a first responder, community-level emergency services coordinator, and Federal emergency response official.

Matthew Prager is the Chief of the Curriculum Standards and Instructional Technology Branch for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Emergency Management Institute, Emmitsburg, Maryland, where he provides guidance and assistance in instructional systems design and ensures that EMI curriculum meets all EMI legal and technical standards and requirements. He also oversees the programs used to provide online training to state, local, tribal, Federal, and non-government personnel in incident management, preparation, mitigation, response, and recovery operations. Mr. Prager retired from active naval service, where he served in OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.

DeeDee Bennett, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cyber Security at the University at Albany - SUNY. Her primary research areas include emergency management, socially vulnerable populations during disasters, emergency communications, disaster policy, and mobile wireless communications. Dr. Bennett received her Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University in Fire and Emergency Management. In addition to bringing expertise in emergency management, Dr. Bennett has a unique academic background having received both her M.S. in Public Policy and B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Gianina Taylor Baker, Ph.D., is the Assistant Director at the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) and provides support to the Director, assisting with the development and maintenance of partnership networks under the Lumina Foundation for Education grant. Her main research interests include student learning outcomes assessment at Minority Serving Institutions, access and equity issues for underrepresented administrators and students, and higher education policy. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Organization & Leadership with a Higher Education concentration from the University of Illinois, a M.A. in Human Development Counseling from Saint Louis University, and a B.A. in Psychology from Illinois Wesleyan University.



Wednesday Morning Plenary 8:00-8:15 a.m. Welcome Back and Recapping

Wendy Walsh, FEMA Higher Education Program Manager 8:15-9:00 a.m. Diversity, Inclusion & Unity of Effort: Necessary Ingredients for Effective Resilience

Carlos J. Castillo, CEM, Associate Administrator, FEMA Office of Resilience 9:00-9:30 a.m. Awards/Posters

Claire Connolly Knox, Ph.D., Associate Professor/EMHS Program Director, University of South Florida Carol Cwiak, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor/Internship Coordinator, North Dakota State University Sandy Maxwell Smith, RN, Ph.D., Department Head and Professor of EM, Arkansas Tech University Wendy Walsh, FEMA Higher Education Program Manager

9:30-10:00 a.m. Inclusivity at the National Training and Education System (NTES) Dan Paulette-Chapman, Branch Chief, FEMA, National Training and Education System EMI Course Credit Transfer Pathways Matthew Prager, Chief, FEMA Curriculum Standards and Instructional Technology Branch, EMI

10:00-10:15 a.m. Break 10:15-10:35 a.m. State of the Community

DeeDee Bennett, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, State University of New York at Albany 10:35-11:15 a.m. A Discipline Prepared: Advancing Emergency Management and Homeland Security with

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Gianina Baker, Ph.D.

11:15-11:30 a.m. Focus Group Report-Out Jobs & Internships Focus Group Stacy Willett, Ph.D., Professor/Program Director EMHS, University of Akron Cultures of Preparedness Focus Group Laura Olson, Ph.D., Professor, Georgetown University; Co-chair, Culture and Disaster Action Network


Wednesday Afternoon Breakouts, 1:00-2:30 p.m. 1) Scholarship of Teaching and Learning SIG (Room L100)

Description: The SoTL SIG will discuss the pedagogical and andragogic theories and tools applicable to the emergency management discipline: experiential learning, program and course assessment, online learning, creating and maintaining community partnerships. Lead: Claire Connolly Knox, Ph.D.

Associate Professor/EMHS Program Director, University of South Florida

2) Floodplain Management (Room M202) Description: Rarely is Floodplain Management being taught as a discipline in schools of higher education today. This is problematic in an era of gradually rising tides and extreme weather events. The University of Florida Resilient Communities Initiative seeks to increase awareness of the need for floodplain management to be incorporated in the educational areas of design, construction, and planning through interdisciplinary studios and other existing coursework. Through this effort, we hope to reach out to local governments and internally to the colleges of agriculture, engineering, health and medical sciences, and natural resources, among others. Presenters: Jerry Murphy, J.D., AICP, CFM

Research Associate Professor, University of Florida Resilient Communities Initiative Ingrid Wadsworth, CFM Deputy Director of Operations, Association of State Floodplain Managers

Moderator: TBD

3) Storytelling-Enhancing Emergency Management Learning in Native Populations (Room K308) Description: Native cultures have generationally passed down their cultures and traditions through storytelling. It was the primary form of teaching and wisdom communication. Through stories, tribes transmitted their mythological, spiritual, historical understandings, and the challenges of the worlds they inhabited. Knowledge of natural disasters and response (emergency management) was passed as generational “whole-community” education by the storytellers. Storytelling can enhance higher education learning. Presenters: Jim Cedeno

Winds of Progress Norlean Cedeno Winds of Progress

Moderator: Sean Ryan Professional Development Coordinator, Center for Science Teaching and Learning, Northern Arizona University

4) Threats to EM Program Sustainability: Downsizing and Elimination (Room S125) Description: As the emergency management higher education matures, the community has witnessed both the birth and death of programs. This workshop will provide the opportunity to explore the downsizing and targeted elimination of programs from undergraduate curriculum. Presenters: Jack L. Razdiksky, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Emergency Management, York University Moderator: Robert “Dr. Bob” Ditch, Ed.D, CEM

Staff Liaison Officer & NESA-MTT Coordinator, National Headquarters Civil Air Patrol



Wednesday Afternoon Breakouts, 1:00-2:30 p.m. continued

5) Analysis of Buyout Properties—Are the Headlines Correct (Room K318) Description: In March 2019, National Public Radio released a series on FEMA buyouts alleging discrimination. This paper examines that data set in greater detail, merging the buyout data with public and private mortgage data and other economic data over a time series. Presenter: Eric Best, Ph.D.

Assistant Policy Scientist, Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research, University of Delaware Moderator: Peter Loebach, Ph.D.

Assistance Professor of Emergency Management, Elizabeth City State University

6) An Evaluation of Emergency Management Degree Programs Based on Skills (Room S121/S123) Description: The field of emergency management is growing at a noticeable rate. The purpose of this research is therefore to survey emergency management practitioners throughout the United States to assess the skills they find most valuable, and evaluate the level at which university emergency management programs are providing those skills. Presenters: Julia Crowley, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Emergency Disaster Management, Western Carolina University Moderator: Kay Goss

Public Servant, Educator, Author, Public Speaker

7) Career Pathway Success: It Starts on Day One (Room K302) Description: There is much discussion in the emergency management higher education community about jobs for graduates. This presentation posits that career pathway success is enhanced if the educational program promotes holistic development of students through a commitment to education, professional development, networking, career planning, and experience. Presenters: Carol Cwiak, J.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Emergency Management, North Dakota State University Sarah Kirkpatrick, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Emergency Management, North Dakota State University

Wednesday Afternoon Breakouts, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

1a) Student Perspectives & Academic Learning SIG (Room S125) Description: The Student Perspectives and Academic Learning (SPAL) Special Interest Group (SIG) offers an open forum for students to network and interact on academically related needs of students in emergency management (EM) programs. As academicians seek more innovate and interactive methods of teaching and student-learning initiatives, student perspectives provide valuable insight into methods that students enjoy and find successful in their academic matriculation. Through collaborative insight of students and academicians, a network of professionals and students can be fostered that can provide opportunities for mentorship, research, and progression of students into academia. Student perspectives and academic learning encourage a multi-directional approach to improving teaching and student learning through direct interaction with student populations. Lead: Terry Cooper

Emergency Response Coordinator, New Haven Health Department

1b) Jobs & Internships SIG (Room S125) Description: The Jobs and Internships SIG is the Higher Education community hub for inquiry, information and sharing good practices to create and sustain meaningful internships and successful job placement in the field of Emergency Management. The group is specifically interested in supporting FEMA and DHS, as well as other state, local, and private sector emergency managers to recognize and leverage the extraordinary value of emergency management and homeland security students. Lead: Stacy Willett, Ph.D.

Professor/Program Director EMHS, University of Akron

2a) Research & Theory SIG (Room K318) Description: This session will be an in-person meeting of the EMTR-SIG. The primary goals will be to encourage more cross-talk between members (difficult on conference calls) to encourage collaboration on research topics of interest for the practitioners, validating theories from the researchers, and supporting each other to develop and share materials at future conferences. Lead: Ray Chang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Fire and Emergency Management, Oklahoma State University Joel Palmer, MPH FEMA Integration Team Lead, Utah/FEMA Region VIII

2b) Exploring the Current and Future Uses of Storytelling in Emergency Management Education (Room K318) Description: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Higher Education Program is supporting the time and development of a White Paper regarding the current, and potential uses, of narrative learning as a strategy within Emergency Management education. Narrative learning, in which storytelling is used to teach complex topics through the sharing of narratives, is an informal strategy employed by some Emergency Management educators. These narratives can be used to highlight human behavior within real-world scenarios, including the decisions and actions of professionals within the field. Reflective analysis of these narratives allows students to improve their own future actions. Lead: Alessandra Jerolleman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Fire and Emergency Management, Oklahoma State University

3a) Disaster Health Core Curriculum (Room K302) Description: The Disaster Health Core Curriculum is a unique online training, developed with adult learning principles, that links the disaster medicine and public health preparedness core competencies to in-depth, interactive modules created by disaster health professionals. The course was created to be very flexible—11 modules can be taken at once, or independently, to supplement individual learning, or utilized in a group course environment. Continuing education is available for this curriculum. Presenter: Kandra Strauss-Riggs

Education Director, National Center for Disaster Medicine & Public Health/Uniformed Services University



Wednesday Afternoon Breakouts, 3:00-5:00 p.m. continued

3b) Increasing Emergency Management Resilience in the Healthcare and Public Health Sector (Room K302) Description: This presentation seeks to address the issue of evaluating appropriate methods of increasing resiliency in hospitals and other healthcare entities in the Healthcare and Public Health Sector of our nation’s critical infrastructure. Utilizing risk management metrics in this sector, as well as integrating technology and informatics in the sector’s practices, will attempt to meet the resiliency needs for healthcare professionals during both normal operations and public health emergencies. Presenters: Rosemary Hartofilis

Doctoral Student of Homeland Security, St. John’s University Bernard Jones, D. Sc. Assistant Professor of HSEM, St. John’s University

Moderator: Héctor Colón Cruz, Ph.D., MEP Community Resilience Domain Manager, Puerto Rico Department of Health

4a) Competent Action: Why We Should Care About Immersion and its Effect on the Individual (Room L100) Description: Immersive experiential activities create an authentic learning environment tailored to a variety of needs. This whole student educational model involves the integration of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor responses inside a reality-based environment. Inclusion of these human elements drives the development of skill sets better aligned with workforce needs. Presenter: Debra Kreisberg, Ph.D.

