February 13, 2020
Claire Connolly Knox, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor and the Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program Director in UCF’s School of Public Administration. Her research interests include environmental policy and management, Habermas’ critical theory, and environmental vulnerability and disaster response. She teaches Disaster Response and Recovery, Environmental Planning, Environmental Policy and Management, and Managing Emergencies and Crises…
February 13, 2020
Dr. Naim Kapucu is Pegasus Professor and Director of the School of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He is the founding director of the Center for Public and Nonprofit Management (CPNM) at UCF (2008-2011). Dr. Kapucu’s main research interests are emergency and crisis management, network leadership and governance, decision-making in complex…
February 13, 2020
February 13, 2020
I am an interdisciplinary scholar of risk and resilience management in the context of hazards and disasters. My research is focused on decision making under uncertainty, urban resilience, hurricane evacuation behaviors and logistics, socioeconomic impacts of flooding, and hazard mitigation planning and policy. My projects have been funded by National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and…
February 13, 2020
Emrich is an Endowed Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Public Administration within the School of Public Administration and a founding member of the newly formed National Center for Integrated Coastal Research at University of Central Florida (UCF Coastal). His research/practical service includes applying geospatial technologies to emergency management planning and practice, long-term disaster recovery,…
February 13, 2020
Bryer is highly published and conducts extensive research in the areas of public participation and collaboration across segments of society, including government, nonprofit, private, faith-based, and voluntary sectors. He has won multiple awards for his research, teaching, and service. In 2015, he was granted a Fulbright Core Scholar award to conduct research in Lithuania from…
February 13, 2020
Pradeep Bhardwaj is the Chair of the Department of Marketing and the Carl H. Galloway Professor of Marketing. Prior to joining UCF, Pradeep served on the faculty at UCLA, UNC- Chapel Hill, and UBC Vancouver. At UBC, Pradeep was the BC Innovation Council Chair in Sales and Sales Management. He received his Ph.D. from University…
February 13, 2020
Renzo Martorella is the Director for Advancement, for the Burnett Honors College and College of Undergraduate Studies. Renzo brings 25 years of professional experience in not-for-profit management and fundraising. Prior to joining UCF, he served as Director of Business Development for Information Technology Strategies of McLean, VA. Prior to that, Renzo held several prominent positions…
February 13, 2020
Martin Dupuis, Ph.D. is Senior Associate Dean of the Burnett Honors College. He attended Albion College (MI) and the Washington College of Law at The American University. Dr. Dupuis is a member of the Florida Bar and associate professor of Political Science. He joined UCF in 2006 after serving as director of Western Illinois University’s…
February 13, 2020
Sheila Amin Gutiérrez de Piñeres, Ph.D. is Dean of the Burnett Honors College and professor of public administration. Dr. Piñeres received her Ph.D. in economics from Duke University, M.A. from the University of Chicago, and B.A. from Texas A&M University. She joined UCF in 2018 following her role as Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs…