Emergency Preparedness and Management

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Project Title	Investigators	Project Period
Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks	Erin Miller	October, 2017 to August, 2020
How Forecasters Decide to Warn: Insights on Tornado Risk Communication from the Southeast U.S.	Brooke Liu, Anita Atwell Seate	September, 2017 to August, 2019
The Arctic All-Hazards GIS Platform	Marcus A. Boyd	September, 2018 to June, 2019
A Toolkit for Preventing Targeted Violence on College Campuses	Gary LaFree	July, 2017 to July, 2018
Social Identity and Perceptions of Counterterrorism	Demis Glasford	July, 2012 to December, 2017
Towards an Understanding of Explosive Detection Technology Adoption: Results from Two Surveys	Brooke Liu	May, 2016 to June, 2017
School Emergency Public Information and Warning/Information Sharing	Brooke Liu, Holly Roberts	October, 2015 to September, 2016
Understanding Tornado Warnings, False Alarms, and Complacency, and Proposing Theory-Directed Solutions for Effective Warnings	Michael Egnoto, Brooke Liu	October, 2015 to September, 2016
International and Regional Architecture Reports	Brandon Behlendorf, Emily Iarocci, Gary Ackerman, Steve Sin	May, 2012 to September, 2015
Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) Process	John Sawyer, Steve Sin	September, 2014 to June, 2015
PRND Capability Development Framework Mapping	John Sawyer, Marcus A. Boyd	December, 2012 to June, 2015
Comprehensive Testing of Imminent Threat Public Messages for Mobile Devices (MDP)	Brooke Liu, Hamilton Bean, Marcus A. Boyd, Michele Wood	June, 2012 to June, 2015
Social Media Use during Disasters	Brooke Liu	July, 2012 to October, 2013
Training in Risk and Crisis Communication (TRACC)	Brooke Liu, Elizabeth Petrun Sayers, Katherine Worboys Izsak	August, 2011 to October, 2013
An Integrated Conception of Community Resilience	Betty Pfefferbaum, Fran Norris, Kathleen Sherrieb	March, 2010 to February, 2012
Building Community Resilience through Public Involvement: The Extended Community Assessment of Resilience Tool (CART-E)	Betty Pfefferbaum	June, 2008 to December, 2011
Organizational Factors in the Successful Application of 'Community Engagement' Principles for Bioterrorism Preparedness	Monica Schoch-Spana	June, 2008 to December, 2011
Domestic Weapons of Mass Destruction: Populations at Risk from U.S. Chemical Facilities Releases	Susan Cutter	June, 2008 to October, 2011
Preparedness for Catastrophic Events	Hamilton Bean, Kathleen Smarick, Monica Schoch-Spana, Paul Harwood	November, 2008 to November, 2010
The Role for State Governments in Community Resilience	Ann Bowman	June, 2008 to May, 2010
Community Field Studies and Analyses of Preparedness Networks	Kathleen Tierney	May, 2005 to September, 2009
Modeling and Simulation of Public Response to Threat and Attacks		June, 2005 to June, 2009
Textual Analysis of Electronic Media Coverage of Homeland Security-Related Risks	Lisa Keranen	September, 2006 to May, 2009
School-Based Preparedness and Intervention Programs	Terence Thornberry	April, 2006 to May, 2009
National Household Survey	Linda Bourque	July, 2005 to May, 2009
Communicating Risk of Mass Casualty Terrorism in Diverse Communities	Elaine Vaughan	May, 2005 to May, 2009
Effective Organizational Communication During Crises: Learning from the 2001 Anthrax Attacks	Caron Chess	May, 2005 to May, 2009
Population Vulnerability Analysis, Spatial Social Science, and GIS	Susan Cutter	May, 2005 to May, 2009
Community Assessment of Resilience Tool (CART)	Betty Pfefferbaum, Fran Norris	June, 2005 to May, 2008
Best Practices for Preparing Communities: Citizen Engagement in Public Health Planning	Monica Schoch-Spana	May, 2005 to May, 2008

Project Title	Publication Date	START Authors	Publication Type
A Conceptual Framework to Enhance Community Resilience Using Social Capital	August 2015	Pfefferbaum, Betty; Pfefferbaum, Rose	Journal Article
A Skill Set for Supporting Displaced Children in Psychological Recovery After Disasters	July 2017	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Journal Article
A Study of Selected Ethnic Affiliations in the Development of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Other Psychopathology After a Terrorist Bombing in Nairobi, Kenya	September 2017	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Journal Article
All Terrorism is Local: Constructing Urban Coalitions for Homeland Security in the American Federal System	August 2007	Chenoweth, Erica	Conference Paper
An Examination of the Effect of Perceived Risk on Preparedness Behavior	March 2012	Mileti, Dennis; Bourque, Linda	Journal Article
