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James M.
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Dr.
James Kendra
EADP Program Coordinator and
Associate Professor
Emergency Administration and Planning Program
Department of Public Administration
University of North Texas
P.O. Box 310617
Denton, TX 76203-0617
Phone (940) 565-2213
Fax (940) 565-4466
Wooten Hall 366C
jmkendra@unt.edu
Dr. Kendra is the coordinator of the Emergency Administration and
Planning Program. Prior to joining the faculty at UNT, Dr. Kendra was
the Research Coordinator at the University of Delaware Disaster Research
Center, managing a number of projects focusing on disasters and
emergency planning. His research interests include individual and
organizational responses to risk and hazard, emergency and crisis
management, and organizational improvisation and resilience. Dr. Kendra
is currently devoting most of his research attention to a study of the
emergency response to the World Trade Center attack, focusing on
creativity and improvisation with special emphasis on the waterborne
evacuation of several hundred thousand commuters on September 11. Dr.
Kendra and his colleague Dr. Tricia Wachtendorf of the Disaster Research
Center have published several articles and given numerous presentations
based on their work on the World Trade Center disaster. Early in 2005,
with colleagues from the Disaster Research Center, Dr. Kendra
participated in a quick-response reconnaissance trip to India and Sri
Lanka following the December, 2004 tsunami. The trip was sponsored by
the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, with funding from the
National Science Foundation, to examine community resilience,
interorganizational coordination, and the distribution of disaster
assistance.
Curriculum Vita
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