James Kendra
Professor Public Policy and Administration
Co-Director Disaster Research Center
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-0760
Biography
James Kendra, Ph.D. is a professor in the School of Public Policy and
Administration and Co-Director of the Disaster Research Center. Previously,
he was coordinator of the Emergency Administration and Planning Program
in the Department of Public Administration at the University of North
Texas. His research interests focus on individual and organizational
responses to risk, improvisation and creativity during crisis,
post-disaster shelter and housing, and planning for behavioral health
services. Projects have included research on the reestablishment of New
York City’s emergency operations center after the 9/11 attacks, a major
study of the waterborne evacuation of Manhattan on 9/11, research on the
social impacts of the Indian Ocean tsunami, and research on the
organization of disaster behavioral health services.
Kendra has participated in several quick
response disaster reconnaissance trips, including the 2001 World Trade
Center attacks, 2003 Midwest tornadoes, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami,
and Hurricane Ike in 2008, as well as documenting maritime relief
efforts in the U.S. following the 2010 Haiti earthquake. He has been
involved in several emergency planning and exercise efforts, and he is a
Certified Emergency Manager. He graduated from Massachusetts Maritime
Academy with a degree in marine transportation and served several years
at sea, attaining a Master Mariner license. His master’s degree is in
geography from the University of Massachusetts, and his Ph.D. is in
geography from Rutgers University.
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