Are Schools Prepared for Emergencies? An Assessment of Emergency Preparedness at School Sites in Three Los Angeles County School Districts	February 2007	Bourque, Linda	Journal Article
Assessing Community Reilience: A CART Survery Application in an Impoverished Urban Community	May 2016	Pfefferbaum, Betty; Pfefferbaum, Rose	Journal Article
Building National Capacity for Child and Family Disaster Mental Health Research	February 2010	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Journal Article
Building resilience to mass trauma events	November 2006	Pfefferbaum, Betty; Pfefferbaum, Rose	Book Chapter
Children and Families in the Context of Disasters: Implications for Preparedness and Response	January 2008	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Journal Article
Citizen Engagement in Community Preparedness	June 2006	Schoch-Spana, Monica	Conference Paper
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Postdisaster Distress: A Community Based Treatment Program for Survivors of Hurricane Katrina	November 2008	Norris, Fran	Book Chapter
Community and ecological approaches to understanding and alleviating postdisaster distress	November 2005	Norris, Fran	Book Chapter
Community Engagement: Leadership Tool for Catastrophic Health Events	May 2007	Schoch-Spana, Monica	Journal Article
Community Resilience Interventions: Participatory, Assessment-Based, Action-Oriented Processes	September 2014	Pfefferbaum, Betty; Pfefferbaum, Rose	Journal Article
Concepts and Methods in the Study of International Crisis Management	November 2005	Wilkenfeld, Jonathan	Book Chapter
Conference Report--Disease, Disaster, and Democracy: The Public's Stake in Health Emergency Planning	October 2006	Schoch-Spana, Monica	Journal Article
Correlates of School Disaster Preparedness: Main Effects of Funding and a Coordinator Role	July 2008	Bourque, Linda	Journal Article
Current Evidence for Selecting Disaster Interventions for Children and Adolescents	April 2016	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Journal Article
Decisions in disaster recovery operations	November 2013	Zhuang, Jun	Book Chapter
Diffusing Portable Radiation Detectors Among First Responders: Device Acceptance and Implications for Community Resilience	August 2016	Liu, Brooke; Petrun Sayers, Elizabeth; Ackerman, Gary; Roberts, Holly; Iles, Irina A.	Book Chapter
Disaster as a Social Problem and Social Construct	March 2018	Tierney, Kathleen	Book Chapter
Do Direct Survivors of Terrorism Remaining in the Disaster Community Show Better Long-Term Outcome than Survivors Who Relocate?	August 2017	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Journal Article
Emergency Management: Principles and Practice for Local Government	November 2006	Tierney, Kathleen	Book
English, Spanish, and Annotated Questionnaires: Questionnaires Used in the National Survey of Disaster Experiences and Preparedness (NSDEP)	October 2008	Mileti, Dennis; Bourque, Linda	Report
Evaluation of a National Effort to Reach Hurricane Katrina Survivors and Evacuees: The Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program	April 2009	Norris, Fran	Journal Article
Expanding the Public's Role in Health Emergency Policy	June 2009	Norwood, Ann; Schoch-Spana, Monica	Journal Article
Experiences with and Preparedness for Emergencies and Disasters Among Public Schools in California	January 2007	Bourque, Linda	Journal Article
Explosive Detection Technology Adoption: Findings from a General Population Survey	October 2017	Liu, Brooke; Iles, Irina A.; Egnoto, Michael	Research Brief
Factors in the Development of Community Resilience to Disasters	November 2007	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Book Chapter
Factors Predicting Crisis Counselor Referrals to Other Crisis Counseling, Disaster Relief, and Psychological Services: A A Cross-site Analysis of post-Katrina Programs	April 2009	Norris, Fran	Journal Article
First Aid Training and Capabilities of the Lay Public: Potential Alternative Sources of Emergency Medical Assistance Following Natural Disasters	January 2005	Bourque, Linda	Journal Article
Formulating Questions about PostDisaster Mental Health	November 2005	Norris, Fran	Book Chapter
How Communities Implement Successful Mitigation Programs: Insights From the Multihazard Mitigation Council (MMC) Community Study	November 2008	Bourque, Linda	Book Chapter
How Companies and Governments React to Disasters	July 2016	Zhuang, Jun	Journal Article
How Disaster Information Form, Source, Type, and Prior Disaster Exposure Affect Public Outcomes: Jumping on the Social Media Bandwagon?	January 2015	Liu, Brooke; Fraustino, Julia; Jin, Yan	Journal Article
Hurricane Katrina: A Failure of Planning or a Planned Failure?	November 2006	Cutter, Susan	Book Chapter
Identification and Evaluation of Mental Health and Psychosocial Preparedness Resources From the Centers for Public Health Preparedness	June 2005	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Journal Article
Improving shadow evacuation management: Case study of the Graniteville, South Carolina chlorine spill	January 2007	Cutter, Susan	Journal Article
Influenza Vaccine Scarcity 2004–05: Implications for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness	September 2005	Schoch-Spana, Monica	Journal Article
Information Sharing During the University of Texas at Austin Active Shooter/Suicide Event	September 2014	Egnoto, Michael	Journal Article
Innovations in Disaster Mental Health Services and Evaluation: National, State, and Local Responses to Hurricane Katrina	April 2009	Norris, Fran	Journal Article
Integrating Authorities and Disciplines into the Preparedness-Planning Process: A Study of Mental Health, Public Health, and Emergency Management	May 2007	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Journal Article
Intensely Exposed Oklahoma City Terrorism Survivors: Long-term Mental Health and Health Needs and Posttraumatic Growth	January 2016	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Journal Article
Keeping Hospitals Operating During Disasters Through Crisis Communication Preparedness	June 2018	Liu, Brooke; Herovic, Emina; Roberts, Holly	Journal Article
Lessons From the Domestic Ebola Response: Improving Health Care System Resilience to High Consequence Infectious Diseases	December 2017	Schoch-Spana, Monica; Sell, Tara Kirk	Journal Article
Local Health Department Capacity for Community Engagement and Its Implications for Disaster Resilience	June 2013	Schoch-Spana, Monica; Sell, Tara	Journal Article
Media Coverage and Children's Reactions to Disaster with Implications for Primary Care and Public Health	November 2008	Pfefferbaum, Betty; Regens, James; Pfefferbaum, Rose	Journal Article
Methods for Disaster Mental Health Research	November 2005	Norris, Fran	Book
Milling and Public Warnings	May 2017	Liu, Brooke; Mileti, Dennis; Bean, Hamilton; Sutton, Jeannette; Wood, Michele; Madden, Stephanie	Journal Article
Model citizenship in the management of public health emergencies: The role of open government	November 2007	Schoch-Spana, Monica	Book Chapter
Modeling and Validating Public–Private Partnerships in Disaster Management	May 2018	Zhuang, Jun	Journal Article
Modeling Public-Private Partnerships in Disaster Management via Centralized and Decentralized Models	October 2015	Zhuang, Jun	Journal Article
Moral Hazard, Social Catastrophe: The Changing Face of Vulnerability along the Hurricane Coasts	January 2006	Cutter, Susan	Journal Article
Myth and Reality in International Politics: Meeting Global Challenges through Collective Action	September 2015	Wilkenfeld, Jonathan	Book
Partner Selection in Disaster Relief: Partnership Formation in the Presence of Incompatible Agencies	September 2017	Zhuang, Jun	Journal Article
Planning for Pet Evacuations During Disasters	August 2008	Cutter, Susan	Journal Article
Provider Perspectives on Serving the Needs of Displaced Disaster Survivors Following Hurricane Katrina.	November 2009	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Book Chapter
Public Mental Health Surveillance and Monitoring	November 2005	Norris, Fran	Book Chapter
Public Schools Underprepared for Disasters	October 2006		Research Brief
Questionnaire Specifications: Documentation of the National Survey of Disaster Experiences and Preparedness (NSDEP)	October 2008	Mileti, Dennis; Bourque, Linda	Report
Regional variation in causes of injuries among terrorism victims for mass casualty events	August 2015	Regens, James	Journal Article
Report: U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism Before and After the April 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings	October 2013	Adamczyk, Amy; LaFree, Gary; Tourangeau, Roger; Presser, Stanley	START Reports
Response to Terrorism in America	December 2008	Bourque, Linda	Conference Paper
Risk in Extreme Environments: Preparing, Avoiding, Mitigating, and Managing	January 2018	Bier, Vicki	Book
Rumor Response, Debunking Response, and Decision Makings of Misinformed Twitter Users during Disasters	May 2018	Zhuang, Jun	Journal Article
Service characteristics and counseling outcomes: Lessons from a cross-site evaluation of crisis counseling after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma	January 2009	Norris, Fran	Journal Article
Social Equity in Local Emergency Management Planning	December 2009	Boyd, Marcus A.	Journal Article
Social Media Use during Disasters: A Review of the Knowledge Base and Gaps	December 2012	Liu, Brooke; Fraustino, Julia; Jin, Yan	START Reports
Social Media Use during Disasters Fact Sheet	May 2013	Liu, Brooke; Fraustino, Julia; Jin, Yan	Project Fact Sheet
