Fire and Emergency Management Program

A massive congratulations to Dr. Joe Loftus on the successful defence of his PhD dissertation titled Responding to Tornados: A Constructivist Grounded Theory of the Post-Impact Role of Police in the United States.

A big thank you to his Committee Chair Dr. Tony McAleavy and his Committee members Dr. Haley Murphy, Dr. Dale Li, & Dr. Marten Brienen ,

Congratulations to Erik Richmond on the successful defense of his PhD Dissertation Proposal earlier today.

Thank you to his Committee Chair Dr. Tony McAleavy, & his committee members, Dr. Haley Murphy, Dr. Dale Li, & Dr. Marten Brienen.

Congratulations to Adam Wojciehowski on the successful defense of his PhD Dissertation Proposal earlier today.

Thank you to his Committee Chair Dr. Haley Murphy, & his committee members, Dr. Tony McAleavy, Dr. Andrew Chen, & Dr. Marten Brienen.

Congratulations to Chris Sheach on the successful defense of his PhD Dissertation Proposal titled Mapping Perceptions of Riverine Flood Risk in Upstate New York.

Thank you to his Committee Chair Dr. Haley Murphy, & his committee members Dr. Dale Li, Dr. Tony McAleavy, & Dr. Marten Brienen

Congratulations to Rob Dusenbery on successfully defending his PhD dissertation proposal titled "Critically Evaluating the Need for High School Fire Science Education".

Thank you to his Committee Chair Dr. Dale Li, & Committee Members Dr. Haley Murphy, Dr. Tony McAleavy, & Dr. Chris Eck.

Never forget

Happy new semester 🤠

Dr. McAleavy is currently hosting an undergraduate student as part of a National Science Foundation funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). If you are 18 years or older and a first responder and/or emergency manager in the United States, could you spare 15-20 minutes to complete a student-led online survey on factors that encourage and/or discourage non-medical mask usage during pandemics. No identifying information will be collected.

Non-medical mask usage survey A qualitative non-medical mask usage survey for the Research for Undergraduate Students.

Congratulations to Dr. Justin Matsush*ta on the recent defense of their PhD dissertation titled "Assessing Generation Z Perceptions of Careers in the Fire Service: A Study of
Southern California High School Students".

A big thank you to his Committee Chair Dr. Haley Murphy, & his committee members Dr. Tony McAleavy, Dr. Xiangyu Dale Li Li, &, Dr. Marten Brienen

The best time of the year, graduation! Congratulations to Dr. Angelique Fischer, Dr. Justin Matsush*ta, Dr. Kristen Kolleda, Alex Wright MS, Jenna Burgess MS, Sarah Weede MS, Theo Garcia MS (not pictured), David Edler MS (not pictured), and Brian Carrera MS (not pictured)

Haley Murphy Tony Mc Dale Li Andrew Chen

Congratulations to James Johnston on the recent defense of their PhD dissertation proposal titled "Leadership & Social Intelligence: An Investigative Study of Chief Fire & Emergency Management Officers in Nevada".

A big thank you to his Committee Chair Dr. Tony McAleavy, & his committee members Dr. Haley Murphy, Dr. Xiangyu (Dale) Li, &, Dr. Marten Brienen

Congratulations to Guido Calcagno on the recent defense of their PhD dissertation proposal titled "Critically Evaluating the Need for Specialized High-Rise Firefighting Teams".

A big thank you to his Committee Chair Dr. Haley Murphy, & his committee members Dr. Tony McAleavy, Dr. Xiangyu (Dale) Li, &, Dr. Marten Brienen

Congratulations to Dave Edler on the recent defense of their MS thesis titled "The Impact of Incident Command system Training on Non-Governmental Organizations Emergency Response Operations in the United States"

A big thank you to his Committee Chair Dr. Haley Murphy, & his committee members Dr. Xiangyu (Dale) Li, & Dr. Tony McAleavy

A big congratulations to Dr. Kristen Kolleda on the recent defense of their PhD dissertation titled "Warfare & Medical Workers: A Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experience of Female Medical Workers during the Russian War 2022-2024". We are so proud of our students achievements.

A big thank you to her Committee Chair Dr. Haley Murphy, & her committee members Dr. Tony McAleavy, Dr. Dale (Xiangyu) Li, & Dr. Marten Brienen.

PhD students Edward Lara & Edward Bobb, & Dr. Tony McAleavy represented FEMP at the Disaster Research Center 60th Anniversary

Great first day with students past & present at the FDIC International in Indianapolis

Congratulations to Dr. Angelique Fischer on the successful defence of her PhD dissertation earlier today. We are so proud of our students achievements.

A big shout out to her Committee Chair Dr. Haley Murphy, & her committee members Dr. Dale Li, Dr. Tony McAleavy, & Dr. Stephen Nemeth.