I am an Assistant Professor in Urban and Regional Planning at East Carolina University. Below here on my home page I will periodically update information to bring you links to my ongoing projects and highlights from my recent activites. My research employs an international comparative perspective to constrast disaster recovery policies, community resilience strategies, and development and disaster links at urban and regional scales in India, Haiti, Japan and the United States. For details, please see my bio, curriculum vitae (CV) and descriptions of my research and teaching.
SPRING 2012: STUDENT BLOGS & COLLABORATIVE WIKIPEDIA PROJECT
The final class project for Emergency Management Planning (Spring 2012) asks students to work collaboratively in groups of four to develop a new Wikipedia article on a topic of their choice in the field of Emergency Management. Please click on the image/text link above to see project details.
SPRING 2011: GOOGLE MASH-UP FINAL PROJECTS
The final class project for Emergency Management Planning (Spring 2011) asked students to use Google Map technology to present information in comprehensible and usable forms. Students synthesize an aspect of Emergency Management applying it to Pitt County or the City of Greenville in North Carolina, and present this information through a Google Mash-Up. Please click on the image/text link above to see project details.