Senior Clinical Instructor/Director PH Preparedness & Disaster Response Certificate, Colorado School of Public Health Noel Metcalf, B.S. Master in Public Health Student, Colorado School of Public Health

4b) Using Manipulatives in the Higher Ed Classroom (Room L100) Description: Adults learn best what they experience. Using manipulatives in the classroom allows adults to practice the skills being taught in a safe, miniature world. This workshop demonstrates how to apply this andragogy skill in an emergency management context, including instruction on how to create the “sandbox” and scenarios. Presenters: Frannie Edwards, MUP, Ph.D., CEM

Director, Master of Public Administration, San Jose State University Director, National Transportation Security Center, Mineta Transportation Institute Dan Goodrich, MPA, MEP, CEM Senior Security Scientist, Mineta Transportation Institute

Moderator: Edward H. Smith, J.D. Adjunct Faculty, Penn State University Retired Deputy Superintendent, Emergency Management Institute

5a) Building on Common Ground: Emergency Management and Homeland Security (Room M202) Description: As educators, we can improve the safety of communities through tighter collaboration between the sometimes parallel but frequently overlapping Emergency Management and Homeland Security (EM/HS) education streams. This panel will discuss how to further integrate EM/HS academically in order to both produce a more capable workforce and leverage the strengths of both programs. Presenters: Cameron Carlson, Ph.D., PMP

Director, Center for the Study of Security, Cyber, Hazards and Preparedness/University of Alaska Fairbanks Shirley Feldmann-Jensen, RN, DPPD, MPH Program Coordinator & Lecturer, Emergency Services Administration Program, California State University, Long Beach Steven Jensen, DPPD Science Advisor, American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council/Professor, California State University, Long Beach Terry O’Sullivan, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Akron

5b) A Practitioner and Academic-based Assessment for Integrating Homeland Security and Emergency Management (Room M202) Description: The question of integrating a mixed curriculum containing both homeland security and emergency management education has been a much discussed topic of consideration both in the academic as well as practioner communities. Building upon research which focused on practitioner perspectives, a secondary segment of research was conducted to compare the perspectives of both academics who teach in higher education and those who work within the homeland security and emergency management enterprise. The research conducted unitized MaxDiff as the statistical analysis tool to derive a probability of choice for 87 educational themes. While there were gaps between those educational themes most likely to have been selected by each community, there likewise was some level of defined agreement as well. The research demonstrates that there exists greater consensus in the shared curriculum of a combined homeland security and emergency management program than not. Presenter: Cameron Carlson

Director, Center for the Study of Security, Cyber, Hazards and Preparedness/University of Alaska Fairbanks Moderator: George M. Schwartz, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor of Leadership, Immaculata University

6a) Working with the Administration (Room K308) Description: Are you frustrated with your college or university administration? Would you like more support from your Dean and Provost? This session will identify ways to help you win the hearts and minds of the administration and garner increased support to advance your emergency management program. Presenter: David A. McEntire, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Health and Public Service, Utah Valley University

6b) Higher Education Academy and Fellowship (Room K308) Description: Most professions have a license or some other credential to verify competency and ensure standards are being met. While professors hold Ph.D.'s, this does not necessarily guarantee that instructors have been sufficiently trained in cutting-edge teaching techniques and methodologies. Fortunately, the Higher Education Academy provides a “Fellow” credentialing system to verify professors are meeting expectations in course design and delivery. This session discusses the international Higher Education Academy and how professors may earn an Associate, Senior, or Principal Fellow designation. Presenter: David A. McEntire, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Health and Public Service, Utah Valley University



Evening in the Library

21st Annual Emergency Management Higher Education Symposium

Evening at the Library National Emergency Training Center Library Wednesday, June 5, 2019 6:00 p.m. Showcasing:

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Thursday at a Glance Morning Plenary



3:00-5:00 p.m. 8:00-8:15 Welcome Back and Recapping 8:15-9:00 Building Unity of Effort in Practice Stephanie Yanta 9:00-9:15 Unity of Effort at the NTED Scott Kelberg 9:15-9:45 Break 9:45-10:25 IAEM Martha D. “Marty” Shaub NEMA Jeff Stern 10:25 -10:45 Regional Collaborations and Region VI Report Out Kevin Clement, Wendy Walsh 10:45-11:30 Higher Education Program: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going Wendy Walsh 11:30-11:45 Wrap-up, Evaluation Process, and Daily Information 11:45-1:00 Lunch

1a) The Role of Emergency Management in the Early College Strategy Elizabeth Duffy (3), Kathy Francis (3), Sam Lombardo (3), Diana Sung (3) 1b) 2-Year Programs SIG: Planning Resources for Developing a 2-Year EM Academic Program Kathy Francis (4), Alan Lyons (4), Patricia McIntosh (4), David Williams 2) Ethics SIG Shirley Feldmann-Jensen (4), Sandy Maxwell Smith (4) 3) Comprehensive Academic Program Review: Homeland Security and Emergency Management Degrees Kenneth Christopher (1) 4) Building Cultures of Preparedness: Teaching & Learning Culture-Based Approaches in EM Elizabeth Marino (3), Laura Olson (3), Eric Stern (3) 5) Integrating the Core Competencies of Resilience into Engineering Education Richard Fosse (3) 6) Teaching, Tenure, and Dissertations: How Can I Possibly Accomplish Everything? Shawn Bayouth (1), Amy Hyman (1), Joseph Richmond (1) Track Key (1) Policy & Administration (2) Research (3) SoTL (4) SIG

1a) Accreditation SIG Larry Porter (4) 1b) New Program Resources & Support SIG David Taylor (4) 2) Creating Change Agents: Developing Leadership Skills in the Classroom Carol Cwiak (3) 3a) Diversifying Our Source of Solutions David McIntyre (2) 3b) Pracademics: Bridging the Gap Between Academics and Practitioners in Emergency Management Paula Buchanan (1), Tammy Esteves (1) 4) Climate Security: A Pre-Mortem Approach to a Sustainable Global Future John Comiskey (1) 5) Resilience and Emergency Management: Exploring the Psychological Dynamics of Leadership Antoinette Collarini Schlossberg (3), Bernard Jones (3) 6) Understanding International Cultural Competencies in Disaster Planning and Response Thomas J. Carey (2), Ali Gheith (2)

Thursday Highlights

Stephanie Yanta, Supervisory Special Agent (SSA), entered on duty with the FBI in 1998 whereupon she was assigned to the Washington Field Office (WFO). SSA Yanta was a member of the Cold Case Homicide Squad and the Safe Streets Task Force where she worked violations associated with violent crimes, gangs, and drugs. During her tenure, SA Yanta was the case agent of the largest drug seizure in the history of the D.C. area. SA Yanta also served as a member of the WFO Hazardous Materials Response Team (HMRT). As a trained HAZMAT operator, significantly, SA Yanta twice deployed to Afghanistan in support of the investigative efforts associated with the 2001 anthrax attacks. SSA Yanta is a co-founder of the D.C. Touchstone group – an FBI led private sector outreach effort. She earned her Master’s Degree in 2012 from the Naval Postgraduate School having completed her Master’s Thesis on the Touchstone Project.

Kevin Clement, CEM, is a Homeland Security and Emergency Management professional and retired Army officer with in-depth program management and interagency coordination experience. He currently leads the joint efforts of the South East Texas Regional Planning Commission and the University of Houston to develop a Unified Regional Response to a Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack for the South East Texas region. Kevin is a member of the Steering Committee of the FEMA Region VI Education Collaborative.

Scott Kelberg is Acting Director for the National Training and Education Division (NTED), National Preparedness Directorate (NPD), FEMA. As Acting Director, he is responsible for strategically leading two FEMA school houses and more than 30 training and education-focused partner organizations, 200+ Federal staff that promulgate the training and education of more than 2,000,000 emergency responders annually. He serves as the senior executive lead for Agency-wide training planning committees and the primary point of contact for Members of Congress on FEMA training programs. Mr. Kelberg has more than 20 years of experience in homeland security, law enforcement, grants management, training, administration, and program management.

Martha D. “Marty” Shaub, CEM, UCEM, is the President of the USA Council of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) and director of occupational and environmental health and safety at the University of Utah. Ms. Shaub is an experienced emergency management professional and has directed programs for the University of Utah since 1984. Ms. Shaub was a founding member of the Utah Emergency Management Association and was appointed to the first Utah Comprehensive Emergency Management Advisory Board, established in 2000. She served as the Advisory Board chair during the drafting of bylaws and operating procedures. She has served on advisory boards for Private Sector Homeland Security, Higher Education Emergency Planning, EMPG and UASI Grants and the Lt. Governor’s Advisory Board for Emergency Management within the state of Utah.

