Samantha Montano, Caroline S Hackerott, David A McEntire, Terry D Cooper, Stacy Willett, Jamie Stacy, Tony McAleavy
{"title":"The future of emergency management higher education.","authors":"Samantha Montano, Caroline S Hackerott, David A McEntire, Terry D Cooper, Stacy Willett, Jamie Stacy, Tony McAleavy","doi":"10.5055/jem.1027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.1027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Emergency management higher education is a critical component of the emergency management enterprise. Since the first degree programs began in the 1980s, significant efforts have been undertaken to develop emergency management higher education to meet the growing and changing needs of practice. These efforts have historically been supported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), specifically the FEMA Higher-Education Program. Recent changes at FEMA have called into question how the agency intends to remain involved in the higher education community. In this moment of uncertainty and change, there is an opportunity for the broader emergency management higher education community to come together and reconsider our shared path forward. The history and current state of emergency management higher education are reviewed, followed by recommendations for the future of emergency management higher education.</p>","PeriodicalId":38336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergency Management","volume":"24 3","pages":"277-287"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148253840","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Claire Connolly Knox, Jennifer Classen, Mohammad Newaz Sharif, Steven Lerner
{"title":"Collaboratively wrestling with ethical dilemmas: A study of instructional design and tabletop exercises.","authors":"Claire Connolly Knox, Jennifer Classen, Mohammad Newaz Sharif, Steven Lerner","doi":"10.5055/jem.0931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.0931","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Preparing students for the increasingly complex emergency management profession necessitates fostering interpersonal and higher-order thinking skills, alongside adaptability to navigate ethical situations. Embedding experiential learning opportunities into course design is one option to link theoretical and practical skills in shared decision-making. This longitudinal study focuses on the design and implementation of a tabletop exercise to integrate high-efficacy strategies by challenging students with ethical decision-making under conditions of uncertainty. This study extends the emergency management literature by asking the following: How did the embedded instructional design elements influence the ethical dilemma discussions? An analysis of data collected over three semesters resulted in three dominant themes: public health mandates versus individual freedoms; authority versus consensus building; and bureaucratic resistance and political pressures. The manuscript concludes with recommendations based on lessons learned and suggestions for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":38336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergency Management","volume":"24 3","pages":"329-342"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148253816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bridging the gap: Lingering challenges and current strategies for academic-practitioner collaboration in emergency management.","authors":"Joshua L Kelly, Adam X Andresen","doi":"10.5055/jem.0986","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.0986","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The practitioner-academic gap in the emergency management and disaster research space has been much discussed. Enrico Quarantelli, a pillar in the field of disaster research, in his paper Converting Disaster Scholarship into Effective Disaster Planning and Managing, remarked about his desire to see more practical implications for his work. The paper, published in 1993, was written during a time when few emergency management degree programs existed (save for, in 1994, the University of North Texas, Thomas Edison State College, and Rochester Institute of Technology) and before the modern homeland security era helped establish such stalwarts as the Center for Homeland Defense and Security, the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center, and others. Much has changed since then in the way of academic/practitioner collaboration and in bridging the gap between higher education and practice. According to the 2023 Federal Emergency Management Agency Higher Education State of the Community: Annual Survey and Report, there are approximately 126 higher-education emergency management-related programs (with an estimated 88,000 graduates), and an expectation from 70 percent of the programs that responded to the 2023 annual survey that they will see an increase in enrollment over the next 3 years. Simultaneously, there has been an explosion in pure emergency management organizations (and also responsibilities) and so-called \"pracademics.\" But the struggle continues. In this essay, the history of the practitioner-higher-education divide will be reviewed, followed by a discussion of modern challenges and perceived best practices, which the authors feel will help assist the field moving forward.