Social Media Use During Disasters: How Information Form and Source Influence Intended Behavioral Responses	June 2016	Liu, Brooke; Fraustino, Julia; Jin, Yan	Journal Article
Spatial Analysis of U.S. Terrorism Incidents	November 2017	Smith, Brent	Research Brief
Spatial patterns of natural hazard mortality in the United States	January 2008	Cutter, Susan	Journal Article
START Annual Meeting 2016: Quick-Fire Presentation - Unconventional Weapons and Technology, Political Instability, Risk Communication	October 2016	Ackerman, Gary; LaFree, Gary; Roberts, Holly; Halverson, James; Binder, Markus; Egnoto, Michael; Sin, Steve	Presentation
Strategies for Improved Hospital Response to Mass Casualty Incidents	March 2018	Miller-Hooks, Elise	Journal Article
Strategies for Incident Preparedness Planning Considerations for Complex Medical Events, 3rd Ed.	November 2005		Book
Terrorism Preparedness and Exposure Reduction since 9/11: The Status of Public Readiness in the United States	January 2011	Mileti, Dennis; Bourque, Linda	Journal Article
Terse Message Amplification in the Boston Bombing Response	May 2014	Sutton, Jeannette	Conference Paper
Testimony on Needed Emergency Management Reforms	January 2007	Tierney, Kathleen	Journal Article
That's a Myth! Teaching about Disaster Myths through Experiential Learning	November 2018	Sutton, Jeannette	Journal Article
The business of healing: Focus group discussions of readjustment to the post-9/11 work environment among workers of affected agencies	January 2010	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Journal Article
The Community Speaks: Understanding Ethical Values in Allocation of Scarce Lifesaving Resources during Disasters	June 2014	Schoch-Spana, Monica	Journal Article
The Impact of Disasters and Political Violence on Mental Health in Latin America	October 2009	Norris, Fran	Journal Article
The Landscape of Disaster Resilience Indicators in the USA	September 2015	Cutter, Susan	Journal Article
The Long Road Home: Race, Class, and Recovery from Hurricane Katrina	March 2006	Cutter, Susan	Journal Article
The Precarious Nature of Food	April 2015	Cutter, Susan	Op-ed
The Red Pill	October 2005	Tierney, Kathleen	Report
The Role of Communication in Healthcare Systems and Community Resilience	September 2017	Liu, Brooke; Petrun Sayers, Elizabeth; Roberts, Holly; Egnoto, Michael	Journal Article
The Role of Homeland Security Information Bulletins within Emergency Management Organizations: A Case Study of Enactment	July 2007	Bean, Hamilton; Keranen, Lisa	Journal Article
The Role of Public Health in Mental and Behavioral Health in Children and Families Following Disasters	January 2009	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Journal Article
The Study of Mobile Public Warning Messages: A Research Review and Agenda	February 2015	Liu, Brooke; Mileti, Dennis; Bean, Hamilton; Sutton, Jeannette; Wood, Michele; Madden, Stephanie	Journal Article
The Terrorists' Planning Cycle: Patterns of Pre-incident Behaviors	January 2017	Smith, Brent; Damphousse, Kelly; Roberts, Paxton	Book Chapter
Too Many Patients…A Framework to Guide Statewide Allocation of Scarce Mechanical Ventilation During Disasters	October 2018	Schoch-Spana, Monica	Journal Article
Training for Disaster Response Personnel: The Development of Proposed Core Competencies in Disaster Mental Health	January 2007	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Journal Article
Training in Risk and Crisis Communication Modules: Project Fact Sheet	December 2013	Liu, Brooke; Petrun, Elizabeth	Project Fact Sheet
Trusted Partnership or Tentative Courtship: Exploring the Culture of Information Sharing Across Local and Federal Emergency Preparedness Organizations	January 2008	Bean, Hamilton; Keranen, Lisa	Conference Paper
Understanding and Mitigating the Impacts of Massive Relocations Due to Disasters	April 2017	Bier, Vicki	Journal Article
Universal Preventive Interventions for Children in the Context of Disasters and Terrorism	April 2014	Pfefferbaum, Betty	Journal Article
Urban-Rural Differences in Disaster Resilience	July 2016	Cutter, Susan	Journal Article
Validation of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative: Identifying Suspicious Activities from the Extremist Crime Database (ECDB) and the American Terrorism Study (ATS)	February 2015	Smith, Brent; Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Roberts, Paxton; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William	START Reports
Validation of the Short Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Rating Interview as a Measure of Post-Disaster Distress and Treatment Need	July 2008	Norris, Fran	Journal Article