Jeff Stern, Ph.D., leads the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, the Commonwealth’s disaster preparedness and response agency. Appointed in 2014 and reappointed in 2018, Jeff has led VDEM through a modernization program that decentralized staffing, doubled rural staff, trained all personnel to support disaster operations, and streamlined finances, planning, response, training and exercise programs. He has led VDEM through nearly 40 gubernatorial-declared states of emergency and four presidential disaster declarations. Jeff chairs FEMA’s National Advisory Council Response & Recovery Committee, and is a member of the Department of Commerce FirstNet Public Safety Advisory Committee, the National Capital Region Homeland Security Executive Committee, and the DHS Science and Technology First Responders Resource Group. Jeff is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Emergency and Disaster Management program.



Wendy Walsh is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Higher Education Program Manager within the NTES. The Emergency Management Higher Education program has been supporting academia for over 20 years, serving as the focal point for emergency management higher education. Prior to this assignment she served as the Homeland Defense and Security Coordinator at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey. In this position, she facilitated opportunities for homeland security research and technology collaboration within NPS, serving as a catalyst for establishing and managing viable intellectual and financial partnerships with other federal agencies, state and local governments, academia and the private sector that are addressing issues of Homeland Defense and Security. Prior NPS she served the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a President’s Management Fellow, filling the position of Citizen Corps Program Specialist within the Preparedness Directorate. She has also worked for the State of California as a licensed psychiatric technician, served on the facility disaster committee planning preparedness activities, and exercises, as well as served as the public information officer (PIO) for a large state developmental center for people with access and functional needs. She holds a BA in Political Science, MPA from Sonoma State University, certificates in Systems Engineering and Design, Partnering, Management & Innovation. She is currently working on a Doctorate in Education Leadership.

Thursday Morning Plenary 8:00-8:15 a.m. Welcome Back and Recapping 8:15-9:00 a.m. Building Unity of Effort in Practice

Stephanie Yanta, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation 9:00-9:15 a.m. Unity of Effort at the National Training and Education Division (NTED)

Scott Kelberg, Acting Director for the FEMA National Training and Education Division 9:25-9:45 a.m. Break 9:45-10:25 a.m. International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)

Martha D. “Marty” Shaub, CEM, IAEM President National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) Jeff Stern, Ph.D., State Coordinator, Virginia Department of Emergency Management

10:25-10:45 a.m. Regional Collaborations and Region VI Report Out Kevin Clement, CEM, University of Houston Wendy Walsh, Program Manager, FEMA Higher Education Program

10:45-11:30 a.m. Higher Education Program: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going Wendy Walsh, Program Manager, FEMA Higher Education Program


Thursday Afternoon Breakouts, 1:00-2:30 p.m. 1a) The Role of Emergency Management in the Early College Strategy (Room L100)

Description: Early College provides the opportunity for qualified students to earn an associate degree and high school diploma simultaneously. The Emergency Management discipline, as a public safety practitioner environment, provides a setting where student success in academic achievement and real-world career preparation join together. The concept creates a true learning community. Presenters: Elizabeth Duffy

Executive Director of Dual Enrollment, Frederick Community College Kathy Francis Executive Director and Adjunct Faculty, Emergency Management Programs, Frederick Community College Lead, Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management Sam Lombardo Emergency Management Program Manager, Frederick Community College Diana Sung Coordinator for Dual Enrollment, Frederick County Public Schools

Moderator: Steve Carter Adjunct Faculty, Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management/Frederick Community College

1b) 2-Year Programs SIG: Planning Resource for Developing a 2-Year Emergency Management Academic Program (Room L100) Description: Early College provides the opportunity for qualified students to earn an associate degree and high school diploma simultaneously. The Emergency Management discipline, as a public safety practitioner environment, provides a setting where student success in academic achievement and real-world career preparation join together. The concept creates a true learning community. Presenters: Kathy Francis

Executive Director and Adjunct Faculty, Emergency Management Programs, Frederick Community College Alan Lyons Emergency Management Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor, Elizabeth City State University Patricia McIntosh Emergency Management Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor, Elizabeth City State University David Williams Emergency Management Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor, Elizabeth City State University



Thursday Afternoon Breakouts, 1:00-2:30 p.m. continued 2) Ethics SIG (Room M202)

Description: The moral basis for action within the Emergency Management (EM) field has not yet been well established and articulated, even though difficult and unclear value-based choices are part of the EM context. The collective SIG discourse will move toward the formation of an EM ethical framework and begin analysis of how to best incorporate ethics instruction into EM education programs. Leads: Shirley Feldmann-Jensen, RN, DPPD, MPH

Program Coordinator & Lecturer, Emergency Services Administration Program, California State University, Long Beach Sandy Maxwell Smith, RN; Ph.D. Professor and Department Head of Emergency Management, Arkansas Tech University

3) Comprehensive Academic Program Review: Homeland Security and Emergency Management Degrees (Room K308) Description: This workshop provides action steps for planning and conducting a comprehensive program review for blended degrees in homeland security and emergency management. Attendees will engage in dialogue and hands-on activities to hone skills in operationalizing an innovative, institution-specific plan for a comprehensive academic program review. Presenter: Kenneth Christopher, DPA

Associate Professor/Academic Program Director, National University Moderator: Larry Porter, Ph.D.

Professor, Arkansas Tech University 4) Building Cultures of Preparedness: Teaching & Learning Culture-Based Approaches in EM (Room S125)

Description: Mainstream approaches to preparedness for households and communities have fallen short. Preparedness initiatives must engage with diverse communities. This workshop presents materials/concepts for EM programs and classrooms and a culture-based approach based on a Higher Education Program report, Building Cultures of Preparedness, written in response to FEMA’s Strategic Plan. Presenters: Elizabeth Marino, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Sustainability, Oregon State University-Cascades Laura Olson, Ph.D. Professor, Georgetown University; Co-chair, Culture and Disaster Action Network Eric Stern, Ph.D. Professor, College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cyber-Security, University of Albany

Moderator: Wendy Walsh Program Manager, FEMA Higher Education Program

5) Integrating the Core Competencies of Resilience into Engineering Education (Room K318) Description: Today’s civil engineering graduates need a broad understanding of certain core competencies of resilience which are fundamental to their future role as the designers and managers of our Nation’s infrastructure. This presentation outlines a three-credit hour class that presents the fundamentals of resilient design, disaster planning, response, and recovery. Presenter: Richard Fosse, P.E.

Professor of Practice in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa College of Engineering Moderator: David Plance, Ph.D.

Integration Team Lead, FEMA Region IX 6) Teaching, Tenure, and Dissertations: How Can I Possibly Accomplish Everything? (Room S121/S123)

Description: With limited doctoral applicants, universities often hire new faculty with a Masters, contingent on the completing their Ph.D., which can create high demands. This panel will discuss both faculty and supervisors’ perspectives for being successful while simultaneously working full-time, maintaining heavy teaching loads, and writing a dissertation. Presenters: Shawn Bayouth, Ph.D.

Department Chair of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Arkansas State University Amy Hyman. Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Arkansas State University Joseph Richmond Doctoral Student/Assistant Professor of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, Arkansas State University

Thursday Afternoon Breakouts, 3:00-5:00 1a) Accreditation SIG (Room S125)

Description: The SIG will continue to discuss how to improve the quality of education in the field of EM, increase professionalism, and foster accountability in the many colleges and universities offering programs leading to certificates and degrees in the field of EM. Lead: Larry Porter, Ph.D.

Professor, Arkansas Tech University

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Thursday Afternoon Breakouts, 3:00-5:00 continued

1b) New Program Resources & Support SIG (Room S125) Description: The meeting will focus on the challenges facing new programs, including needs analyses, business planning, curriculum design and development assessment, and sustainability. Lead: David B. Taylor, Ph.D.

Professor, Niagara University 2) Creating Change Agents: Developing Leadership Skills in the Class room

Description: Emergency management professionals need to be change agents capable of leading change in an increasingly complex risk environment. This requires the development of specific and consistent leadership skills. This presentation will focus on ways in which these skills can be developed in the classroom throughout the emergency management curriculum. Presenter: Carol Cwiak, J.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Emergency Management, North Dakota State University 3a) Diversifying Our Source of Solutions (Room K302)

Description: Homeland Security (HS) exists at the imperfect intersection of National Security (NS) and Public Safety (PS). PS (especially EM) continues to improve at cooperating in complex contingencies. HS continues to struggle with countering WMD threats. Diversifying sources for research (Gates/bureaucracy, Kettl/administration, Kotter/business, Deming/management, Maan/strategic narrative, FEMA/national preparedness) can help. Presenter: David McIntyre, Ph.D.

Director, Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University Professor of Homeland Security and Terrorism, Bush School for Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University

3b) Pracademics: Bridging the Gap Between Academics and Practitioners in Emergency Management (Room K302) Description: Emergency management researchers in academia often have experience in the field, and have the opportunity to serve both practice and academia as pracademics (“practitioner-academics”) to encourage increased unity of effort between both professions. This presentation provides an overview of the concept and potential of pracademics in EM education and practice. Presenters: Paula Buchanan, MBA, MPH

Doctoral Student, Jacksonville State University Tammy Esteves, Ph.D. Faculty of Crisis/Emergency Management/Public Health Preparedness & Emergency Response, Troy University

Moderator: TBD 4) Climate Security: A Pre-Mortem Approach to a Sustainable Global Future (Room L100)

Description: Climate change is a viable threat to homeland security and likely the most significant risk facing humanity. The nation is ill-prepared for risks presented by climate change. We have a duty to identify and sustain the capabilities across the whole-of-community to prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from climate change risks. Presenter: John Comiskey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Homeland Security, Monmouth University Moderator: Robert Fagan, MA, MBA, NEMAA, MEP; Colonel, U.S. Army (Retired)

Global Crisis Management Consultant/Emergency Management Exercise Planner, Foreign Service Institute 5) Resilience and Emergency Management: Exploring the Psychological Dynamics of Leadership (Room M202)

Description: This presentation continues the discussion of Organizational Resilience with particular focus on the psychological dynamics of leadership including components of emotional intelligence. It also includes a discussion of collaboration, communication and coordination and critical thinking. These topics will be addressed in the context of formulating practical and meaningful course content for college students that adds to their skill development for future careers in emergency/disaster management. Presenters: Antionette Collarini Schlossberg, Ph.D.

