John J. Kiefer, Ph.D

John J. Kiefer, Ph.D.

Background

Education: Old Dominion University, Ph.D., Public Management, 2001 Old Dominion University, MUS, Urban Studies, 1997 Central Michigan University, MSA, Administration, 1989 University of Mississippi, BBA, Business Administration, 1975

Experience A. Academic: a. Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Master of Public Administration program, 2009-present b. Assistant Professor of Political Science, 2003-2009 c. Faculty Associate, Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (CHART), 2004-present. d. Research Professor, Graduate Center for Urban Studies and Public Administration, Old Dominion University, 2001-2003. B. Other professional a. Officer, United States Marine Corps, 1976-1996.

Scholarly and Creative Productivity

1. Publications

A. Refereed/Invited Publications

a. Books

i. Jerolleman, A, and John J. Kiefer (Eds). Natural Hazard Mitigation. Taylor & Francis CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 2013.

b. Book Chapters

i. John J. Kiefer and Alessandra Jerolleman, What Has Been Done? Louisiana After Katrina in Disaster and Development: Examining Global Issues and Cases, Naim Kapucu and Kuotsai Tom Liou (Eds). Springer International, Switzerland. 2014. ii. Mary V. McCarthy and John J. Kiefer, A History of Natural Hazard Mitigation in Natural Hazard Mitigation, Alessandra A. Jerolleman and John J. Kiefer, (Eds). Taylor & Francis CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 2013. iii. Pam Jenkins, John Kiefer and Shirley Laska, Attending to the Forgotten: The Elderly, Collaborative Practice, and Evacuation in Strategic Collaboration In Public And Nonprofit Administration:

A Practice-based Approach To Solving Shared Problems, Dorothy Norris-Tirell (Ed.), Taylor & Francis, Washington, DC, 2010. iv. John Kiefer and Kristina Peterson, Integrating Disaster Resilience into Traditional Academic Programs in Emergency Management Best Practices, Jessica Hubbard (Ed), Public Entity Risk Institute, Washington, DC, 2009. v. John Kiefer and Lindsey McCormick, From Lessons-Learned to Lessons-Taught: Post-Katrina Implications for University Hazard-Related Curricula in Emergency Management in Higher Education: Current Practices, Jessica Hubbard (Ed.), Public Entity Risk Institute, Washington, DC, 2008, pp. 267-276.

c. Journal Articles

i. John Kiefer, “Emergency Management, Homeland Security, and Public Administration—from the Field to the Classroom,” Journal of Public Affairs Education, spring, 2013, pp. 9-12. ii. Pamela Jenkins, John L. Renne, John Kiefer, “Gender Differences in Self-Reported Evacuation Experiences,” Women’s Issues in Transportation, Volume 2, Washington, DC, 2011, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, 2012, pp. 127-133. iii. John Kiefer and Robert Montjoy, “Incrementalism before the Storm: Network Performance for the Evacuation of New Orleans,” Public Administration Review, Special Issue, December, 2006, pp. 120-128. iv. William Leavitt and John Kiefer, “Infrastructure Interdependency and The Creation Of A Normal Disaster: The Case Of Hurricane Katrina And The City Of New Orleans,” Public Works Management and Policy, Vol. 10, No. 4, April 2006, pp. 306-314. v. John Kiefer, Monica Farris and Natalie Durel. “Building Internal Capacity for Community Disaster Resiliency by Using a Collaborative Approach: A Case Study of the University of New Orleans Disaster Resistant University Project,” Journal of Emergency Management, Vol. 4, No. 2, March/April 2006, pp. 24- 28. vi. John Kiefer, “Strengthening Barriers to Terrorist Attacks Against Cities: Physical and Legal Strategies,” Journal of the Global Awareness Society International, Spring, 2000, pp. 57-65. d. Refereed proceedings

i. John Kiefer, “Rebuilding the Business Community of New Orleans,” Proceedings of the Kobe University and University of Pittsburgh Symposium on Disaster Risk Reduction and Response, University of Pittsburgh, September, 2007, pp. 49-54.

ii. John Kiefer, “Technology Issues In Government Service Delivery: A Global Perspective Of Problems and Promises” Proceedings of the Global Awareness Society International, 2000, pp. 105-113. iii. John Kiefer, “Meeting the Threat of Terrorist Attack Against American Cities Through a Multi-strategic Approach,” Proceedings of the Global Awareness Society International, 1999, pp. 270-277.

