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Faculty Biography
After a 30-year career centered on fostering sustainable communities and reducing long term risks from natural hazards, I currently find myself assessing mistakes and charting a new path, while passing on lessons learned to a new generation of risk managers. This has led me to develop and teach several courses in emergency management and hazards mitigation and, within the context of our Institute for Hazards Mitigation Planning and Research, provide hands on opportunities for students to prepare risk reduction plans for many Northwest communities. Most recently, several colleagues and I have written a higher education course in floodplain management for FEMA. This course explores ways flood losses can be reduced by protecting and restoring natural physical and biological processes. We are currently researching how natural processes can be better applied to reduce risks. Courses:
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