Professor, St. John’s University Bernard Jones, D.Sc. Assistant Professor of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, St. John’s University

Moderator: Kevin Clement, CEM The University of Houston

6) Understanding International Cultural Competencies in Disaster Planning and Response (Room K308) Description: Climate change is a viable threat to homeland security and likely the most significant risk facing humanity. The nation is ill-prepared for risks presented by climate change. We have a duty to identify and sustain the capabilities across the whole-of-community to prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from climate change risks. Presenters: Thomas J. Carey, Ed.D., CPP, CEM

Professor, Metropolitan College of New York Ali Gheith, CEM, MEP Professor/Director of Emergency and Disaster Management Master’s Program, Metropolitan College of New York

Moderator: Claudio Coiffi-Revilla, Ph.D. Professor/Director, Center for Social Complexity, George Mason University

Singing Tree

Don’t forget to visit the Singing Tree, a mural created by graphic facilitator Laurie Marshall at the 2018 Higher Education Symposium. Adding to an international Forest of more than 5 Singing Trees murals made by over 18,000 people from 50 countries, the FEMA Higher Education community tree will be on display for you to share your hopes and inspirations. Each mural in the forest addresses a community challenge and brings forward unique and innovative solutions, honoring every voice and vision. All symposium



Special Interest Groups What are your talents and passions? How can you share them with the Emergency Management Higher Education

community of interest? JOIN A SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP! All are welcome to join! Contact Danielle Green for more information [email protected].

Accreditation/Emergency Management & Homeland Security Unity of Effort: The Accreditation SIG has been working for several years to improve the quality of education in the field of EM, increase professionalism, and foster accountability in the many colleges and universities offering programs leading to certificates and degrees in the field of EM. The Accreditation SIG merged with the Unity of Effort SIG in the Spring of 2019. Daryl Spiewak, Larry Porter, Jim Ramsay

Case Teaching and Learning: The Case Teaching and Learning SIG offers a forum for educators interested in developing EM cases and the pedagogical approaches to use them. Jane Kushma

Collaboration, Connection, and Commitment to 2-Year Emergency Management Academic Programs: The groups will serve as an advocate between 2-year colleges nationwide, FEMA, and the broader EM academic community to support the collaboration and connections between institution program leads, and advance knowledge dissemination. Kathy Francis

Emergency Management Theory & Research/Science & Technology Integration: This SIG grew out of discussions at the 2016 FEMA Higher Education Symposium. That discussion led to a group intended to bring together researchers, academics, and operational personnel at all levels, interested in theory and research in EM, and to provide opportunities for collaboration year round. Joel Palmer, Ray Chang

Ethics in Emergency Management: This group is focused on developing an ethical framework specifically for EM for the purpose of enhancing the profession. Additionally, developing a process of reasoning to discern the essential components of an ethical framework for 21st century EM is at the forefront of the conversation. The complexity of the evolving risk environment, coupled with diminishing resources, leaves EM professionals and the wider communities they serve making difficult and unclear values-based decisions. Sandy Smith

Information Sharing & Symposium Planning: This SIG is focused on disseminating academic discipline materials, publications, programs, and efforts. A large part of this group’s work revolves around the annual FEMA Higher Education Symposium, to create a welcoming community event with a high level of academic quality and utility. Wendy Walsh

International SIG: This SIG evolved out of an interest in having a forum for participants to connect with others at the annual Symposium who have a desire to explore research, practice, and teaching issues in an international context. Jean Slick, Ray Chang

Jobs & Internships: The Jobs and Internships SIG is the Higher Education community hub for inquiry, information, and sharing good practices to create and sustain meaningful internships and successful job placement in the field of EM. The group is specifically interested in supporting FEMA and DHS, as well as other state, local, and private sector emergency managers to recognize and leverage the extraordinary value of EMHS students. Stacy Willett

New Program Resources & Support: This SIG was created to provide support and mentoring to individuals and institutions considering new academic programs in EMHS. The goal is to design programs of excellence that incorporate, from the onset, high standards and the next generation core competencies. This SIG is uniquely focused on the challenges facing new programs including needs analyses, business planning, curriculum design and development, assessment, and sustainability. David Taylor, Stephanie Lipson Mizrahi

Race, Ethnicity, & Economic Impacts in Emergency Management: This SIG recognizes the rich diversity of the communities served by the EM field of practice and focuses on curricula, research, teaching tools, and other resources required to facilitate learning in the academic EM discipline. The SIG is interested in supporting the development of faculty and students to promote understanding and inclusivity, and recognize the impact of current narratives, policy decisions, and practice on people of various races, ethnicities, and economic dispositions. Meldon Hollis

Scholarship of Teaching & Learning/Virtual Resources & Simulation: The SoTL SIG focuses on the pedagogical and andragogic theories and tools applicable to the EM discipline: experiential learning, program and course assessment, online learning, and creating and maintaining community partnerships. The SIG will serve as a resource to share state-of-the-art practices in data collection from EMHS classrooms and programs. The SIG also promotes the use of inductive and deductive approaches when analyzing the design of new courses, modifying existing courses, or enhancing the program, and it serves to strategically disseminate results, actionable items, and materials to academics and practitioners at conferences, annual meetings, journals, and workshops. Claire Knox, Mark Landahl

Service Learning & Leadership: The Service-Learning and Leadership SIG focuses on exploring experiential education in EM course curriculum by fostering ideas, developing strategies, and conducting research that looks at how to combine classroom instruction with organized service to the community with an emphasis on civic engagement, reflection, and the application of learning. Elizabeth Dunn

Student Perspectives & Academic Learning The Student Perspectives and Academic Learning SIG offers an open forum for students to network and interact on academically related needs of students in EM programs. As academicians seek more innovative and interactive methods of teaching and student-learning initiatives, student perspectives provide valuable insight into methods that students enjoy and find successful in their academic matriculation. Through collaborative insight of students and academicians, a network of professionals and students can be fostered that can provide opportunities for mentorship, research, and progression of students into academia. Victoria Jenkins




Future Faculty Spotlight Congratulations to our community’s 2019 Doctoral candidates:

JOEL M. BILLINGS Oklahoma State University Dissertation Title: Sleep in the Fire and Emergency Services Using Two Approaches to Assess the Relationships Among Sleep Parameters, Shift Schedules, and Orcadian Rhythms

THOMAS BOND LAYTON Jacksonville State University Dissertation Title: Efficacy of Predictive Analytics in the Electric Power Industry: A Case Study Using the Outage Prediction Model in Connecticut

CELESTE CHAMBERLAIN Jacksonville State University Dissertation Title: Risk Communication in a Virtual World: The Effectiveness of Cyber Security Alerts on the Response of Information Security Analyst

RACHEL CHIQUOINE University of Delaware Dissertation Title: Travel Behaviors during a Public Health Biological Emergency Requiring Points of Dispensing

FLAVIO LOPES RIBEIRO University of Delaware Dissertation Title: The Social Impact of Technology and Mega-Infrastructure to Mitigate Drought: A case study of changes in social capital associated with the São Francisco Inter-Basin Water Transfer in the Semiarid Region of Brazil

ROBERT A. MANN Jacksonville State University Dissertation Title: The Effect of COBRA Training on First Responder Self-confidence to Work in a Toxic Chemical or Biological Agent Environment

DAVID W. PLANCE Capella University Dissertation Title: Social Media in Emergency Management: A Case Study in Collaboration and Policy

AMY M. STRAWN St. Louis University, College for Public Health & Social Justice Dissertation Title: Exploring Law Enforcement Officers' Willingness to Report to Work During Biological or Radiological Disaster

JAMES AUSTIN TURNER St. Louis University, College for Public Health & Social Justice Dissertation Title: Baseline Occupational Radiation Dose and Willingness to Respond to Radiological Disasters Among First Responders in St. Louis, MO



Community Collaboration Networking Values



Thoughts Hopes Solutions Inspirations Ideas



Who we are The Higher Education Program’s mission is to serve the Emergency Management profession through education. This is accomplished through the promotion of personal mastery, the examination of mental models and cultivation of shared visions, team learning and systems thinking to produce innovation, opportunity and connection. In focusing on developing a learning community, the Higher Education Program supports a community that, in the words of Peter Senge, “continually expand their capacity to create the results they truly desire, where new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, where collective aspiration is set free, and where people are continually learning to see the whole together.”*

The Higher Education Program upholds FEMA’s mission and aligns with the priorities to: be survivor centric, be expeditionary, build capability for catastrophic disasters, enable risk reduction and strengthen FEMA’s organizational foundation by alignment toward building and sustaining core competencies and capabilities to realize the National Preparedness Goal (NPG). The Higher Education Program is an integrated part of the National Training and Education System (NTES) and closely coordinates with training efforts through the Emergency Management Institute’s cornerstone principles: initiative, collaboration, cooperation and innovation. Lastly, the Higher Education program is outcome driven, effective, efficient and dedicated to continuous improvement. *Senge, Peter M. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York: Doubleday/Currency, 1990.