What it Takes to Get Passed On: Message Content, Style, and Structure as Predictors of Retransmission in the Boston Marathon Bombing Response	August 2015	Sutton, Jeannette	Journal Article
Who Prepares for Terrorism?	April 2012	Mileti, Dennis; Bourque, Linda	Journal Article
Willingness to Click: Risk Information Seeking during Imminent Threats	August 2017	Sutton, Jeannette	Journal Article
“Death was not in the agenda for the day”: Emotions, Behavioral Reactions, and Perceptions in Response to the 2018 Hawaii Wireless Emergency Alert	February 2019	Sutton, Jeannette	Journal Article

Title	Byline
START launches new training course on understanding and preventing radicalization to violence and violent extremism	Jessica Rivinius
Center of Excellence collaboration examines critical infrastructure	Jessica Rivinius
Scouting out risk communication field research	Aileen St. Leger, Jessica Rivinius
Engineered for resilience	Jessica Rivinius
Study shows longer emergency text alerts improve safety	Jessica Rivinius
START reaches out to dozens of middle and high schoolers	Emily Smith
Researcher Spotlight: Dr. Jun Zhuang	Keri Enriquez
‘Best practices in crisis communications’
START seeking 2014 Outstanding Article Award nominations	Jessica Rivinius
START participates in UMD’s ‘Constitution Day 3.0’	Mary Beck
Discussion Point: 'Keep Wicked Calm and Carry the Hell On': Boston, Terrorism and the Rhetorical Power of Resilience	Hamilton Bean, Lisa Keranen
Have you seen it yet? START Research Review
START Releases First Research Review
START Announces 2009 Curriculum Development Grant Recipients
New Training Program Crisis Manager's Course: Leadership for Catastrophic Events
START Expands its Research Brief Series
START Partners with ICPSR to Launch Terrorism & Preparedness Data Resource Center
Research Internships Available for Fall 2007 at the University of Maryland
START Site Launched at Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS.gov)
Post-Doc Opportunity for Information Management Expert for Data Archive
SC's Hazards & Vulnerability Research Institute releases Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI)
START Launches Research Brief Series
START Researchers Featured in TIME Magazine
Natural Hazards Center co-sponsors Capitol Hill event on critical hazards facing the U.S.
Tierney to Host Web Chat on Preparedness with National City Network
START Investigator Provides Key Oversight for Cost/Benefit Analysis of FEMA-funded Mitigation
START investigator, Susan Cutter, advises Congress
START Announces Fellowships for 2005-06

Title	Job Title	Institution
Ann Norwood	Senior Associate	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Brooke Liu	Associate Professor of Communication and Director, Risk Communication & Resilience Program, START	University of Maryland
Christian Leuprecht	Professor	Royal Military College
Devin Ellis	Policy & Research Program Director, ICONS Project	University of Maryland
Elise Miller-Hooks	Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering	University of Maryland
Elizabeth Petrun Sayers	Associate Behavioral and Social Scientist	RAND Corporation
Emily Iarocci	Senior Advisor, TechOp Solutions International	None
Emina Herovic	Assistant Clinical Professor	University of Maryland
Gabrielle Matuzsan	Analyst, Government Accountability Office	None
Hamilton Bean	Assistant Professor	University of Colorado Denver
Holly Roberts	Senior Communications Consultant, Enterprise Resource Performance Inc (ERPi)	None
Irina A. Iles	Researcher, National Cancer Institute	University of Maryland
Jeremy G. Carter	Associate Professor and Director of Criminal Justice, School of Public and Environmental Affairs	Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Joshua House	GIS Coordinator, START	University of Maryland
Julia Fraustino	Assistant Professor	West Virginia University
Jun Zhuang	Associate Professor of Engineering	University of Buffalo
Kathleen Sherrieb	Associate Director of the National Center for Disaster Mental Health Research	National Center for Disaster Mental Health Research
Marcus A. Boyd	Senior Researcher, GIS, START	University of Maryland
Monica Schoch-Spana	Senior Associate, UPMC Center for Health Security	The Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Peter Weinberger	Technical Advisor, Resonance Global	None
Rose Pfefferbaum	Faculty Emeritus	Maricopa County Community College
Sarah Spalding	Geospatial Data Manager, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD), ArdentMC	None
Steve Sin	Director, Unconventional Weapons and Technology (UWT) Subject Matter Expert Instructor, National Center for Security & Preparedness	University of Maryland
Tara Kirk Sell	Senior Associate	Johns Hopkins University
Tyler Page	Ph.D. Candidate	University of Maryland