BIOGRAPHY BRIEF

Dr. David McEntire is an Associate Professor in the Emergency Administration and Planning Program in the Department of Public Administration at the University of North Texas.  He teaches emergency management courses in both the undergraduate EADP and MPA programs.  His academic interests include emergency management theory, international disasters, community preparedness, response coordination, and vulnerability reduction.  He has received several Quick Response Grants (funded by the National Science Foundation through the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado) which allowed him to conduct research on disasters in Peru, the Dominican Republic, Texas, New York and California.  Dr. McEntire is the author of Disaster Response and Recovery (Wiley) and the editor of Disciplines, Disasters and Emergency Management (FEMA).  His research has also been published in Public Administration Review, the Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Disasters, the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, Journal of Emergency Management, Journal of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Sustainable Communities Review, International Journal of Emergency Management, Towson Journal of International Affairs, Journal of the American Society of Professional Emergency Planners, and the Journal of International and Public Affairs.  His articles in Disaster Prevention and Management have received Highly Commended and Outstanding Paper Awards.

Dr. McEntire recently completed an instructor guide for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  He also has forthcoming chapters in books to be published by the ICMA and the Disaster Research Center. 

Dr. McEntire has received grants to conduct terrorism response training for FEMA in Arkansas and Oklahoma.  He has been a contributing author for a study of Texas Homeland Security Preparedness for the Century Foundation as well as two IQ Reports for the International City/County Management Association.  McEntire has presented papers in Mexico and Norway, at the National Science Foundation, at the National Academy of Sciences, and at the Higher Education Conference at FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, Maryland.  He is a member of Congressman Burgess’ Homeland Security Advisory Board and the Fire Protection Publications Advisory Board.  He has reviewed books for Delmar Learning is on the editorial staff for the Journal of Emergency Management. 

Dr. McEntire is a former Coordinator of the EADP program.  Prior to coming to the University of North Texas in the Fall of 1999, he attended the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver.  While pursuing his degree, he worked for the International and Emergency Services Departments at the American Red Cross. 

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