Contact Us National Emergency Training Center 16825 South Seton Avenue, E114C Emmitsburg, MD 21727 Web: Higher Education Program (https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/)

Wendy Walsh, Program Manager Phone: (301) 447-1262 Email: [email protected]

Barbara Johnson, Program Assistant Phone: (301) 447-1452 Email: [email protected]

Danielle Green, Contract Support Phone: (301) 447-7251 Email: [email protected]






Appendix H: Evaluation and Feedback H-1 FEMA Higher Education Program

APPENDIX H: PARTICIPANT EVALUATION & FEEDBACK SUMMARY

An evaluation was conducted by Dr. Bernard Jones of St. John’s University located in New York City.

DR. BERNARD JONES’ HIGH LEVEL SYMPOSIUM EVALUATION RESULTS

• Total # symposium evaluation forms returned (2019/2018): 726 / 711 • Total # Pre-Symposium Workshop evaluation forms returned: 41 • Total # plenary session evaluation forms returned: 162 / 213 • Tuesday Plenary session evaluation forms returned: 99 / 129 • Wednesday Plenary session evaluation forms returned: 40 / 55 • Thursday Plenary session evaluation forms returned: 23 / 29 • Total # breakout session evaluation forms returned: 523 / 498 • Tuesday breakout session evaluation forms returned: 215 / 214 • Wednesday breakout session evaluation forms returned: 192 / 193 • Thursday breakout session evaluation forms returned: 116 / 91



DR. BERNARD JONES’ EVALUATION ANALYSIS

2019 FEMA EM Hi Ed Symposium Evaluation Results -Monday Pre-Symposium Workshop, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Plenary Sessions

Created by Dr. Bernard A. Jones, CBCP

Dated August 22nd, 2019

Dr. Bernard A. Jones Assistant - Professor St. John’s University August 21 2019

Overview Overview Updated Evaluation Process

Overview Updated Evaluation Goals/Objectives

High level Symposium Evaluation Results

Monday Pre-Symposium Workshop Results

Tuesday Plenary Session Results

Wednesday Plenary Session Results

Thursday Plenary Sessions Results

Evaluation Process Next Steps

Evaluation Process Updates for 2020

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Overview Updated Evaluation Process

Utilized individual evaluation forms for each session (plenaries & breakouts)

Obtained evaluation forms immediately after each session

Colored coded evaluation forms by ‘day’

Added a ‘fun’ incentive for return of the evaluation forms

All evaluation forms scanned and archived

All evaluation form data transposed into an Excel spreadsheet

Excel spreadsheet imported into SPSS for analysis/reporting

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Overview Updated Evaluation Process Goals/Objectives

Increase the return of evaluations forms over prior years

Learn from symposium participants about the good/bad

Use the data to assist with planning of future symposiums

Make the evaluation process more enjoyable with the addition if incentives

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High Level Symposium Evaluation Results

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Total # symposium evaluation forms returned (2019/2018) : 726 / 711

Total # Pre-Symposium Workshop evaluation forms returned: 41

Total # plenary session evaluation forms returned: 162 / 213 Tuesday Plenary session evaluation forms returned: 99 / 129 Wednesday Plenary session evaluation forms returned: 40 / 55 Thursday Plenary session evaluation forms returned: 23 / 29

Total # breakout session evaluation forms returned: 523 / 498 Tuesday breakout session evaluation forms returned: 215 / 214 Wednesday breakout session evaluation forms returned: 192 / 193 Thursday breakout session evaluation forms returned: 116 / 91


Monday Pre-Symposium Workshop Results 43.2% of respondents were attending for the 1st time

24.3% of respondents were attending for the 2nd or 3rd time 67.5% total

45.9% of respondents were from the academic community

24.3% of respondents were college students 70.2% total

37.8% worked between 3 & 5 yrs. at their current organization

18.9% worked less than 3 yrs. at their current organization

All FEMA Regions were represented

Most represented FEMA Region to respond: Region 2 16.2 % (NJ, NY, PR, VI) Region 3 16.2% (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV)

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Monday Pre-Symposium Workshop Results (cont.)

Top 5 rated responses: FEMA/NIC/TA “overall” 5.00 FEMA/NIC/TA “effectiveness” 5.00 Community Dr. Rush “overall” 5.00 Integ. the next Gen. Core Curriculum “overall” 4.89 Micro Messaging “effectiveness” 4.88

Most frequent Pre-Symposium Workshop Comments: “High marks – FEMA/NIC/TA & SoTL presentations” “Workshops very informative” “Very engaging”


Tuesday Plenary Session Results 44.9% of respondents were attending for the 1st time

16.9% of respondents were attending for the 4th or 5th time 61.8% total


9.0% of respondents were college students 70.8% total




Most represented FEMA Region to respond: Region 3 – 19.1% (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV)

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Tuesday Plenary Session Results (cont.)

Top 5 rated responses: Keynote-FEMA Civil Rights “overall” 4.64 Keynote-FEMA Civil Rights “effectiveness” 4.55 Incorporating Research into Teaching “overall” 4.48 Keynote-FEMA Civil Rights “applicability” 4.45 Welcome Open. Remarks Sing. Tree “effectiveness” 4.34

Most frequent Plenary Comments: “Issues with the room temperature” “Need more breaks, plenary sessions start to early and run

to long”


Wednesday Plenary Session Results 43.6% of respondents were attending for the 1st time

17.9% of respondents were attending for the 2nd or 3rd time


10.3% of respondents were federal/state employees




Most represented FEMA Region to respond: Region 3 - 17.9% (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV)

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Wednesday Plenary Session Results (cont.)

Top 5 rated responses: State of Community-Bennett “overall” 4.74 Focus Group- Jobs, Intern. Culture of Prep “overall” 4.57 Keynote-Castillo “overall” 4.56 State of the Community-Bennett “effectiveness” 4.51 FEMA NTED Keynotes “overall” 4.50

Most frequent Plenary Comments: “Plenary session should be shorter” “High marks – Dee Dee Bennett, Dr. Baker”


Thursday Plenary Session Results 34.8% of respondents were attending for the 1st time

21.7% of respondents were attending for 8th or more times


13.0% of respondents were federal/state employees


21.7% worked 16+ years at their current organization


Most represented FEMA Region to respond: Region 3 – 30.4% (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV)

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Thursday Plenary Session Results (cont.)

Top 5 rated responses: Hi Ed Pgm. Where We’ve Been/ Going “overall” 4.80 Hi Ed Pgm. Where We’ve Been/ Going “effectiveness” 4.71 Regional Collaborations & Reflection Report “overall” 4.63 Unity of Effort in Practice - FBI (Yanta) “overall” 4.53 Unity of Effort in Practice – FBI (Yanta) “effectiveness”4.47

Most frequent Plenary Comments: “Please consider starting the plenaries at 8:15 or 8:30” “Regional collaborations was great, more in the future”


Critical Findings – Symposium Major StrengthsThe overall ratings for the symposium was favorable in all categories:

87.8 (2019) versus 63.1% (2018) rated the symposium very good or excellent -24.7% increase over last year

78.4 versus 71.0% rated the symposium physical facilities very good or excellent -7.4% increase over last year

97.5 versus 77.5% rated the symposium staff very good or excellent - 20% increase over last year

97.4 versus 61.3% rated the symposium cost very good or excellent - 36.1% increase over last year

92.3 versus 64.5% rated the symposium registration procedures very good or excellent - 27.8% increase over last year

95.0 versus 67.7% rated the symposium networking opportunities very good or excellent - 27.3% increase over last year

85.0 versus 83.9% rated the symposium length at “about right” - 1.1% increase over last year

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Most Valuable Part of the Symposium Expertise of the speakers

Group brainstorming in the Q + A part of sessions

Information discussion between sessions & at meals

Higher Ed Staff – A big thanks to Wendy, Barbara, and Danielle

Appreciate moving to empirically-supported info exchange

Knowledge of presenters

Networking!

Networking – very good length of time for breaks between sessions

Opportunity to meaningfully connect with one or more others in attendance before next session

Plenary sessions – first ½ of each day

Breakout sessions that involved all participants

Networking with other classes on campus at the pub

Networking with other institutions of higher education in the same field

Networking & knowledge sharing

Networking & conversations

Reuniting & time in conversations with colleagues


Most Valuable Part of the Symposium (cont.) The willingness of others who

offer guidance to aid in the growth of the field

The resources, especially resiliency planning applications

The diverse presentations were helpful also making new friends in the field

The topics stimulated some new ideas and caused me to rethink my goal(s) in delivering an EM program

Topics were more diverse

Enjoyed the richness of diverse topics & research

New ideas, collaborations, & projects generated.

Sharing of lessons & research outcomes learned.

Sharing ideas/networking

The ability to hear from both academics and practitioners.

The ability to network and explore what others within the industry are practicing or establishing to advance EM practices and curriculum

The mix

The networking and opportunities to learn from others

The support and encouragement given by practitioners & academics alike

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Critical Findings – Symposium Areas for Improvement / Suggestions & Recommendations A couple of breakout sessions were described in a way that didn’t accurately represent the actual

presentation

About ½ of the plenary sessions were geared toward, and relatable to, only a small percentage of attendees

Keep the general sessions general

I would like to see more presentations directed at 2 - 4 year (Associate & Bachelors) applied programs

Need a doctrine update from FEMA – what is the latest that needs to be incorporated

More on “Marketing your program”

Consider a drop box/knowledge base resource share environment

Consider a movie night

Consider lunch or dinner book club

Consider bulletin board for Jobs

Diversify activities (e.g. picnic at the cabin)


Critical Findings – Symposium Areas for Improvement / Suggestions & Recommendations (cont.) More engagement with attendees

Focus topic each day (use recent disaster/emergency scenarios)

In-depth follow on sessions

Don’t have SIG meetings during the regular symposium schedule

Make plenary sessions that focus on the majority of participants

Diversity and inclusion is very important, however making the entire theme and plenary session about the topic is a bit far overkill

Don’t have SIGs conducting sessions during afternoon sessions - SIG’s should meet at other times (e.g. after dinner, on Monday, etc…)

Ensure a note taker for every session; some were absent

Have all submissions indicate “beginner” or “advanced” – meaning this is intended for beginner/advanced audience

Add better feedback forms

I wish there were breakout groups for each region to network

Add organization and state to name tag

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Critical Findings – Symposium Areas for Improvement / Suggestions & Recommendations (cont.) Add more relevant things for practitioners

Post descriptions online & give at check in at housing

Provide a 1 pager for instructors at check in

Include more public health overlap

Less plenaries – too long

Room temps were too cold

More down time to network

More educated methodology

More opportunities to attend all the workshops

More time for plenary panels/speakers Q & A

Opportunities for practitioners to present on ideas for what needs to be included in EM education and Research ideas.