</p>","PeriodicalId":38336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergency Management","volume":"24 3","pages":"393-403"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148253822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Professionalism does not require legal accountability to enforce ethical conduct.","authors":"Michael Prasad","doi":"10.5055/jem.1035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.1035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergency Management","volume":"24 3","pages":"263-271"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148253864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Educating through uncertainty.","authors":"Jeffrey D Stern","doi":"10.5055/jem.1034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.1034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergency Management","volume":"24 3","pages":"259-260"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148253730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Higher Education at an inflection point: Mapping the discipline's independent future.","authors":"Attila J Hertelendy","doi":"10.5055/jem.1033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.1033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergency Management","volume":"24 3","pages":"257-258"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148253760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Professionalization without legal accountability is incomplete.","authors":"Jennifer Carlson","doi":"10.5055/jem.0999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.0999","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergency Management","volume":"24 3","pages":"261-262"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148253881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The need for more qualified liaison officers in a topsy-turvy world.","authors":"Matthew R Gilbert","doi":"10.5055/jem.0926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.0926","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The need for more qualified liaison officers serving in a variety of emergency response roles from various critical emergency management (EM), law enforcement, and first response organizations is at an all-time high due to the variety of significant national disasters and emergencies our country endures. Moreover, having more qualified and accessible liaison officers would act as a \"force multiplier\" when serving our communities devastated by a hurricane, wildfire, ice storm, or a man-made tragic event, such as an active shooting situation. To that end, more qualified personnel from all parts of the country, world, and from various EM/response organizations would help expedite the emergency response and management function of a major incident, and most significantly, serve the devastated area more efficiently and effectively to not only limit the number of deaths but to minimize the cost of the overall destruction. Even if one life can be saved from this current research study, and it leads to finding ways to get more personnel the necessary training and qualification, then every second spent on the research was well worth it.</p>","PeriodicalId":38336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergency Management","volume":"24 3","pages":"379-392"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148253884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A multimedia system for best-first search evacuation routes in tsunami mitigation emergencies on Sanur Beach, Bali, Indonesia.","authors":"Marvin Chandra Wijaya","doi":"10.5055/jem.0961","DOIUrl":"10.5055/jem.0961","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study discusses tsunami disaster mitigation on Sanur Beach, Bali, Indonesia-one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, but also prone to natural disasters such as tsunamis. To effectively protect both residents and visitors, a structured mitigation plan is essential. This research developed such a plan using the best-first search algorithm, with Sanur Beach as a case study. Evacuation routes were mapped considering tourist positions, local roads, and designated assembly points. Three evacuation zones were identified: High-Risk Zone, Low-Risk Zone, and Safe Zone. The multimedia system developed provides evacuation route guidance from crowded tourist areas. Estimated evacuation times range from 10 to 27 minutes to the Low-Risk Zone and 25 to 60 minutes to the Safe Area Zone.</p>","PeriodicalId":38336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergency Management","volume":"24 2","pages":"173-183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147475615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time-dependent change of the sentimental process created by the early warning system in social media.","authors":"Kenan Menguc","doi":"10.5055/jem.0950","DOIUrl":"10.5055/jem.0950","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Warning messages, such as \"In case of emergencies such as floods, high water, or landslides caused by persis-tent meteorological conditions in our country, please call the emergency call center\" are commonly used in disaster management. To effectively manage a disaster and develop appropriate strategies, it is crucial to ensure a two-way flow of information. With the advent of social media, this two-way interaction has expanded significantly, enabling large-scale engagement through these platforms. This study aims to analyze the public's social media response to the first-ever experiment with an audio warning system for severe weather. The primary objective is to assess the public's reaction to technological innovation in the field of disaster management. The findings from this study can be utilized to enhance disaster education within society. Furthermore, the study's methodology will serve as an essential tool for de-cision-makers involved in early warning systems, facilitating a smooth transition to new technologies. Additionally, this study presents a detailed description of the language processing procedure employing a multilabel natural language processing model. The model specifically focuses on analyzing social media comments, which are considered unclean text within the context of this study.</p>","PeriodicalId":38336,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Emergency Management","volume":"24 2","pages":"157-172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147475744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}