Perhaps end noon on Thurs

I’d like to see a little more engagement for, or rather, involvement/audience participation


Critical Findings – Symposium Areas for Improvement / Suggestions & Recommendations (cont.) Please consider shortening the topics during the plenaries and make the topics more meaningful –

please get away from the blah updates – I want to know how the info impacts my organizational program

Please rethink the Share Fair/Poster event to Wednesday and offer the opportunity to Association leaders to interact w/ attendees prior to speaking on Thursday

Get people to step into the circle

Provide some partial scholarships for travel costs to assist individuals who have limited resources and pre-paying for travel out of their own pocket

Extend the symposium another day to allow for attendance at other workshops – higher ROI participants

Sign-in/follow up – may already be in place, but would be great if folks who registered for – or completed sign in sheet during a session, could receive an email with presenter contact info & materials

The symposium should incorporate sessions that allow for greater exploration of best practices in Higher Ed

To maintain participation among attendees, it may be useful to designate advanced vs. introductory workshops/sessions

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Critical Findings – Symposium Areas for Improvement / Suggestions & Recommendations (cont.)

Too long

Several session topics differed from the content presented

Several presenters delivered the same thing last year

Have different moderators each morning

Very cold in auditorium

Would love to see a 4th track focusing on innovative pedagogy/instructional design (each afternoon there is one pedagogy session with 3 presenters. Each presentation is 20 min + 5 mins questions).

You might consider a “new faculty academy” as a full day pre-symposium workshop


Proposed Futures Topic Areas to Consider A Practitioners and Academia SIG (to help both

sides understand each other’s resources and functional abilities)

Accreditation – not the SIG meeting

Annual SoTL Pre-Symposium Workshop – maybe an intro & an advanced

Anything Related to Research & Education for Risk Connections

Applied Pedagogy/Andragogy (based on Science of Teaching & Learning)

Are EM Graduates Really Managers or Probationary/Rookie Managers?

Assessing student levels

Attracting Younger People to EM

Bring in more Homeland Security to Bridge Gap with EM

Climate Change (2X)

Collaborating with Their Local OEM

Credit for Experience, ACE, etc.

Cyber Attack/Incident Inclusion in EM

Economic System Resiliency

EM University Practitioner (Not Teacher, but Campus Police/EM)

FEMA + Doctrine update

FEMA classifications for Institutions of Higher Ed. For example, on the FEMA College List – not institutions that are regionally and CAEME accredited.

Floods, Mitigation, Avoiding Disasters/Emergencies

Hazardscapes

How to Get More Minorities Involved in EM

How to Help Students Navigate Federal Hiring Process

How to Integrate Social Media Training into EM Education

Innovative Pedagogy Track

Instructional Professional Development

Integrating Private Sector Coordination in EM Education

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Proposed Futures Topic Areas to Consider (cont.) Integration of Community Police into Community

Preparedness

Mentoring Practitioner to Instructor Transition

More things for practitioners

More topics on Diversity, Threats

Networking by Region

New Faculty Workshop (pre-symposium)

Political Relations

Pracademics

Practical Emergency Management for Laymen

Program Assignment

Public Health

Public Health Preparedness

Public Health SIG

Real World Sharing

Resiliency Planning Tools

Retention

Run an exercise

Science Behind Recent Trends

Small group projects to showcase to symposium attendees

Social Science Related to Risk Community

Specific focus to intentional bring together academics and practitioners for dialogues and creating action plans

Specific, Tangible Resources Which Can Help/Assist Teachers & Program Coordinators

Successful Marketing of Programs

Teaching Innovations & Resources

The Science of EM

Themes Addressing the Disaster Cycle (resilience & recovery)

Vision for Future Emergency Managers

What are Employers of our Graduates Looking for in Our Students as New Hires?

What’s the Literature Saying?

Where does EM Fit into Homeland Security?

Working w/ Veterans as students (transfer of skills, financial aid, special considerations)


Monday Pre-Symposium Workshop Word Cloud

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Tuesday Plenary Word Cloud


Wednesday Plenary Word Cloud

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Thursday Plenary Word Cloud


Evaluation Process Next Steps Complete the transposing/analysis and reporting for all

afternoon breakout sessions

Provide the symposium planning committee with the final analysis reports for plenaries and breakout sessions

Review all findings with the symposium planning committee for possible changes and/or updates to future symposiums

Discuss lessons learned regarding the new evaluation process and update/change the process where required

Provide additional training to all evaluation process stakeholders

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Evaluation Process Updates for 2020 Move to computer-based evaluation forms if possible and/or

practical

Increase the number of prices/incentives

Update the evaluation form questions to increase the quality of the data captured

Conduct trend analysis (3 years worth of evaluation data)

Solicit additional prices/incentives

Continue to engage student volunteers within the process

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EVALUATION RESULTS Pre-Symposium Workshops - Monday, June 3rd RATING: Total 41 completed

1 2 3 4 5ARC GIS Hazus – Kevin Mickey 0 0 0 1 2 3The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 1 2 3I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 1 2 3Community - Dr. Lee Rush 0 0 0 0 5 5The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 1 0 5 6I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 1 1 4 6Program Start-up and Sustainment – Dave McEntire 0 0 2 3 10 15The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 2 3 10 15I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 4 4 7 15Integrating the Next Generation Core Curriculum into Your Assessment a 0 0 0 1 7 8The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 1 2 5 8I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 1 0 2 5 8Micro Messaging – Mt. St. Mary’s 0 0 0 1 6 7The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 1 7 8I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 1 6 7SoTL Research Methods for Teachers - Claire Knox, Carol Hackerott, Mark 0 0 1 3 3 7The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 1 2 2 2 7I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 2 3 1 6FEMA/NIC/TA - Unconfirmed 0 0 0 1 5 6The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 1 7 8I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 0 8 8Background Questions - Monday TotalIs this the first time you’ve attended the Higher Education Symposium, if 1st 2nd/3rd 4th/5th 6th/7th 8th +

16 9 5 1 4 35Attendance status; I am a member of: Academic College St FEMA empFederal/St Private sector

18 9 4 3 5 39I have been a member of my present organization for: Less than 3 3-5 yrs 6-10 yrs 11-15 yrs 16 + yrs

7 14 4 6 3 34My FEMA Region is: I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X

3 6 6 2 3 1 2 2 5 5 35MORNING PLENARY - Tuesday, June 4th RATING: Total 99 completed

1 2 3 4 5Welcome, Opening Remarks and Singing Tree – Michael Sharon, Tonya Ho 1 1 7 24 41 74The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 10 30 38 78I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 8 8 15 14 33 78Keynote - FEMA Civil Rights – Jo-Linda Johnson, Esq. 0 0 5 19 53 77The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 1 5 21 53 80I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 2 7.5 24.5 48 82Community Unity of Effort – Aaron Titus 3 2 10 17 45 77The subject matter was presented effectively. 3 6 10 20 42 81I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 5 8 7 21 40 81Incorporating Research into Teaching – Jerry Murphy, Christian Uhr 0 0 7 20 44 71The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 3 15 27 38 83I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 2 5 16.5 21.5 40 85Diversity in Action – Bill Anderson Fellow 1 1 16 30 33 81The subject matter was presented effectively. 2 5 14 34 30 85I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 6 8 10 32 29 85Background Questions - Tuesday TotalIs this the first time you’ve attended the Higher Education Symposium, if 1st 2nd/3rd 4th/5th 6th/7th 8th +




6 12 16 12 3 6 3 8 10 4 80



MORNING PLENARY – Wednesday, June 5th RATING: Total 40 completed1 2 3 4 5

Keynote – Carlos Castillo 0 0 2 10 20 32The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 5 11 20 36I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 0 7 11 15 34Awards/Posters – Claire Connolly Knox, Carol Cwiak, Sandy Smith, Wend 0 0 6 11 15 32The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 5 9 19 33I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 5 1 11 5 10 32FEMA NTED Keynotes – Scott Kelberg, Dan Paulette-Chapman, Matthew P 0 1 2 9 20 32The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 3 12 17 32I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 1 4 10 15 31State of the Community – Dee Dee Bennett, Ph.D. 0 0 1 7 27 35The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 1 2 10 23 36I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 3 0 7 10 14 34SoTL – Gianina Baker 0 0 6 7 20 33The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 3 4 8 18 33I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 3 1 5 9 14 32Focus Group Report Out – Jobs & Internships – Stacy Willett, Cultures of 0 0 1 9 17 27The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 2 2 9 15 28I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 2 5 8 11 26Background Questions - Wednesday TotalIs this the first time you’ve attended the Higher Education Symposium, if 1st 2nd/3rd 4th/5th 6th/7th 8th +




4 4 7 6 1 3 2 1 5 2 35MORNING PLENARY – Thursday, June 6th RATING:

1 2 3 4 5 Total 23 completedBuilding and Sustaining Community of Practice for the Emergency Manag 1 0 0 4 11 16The subject matter was presented effectively. 1 0 0 6 12 19I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 0 2 6 10 19Regional Collaborations and Region VI Report Out - Kevin Clement, Wend 0 0 1 5 11 17The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 2 5 12 19I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 0 2 9 8 20IAEM President - Martha D. “Marty” Shaub, CEM UCEM, NEMA unconfirme 0 0 2 6 9 17The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 4 9 6 19I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 0 4 4 10 19Higher Education Program: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going - 0 0 0 3 12 15The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 5 12 17I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 0 1 5 10 17Background Questions - ThursdayIs this the first time you’ve attended the Higher Education Symposium, if 1st 2nd/3rd 4th/5th 6th/7th 8th + Total


14 1 3 3 21I have been a member of my present organization for: Less than 3 3-5 yrs 6-10 yrs 11-15 yrs 16 + yrs


3 2 7 2 1 2 1 3 2 23



1st ROUND OF AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS RATING:Tuesday, June 4th 1:00 – 2:30 1 2 3 4 5 Total 115 completedRace, Ethnicity, & Economic Impacts SIG - Meldon Hollis 0 0 0 3 6 9The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 5 7 12I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 4 8 12The Current State of University-Based Disaster Management Courses in t 0 0 2 7 3 12The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 4 6 5 15I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 1 2 5 6 15Job Placement of Recent Emergency Management Graduates - Sarah Kirk 0 0 0 5 8 13The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 7 11 18I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 4 5 10 19The Benefits and Challenges of Living, Teaching and Working in Today’s D 0 0 0 4 21 25The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 1 4 21 26I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 4 23 27Disaster Field Course – Dulce Suarez 0 0 1 5 11 17The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 2 2 15 19I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 1 1 7 10 19University Youth Leadership in Hurricane Recovery in the Virgin Islands - 0 0 0 0 0 0The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 0 0 0I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 0 0 0Are Higher Education Programs Incorporating FEMA’s Next Generation Co 0 0 0 4 5 9The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 1 5 5 11I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 2.5 4.5 8 15Background Questions - Tuesday 1st Afternoon Breakout TotalIs this the first time you’ve attended the Higher Education Symposium, if 1st 2nd/3rd 4th/5th 6th/7th 8th +




3 14 22 15 22 7 3 4 8 2 1002nd ROUND OF AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS RATING:

Tuesday, June 4th 3:00 – 5:00 1 2 3 4 5 Total 100 completedWriting EM Case Studies for use in Academic Settings – A look at the Rho 0 0 2 2 14 18The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 2 3 15 20I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 1 2 3 13 20Merging Academia and the Professions in Multidisciplinary, Online Grad 0 0 2 4 9 15The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 1 1 4 13 19I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 1 1 9 8 19Best Practices in Delivering Online, Advanced Emergency Management 0 0 0 0 0 0The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 0 0 0I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 0 0 0Creating Multi-Course Program Assessment Rubrics - 0 0 1 2 5 8The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 1 2.5 3.5 2 9I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 1 1 3 3 8Collaborative Instructional Design - Caroline Hackerott, PhD, Beth Gray, M 0 0 0 4 8 12The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 5 8 13I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 0 2 4 6 13Critical Infrastructure Organizational Resilience - A Focus on Law Enforce 0 0 2 1 7 10The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 3 1 6 10I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 1 0 3 6 10Setting a Context for Discourse in the Emergency Services Classroom - M 0 0 2 1 2 5The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 1 1 3 5I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 1 2 2 5Develop or Improve an Emergency Management Internship Program - Je 0 0 0 1 6 7The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 1 1 7 9I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 0 2 1 5 9FEWSION for Community Resilience: Understanding Critical Supply Chai 0 0 0 3 13 16The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 3 15 18I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 1 5 12 18Background Questions - Tuesday 2nd Afternoon Breakout TotalIs this the first time you’ve attended the Higher Education Symposium, if 1st 2nd/3rd 4th/5th 6th/7th 8th +




6 17 20 11 3 7 3 8 9 5 89



1st ROUND OF AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS RATING:Wednesday, June 5th 1:00 – 2:30 1 2 3 4 5 Total 94 completedSoTL SIG - Claire Knox 0 0 1 2 12 15The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 2 4 9 15I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 0 1 3 8 13Floodplain Management – Jerry Murphy, Ingrid Wadsworth 0 0 0 1 5 6The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 1 6 7I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 2 5 7Storytelling-Enhancing Emergency Management Learning in Native Popu 0 0 0 3 10 13The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 4 14 18I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 5 12 17Threats to EM Program Sustainability: Downsizing and Elimination - Jack 0 0 1 3 12 16The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 2 4 12 18I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 0 4 1 11 17Analysis of Buyout Properties - Are the Headlines Correct? - Eric Best 0 0 0 2 4 6The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 2 5 7I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 1 2 4 7An Evaluation of Emergency Management Degree Programs Based on 0 0 0 0 0 0The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 0 0 0I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 0 0 0Career Pathway Success: It Starts on Day One - Carol Cwiak, PhD, Sarah K 0 0 1 2 11 14The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 2 1 16 19I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 2 1 3 13 19Background Questions - Wednesday 1st Afternoon Breakout TotalIs this the first time you’ve attended the Higher Education Symposium, if 1st 2nd/3rd 4th/5th 6th/7th 8th +




6 10 24 11 6 6 2 3 10 3 81

2nd ROUND OF AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS RATING:Wednesday, June 5th 3:00 – 5:00 1 2 3 4 5 Total 98 completedStudent SIG (1 hour) - Victoria Jenkins 0 0 0 1 6 7The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 1 6 7I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 1 6 7Jobs & Internships SIG (1 hour) - Stacy Willett 1 2 3 0 7 13The subject matter was presented effectively. 1 2 3 1 7 14I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 2 3 0 8 14Research & Theory SIG (1 hour) – Joel Palmer 0 0 0 3 5 8The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 4 3 7I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 1 1 2 2 6Disaster Health Core Curriculum - Kandra Strauss-Riggs 0 0 3 3 4 10The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 1 3 3 3 10I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 1 3 0 5 10Increasing Emergency Management Resilience in the Health Care and Pu 0 0 1 0 9 10The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 1 2 7 10I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 1 3 1 5 10Competent Action: Why We Should Care About Immersion and its Effect 0 0 0 4 3 7The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 2 0 4 6I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 2 0 3 5Using Manipulatives in the Higher Ed Classroom - Frannie Edwards, MUP, 0 0 1 1 7 9The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 1 1 2 6 10I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 0 1 2 6 10Building on Common Ground: Emergency Management and Homeland Se 0 0 0 9 10 19The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 3 8 11 22I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 2 11 9 22A Practitioner and Academic based Assessment for Integrating Homeland 0 0 0 6 8 14The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 2 5 8 15I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 7 8 15Working with the Administration Higher Education Academy and Fellows 0 0 0 2 13 15The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 1 1 13 15I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 1 14 15Storytelling In EM - Jerolleman 0 0 0 0 5 5The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 0 5 5I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 0 4 4Background Questions - Wednesday 2nd Afternoon Breakout TotalIs this the first time you’ve attended the Higher Education Symposium, if 1st 2nd/3rd 4th/5th 6th/7th 8th +




5 9 21 14 4 4 3 4 11 6 81



1st ROUND OF AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS RATING:Thursday, June 6th 1:00 – 2:30 1 2 3 4 5 Total 67 completedThe Role of Emergency Management in the Early College Strategy - Kathy 0 0 0 1 7 8The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 1 1 9 11I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 1 2 8 112 Year Programs SIG: Planning Resource for Developing a Two-Year Emer 0 0 0 1 9 10The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 0 4 4I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 0 4 4Ethics SIG – Sandy Smith 0 0 0 4 4 8The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 1 4 4 9I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 0 1 2 5 9Comprehensive Academic Program Review: Homeland Security and Eme 1 1 0 2 3 7The subject matter was presented effectively. 1 1 1 1 2 6I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 1 0 0 3 4Building Cultures of Preparedness: Teaching & Learning Culture-Based A 0 0 0 8 12 20The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 1 2 7 12 22I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 1 1 1 8 11 22Integrating the Core Competencies of Resilience into Engineering Educat 0 0 0 2 5 7The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 2 5 7I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 1 1 5 7Teaching, Tenure, and Dissertations: How Can I Possibly Accomplish Ever 0 0 0 0 2 2The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 0 5 5I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 1 4 5Integration of Critical Race Theory for Leadership Curricula in EM - Issac M 0 0 0 0 0 0The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 0 0 0I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 0 0 0Background Questions - Thursday 1st Afternoon Breakout TotalIs this the first time you’ve attended the Higher Education Symposium, if 1st 2nd/3rd 4th/5th 6th/7th 8th +




2 6 13 9 2 3 2 7 4 3 512nd ROUND OF AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSION/SIGs RATING:Thursday, June 6th 3:00 – 5:00 1 2 3 4 5 Total 49 completedAccreditation SIG (1 hour) - Larry Porter 0 0 0 0 1 1The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 0 1 1I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 2 0 0 1 3New Programs SIG (1 hour) - David Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 0 0 0I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 0 0 0Creating Change Agents: Developing Leadership Skills in the Classroom - 0 0 0 1 15 16The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 4 14 18I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 0 12 12Diversifying our Source of Solutions - David McIntyre, PhD 0 1 0 0 5 6The subject matter was presented effectively. 1 0 0 3 4 8I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 2 5 7Pracademics: Bridging the Gap between Academics and Practitioners in E 0 0 0 0 5 5The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 1 4 5I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 1 4 5Climate Security: A Pre-Mortem Approach to a Sustainable Global Future 0 0 0 1 5 6The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 0 6 6I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 0 6 6Resilience and Emergency Management: Exploring the Psychological Dyn 0 0 0 1 8 9The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 1 8 9I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 1 8 9Understanding International Cultural Competencies in Disaster Planning 0 0 0 1 3 4The subject matter was presented effectively. 0 0 0 1 4 5I can apply the content of this presentation to my work. 0 0 0 1 4 5Background Questions - Thursday 2nd Afternoon Breakout TotalIs this the first time you’ve attended the Higher Education Symposium, if 1st 2nd/3rd 4th/5th 6th/7th 8th +




5 5 8 10 0 3 1 2 7 2 43



OVERALL SYMPOSIUM RATING RATING:Please provide your overall rating for this symposium. 1 2 3 4 5 TotalSymposium Rating for 2019 0 0 3 13 18 34 Excellent Very GoodGood Fair PoorOverall Symposium 21 15 5 0 0 41Physical facilities 9 20 8 0 0 37Symposium staff 33 6 1 0 0 40Symposium cost 33 4 1 0 0 38Registration procedures 25 11 3 0 0 39Networking opportunities 28 10 1 0 1 40The length of the Symposium was: TOTAL Too short 1 About right 34 Too long 5


Appendix I: Hotwash I-1 FEMA Higher Education Program

APPENDIX I: HOTWASH June 13, 2019, 2:30-4:00 pm, EST

Present: 1. Wendy Walsh 2. Danielle Green 3. Barbara Johnson 4. Ray Chang 5. Bernard Jones 6. Sandy Smith 7. Jamie Earls 8. Paula Buchanan 9. Damon Coppola 10. Caroline Hackerott 11. Shirley Feldmann-Jenson 12. Terry Cooper

Not Present: (those not on the past four calls will be removed) 1. Dan Paulette-Chapman 2. Scott Kelberg 3. Mike McCabe (remove) 4. Joe Arsenault 5. Kathy Francis 6. Ken Farmer (remove) 7. Jim Caesar (remove) 8. Andrea Jerkovic (remove) 9. Victoria Jenkins (remove) 10. Antoinette Christoph (remove) 11. Alexander Siedschlag (remove) 12. Pamela Bingham (remove) 13. Dave Taylor (remove) 14. Steve Carter 15. Steve Jensen 16. Claire Knox

Updates: Wendy advised that the students gathered after the last breakout sessions on Thursday to host their own hotwash. She was very pleased and suggests they be included in the hotwash next year, so as to gain their specific perspective and recommendations. Agenda: Theme Invitations/Admissions International Breakfast Rubric Submissions Review Process Share Fair/Poster Contest Awards Webinar Start Time World Café Proceedings Library Evaluations

• Theme • Diversity, Inclusion, & Unity of Effort. How was this received? What did you hear or experience

yourself? • Wendy heard people mention the theme as Diversity & Inclusion OR Unity of Effort, as if it didn’t

belong together. With that being said, she did not get a sense that people were opposed the theme. • Wendy noted that the Monday workshops put on by Mount St. Mary’s and Karen Marsh at FEMA were

so relevant to the Unity of Effort part of the theme. • Sandy noted that it was easy to work within the theme as a presenter and reviewer.

• Invitations/Admissions • Save-the-Dates were sent out early to the international community as recommended by the hotwash

from 2018. This mitigated issues with international clearances by allowing for more time to process



applications. There was only one international applicant that encountered delays until the days leading up to the symposium. This task is that of the Higher Ed Program’s in coordination with the admissions office. We will work to improve further next year.

• The furlough could have played a part in the delay of clearances. They seemed to take longer despite getting the save-the-dates out earlier.

• An ongoing issue encountered is that of the Higher Ed Program staff receiving participant applications with PII. There will be more effort to ensure that participants DO NOT send applications to staff or other planning members. Ray shared that he received passport information from a participant, as well.

• Al Fluman (NETC) advised Wendy that 36 rooms were prepared and not used during the symposium. This was either due to attendees choosing to stay elsewhere, or Higher Ed not realizing that participants must OPT OUT of a room during the application process. The Program will follow-up with Mr. Fluman to determine how to best avoid this from occurring next year.

• Paula wanted to know the protocol for sharing contact information of participants with others. Wendy advised against doing so and reminded that in a few weeks, participants will receive the full roster of participants from admissions.

• Rubric • Jamie noted that there were some submissions that were challenging to grade against the rubric. • Hack said that there is still confusion about what should fit into each track. Jamie agreed and said there

are so many SoTL submissions, however they are about the pedagogical methods of teaching and learning, not necessarily the scholarship. Hack added that too many of the innovative or pedagogical submissions have no framework to align with SoTL and maybe there needs to be another track created.

• Hack suggested theme related submissions be featured during a specific time. Wendy wants to make sure all proposals are specific to teaching, learning, administration, and research or EM higher education and aligned with the theme.

• Group agrees to better refine the tracks. • Hack pointed out that not all the submissions are scholarly. She did feel that the submissions that were

accepted were, in fact, SoTL. She also noted that there is a decline in themes that work or don’t work in teaching online and in the classroom. The discussion is no longer active and she wants to see it back in motion. She suggested creating a new track to address. Wendy would like to push this consideration back to the SoTL SIG for discussion. Additionally, Hack suggested a roundtable discussion of pedagogical teaching. The group was receptive and in favor.

• Submissions • The furlough hindered an anticipated smooth process. With the threat of a shutdown looming, the

Gmail account created for the SIG group to access seemed like a great solution to Wendy, Barbara, and Danielle not being able to contribute to planning efforts. However, the shutdown of the Gmail account two days before the submission deadline created an extra heavy lift for Jaime and Barbara. The creation of the [email protected] box and the end to the shutdown allowed for planning to get back on track. The box will be used again for next year’s submissions.

• Jamie sorting the submissions and sending directly to the appropriate reviewer was very efficient. • Jamie says that we have to add verbiage to the guidance that specifically states that no names or PII be

in the actual submission. • Other items that need to be added to the submission form: 1) time requested, 2) check box if moderator

requested, 3) additional presenter space (or check box advising of additional presenter information attached), 4) Name, Title, Institution/Affiliation for program agenda, 5) target audience check box (i.e., new faculty), and 6) “workshop style” clarification in style options.

• Review Process • Track leads must ensure that there is diversity in their reviewers. • Each track lead should submit a spreadsheet that is consistent with other track leads and provides a

final score column. • Share Fair/Poster Contest

• Invite the SIGs to table at the Share Fair. • Participants ended too early. We need to make sure that participants utilize the entire block of time.




• Many people left their poster voting ballot in their folder. Next year, ballots will not be place in the folders. Instead, ballots will be given at the door, or, as suggested by Ray, have a punch system where a hole is punched in the nametag once a ballot is cast.

• Ray would like poster applications to have both the cover page and draft of the poster submitted at the same time to cut out the extra step of reviewing each separately. He would also like to recruit a few other reviewers.

• Wendy would like to do a final review before sent to print. • Hack wanted to know if students and faculty are judged under the same criteria for the poster awards.

Wendy said yes, she also does not have a problem adding another award - people’s choice for faculty and one for students.

• Jamie, Hack, and Shirley all agree a separate faculty poster award is needed. • Wendy said that maybe the SoTL SIG would like to create a poster award.

• Monday Workshops • Barbara wants to make sure we put a description of each workshop out to the public.

• Awards • Information on the awards and nominations need to be circulated earlier. • Hack suggested that winners from the prior year could be featured in a panel the next year. Barbara

shared evaluation feedback about how plenaries, and especially panels, are not well-received. Hack then suggested that the winners lead a workshop. Much of the group liked this idea.

• Webinar • Is this needed? The group decided to host one more “How to Submit” webinar and record it so that it

can be re-used when requested. • Start Time

• There is low turnout in the morning and people want to network and not rush around. Wendy proposes to start at 9:00 or 9:30. There was no pushback on the idea.

• World Cafe • This was the third year. The first year, Joe Arsenault took on the coordination and it was well attended

and documented. Rene Hernandez took it on last year, with not much time to coordinate. Notes were not recorded. This year, Steve Jensen took it on, and while the first day went well, there was no turnout the second day. Additionally, with the bag lunch accommodations, there was too much food waste.

• Steve will share feedback for the next call. • Wendy feels that we should scrap the World Café next year. It is outlined in the program, but we are

not hosting them in alignment with the guidance. It has become more of an effort than it is worth. The group agreed.

• Proceedings • Next year Wendy would like to provide a printed proceeding. She also asks that someone take on the

role as Proceedings Editor. She said it is a great opportunity for someone going up for tenure. • Danielle will send an email reminding presenters to get their proceedings in using the template.

• Library • The event went well, and Damon did a great job coordinating the registration virtually. There were

about 50 people in attendance. • One of the publishers did get a flat tire on her way to the event and was not able to make it in time. • Shirley said there was a disconnect with authors, who arrived too early and left too early.

• Evaluations • Bernard and the evaluation team did another fantastic job this year. The numbers were slightly lower,

but still great feedback. • This year the evaluations included workshop evaluations. • Danielle scanned the evaluations and sent to Bernard. • Discussed sending a follow-up evaluation via survey monkey for those who did not complete. Bernard

likes the idea. • Wendy shared the following on evaluation returns:



Workshops Plenary 1st Breakout

2nd Breakout

Total

Monday 37 37 Tuesday 89 109 95 291 Wednesday 38 87 88 213 Thursday 22 64 51 137 Total 678

• Notes from prior meetings to add to Hotwash • All reviewers must be on the same meeting call for instruction on how reviews will be conducted. This

should provide more consistency and clarity among the reviewer. • The Higher Ed team must have onsite access to submissions (no gmail use). • Require all final submissions scores be in a table and averaged prior turning into Higher Ed. • Shirley suggested the rubric reflect the appropriate ness for the track. Wendy thinks there should be a

step in the review process to ensure it is in the right track.

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