B. Other Publications

a. John Kiefer and Pam Jenkins, “An Analysis of the Hurricane Gustav City- Assisted Evacuation,” for the City of New Orleans, 2009. b. John Kiefer, Jay Mancini, Betty Morrow, Hugh Gladwin and Terina Stewart, “Providing Access to Resilience-Enhancing Technologies for Disadvantaged Communities and Vulnerable Populations,” produced by the Institute for Advanced Biometrics and Social Systems Studies, December, 2008. c. John Kiefer, et. al., “Guide for An Action Plan to Develop Regional Disaster Resilience,” produced by The Infrastructure Security Partnership Task Force for Regional Disaster Resilience, June, 2006, 42 pages. d. John Kiefer and Wolfgang Pindur, Outcome Measurement of Family Services Programs, U.S. Navy Family Services Center, Zeiders Inc., Norfolk, Virginia, 1998, 61 pages.

2. Participation at Professional Meetings

A. “Multiple Methods, Multiple Sources Competency Assessment,” Network of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration national conference, Washington, DC, October 2013 B. “Crowdsourcing and Disaster Management,” Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 2013 C. “Louisiana’s Readiness for Disaster Post-Katrina,” American Society for Public Administration national conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2013. D. “Intergovernmental Readiness: An Assessment,” American Society for Public Administration national conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2013. E. “Safe Haven or Evacuation?” National Building Disaster Resilience Conference, New Orleans, March 2012. F. “Moving Disaster Research from the Field to the Classroom,” American Society for Public Administration national conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2012. G. “Cyber Security and Resilient Organizations,” Community Outreach Workshop, Lafayette LA, April, 2011. H. “The Four Pillars of Disaster Resiliency,” Community Executive Leadership Workshop, New Orleans, April, 2011 I. “Critical Infrastructure Mitigation,” American Society for Public Administration national conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2011

J. “Building a Disaster-resilient University by Leveraging Internal Capacity,” FEMA-sponsored Disaster Resilient University conference, New Orleans, February, 2011 K. “The Four Pillars of Disaster-resilient Communities,” Special Research Conference of the Board of Regents, New Orleans, LA November, 2010 L. “A Systems Approach to Disaster Recovery: Exxon Valdez v. Deepwater Horizon,” Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, Wilmington, NC, October, 2010 M. “Natural Hazard Mitigation,” American Society for Public Administration national conference, San Jose, CA, April, 2010. N. “An Analysis of the Evacuation of New Orleans: The Gustav Data,” American Society for Public Administration national conference, San Jose, CA, April, 2010. O. “Haiti and Emergency Management,” American Society for Public Administration national conference, San Jose, CA, April, 2010. P. “City-assisted Evacuation Planning,” invited workshop speaker, National Evacuation Conference, New Orleans, February 2010. Q. “Improving Outcomes through Collaborative Networks for Creating Disaster Resilience,” invited lecture, University of Central Florida, November, 2009. R. “An Evaluation of the City of New Orleans Evacuation During Hurricane Gustav,” Southeastern Conference of Public Administration, Louisville, KY, September, 2009 S. “Planning for Disaster in Disadvantaged Communities,” invited panelist, 34th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, University of Colorado at Boulder, July, 2009. T. “Overcoming Barriers to Applying Lessons Learned in Local Emergency Management,” invited panelist, 34th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, University of Colorado at Boulder, July, 2009. U. "Collaboration Revisited: Lessons from Real World Cases to Bridge Theory and Practice," presentation, American Society for Public Administration, Miami, FL, March, 2009. V. “Louisiana's Disaster Resilient Schools Initiative,” panel chair and paper, American Society for Public Administration, Miami, FL, March, 2009. W. “Implementing Information Technology to Increase Disaster Resilience in Vulnerable Populations,” The Institute of Advanced Biometrics and Social Systems Studies working group conference, Miami, FL, October, 2008. X. National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Charleston, SC, October, 2008. Y. “Crisis & Emergency Planning for Schools: Louisiana's Disaster Resilient Schools Initiative,” panel chair and paper, Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, Orlando, FL, September, 2008. Z. “The Study of Disaster Resilience in Academic Programs: From Infusive to Comprehensive,” FEMA Higher Education Conference, Emmitsburg, MD, June, 2008. AA. “Learning From Katrina: Transboundary Disasters And Intergovernmental Challenges,” Stephenson Disaster Management Institute at Louisiana State University Symposium on Surviving Future Disasters: Identifying

Critical Challenges And Effective Strategies For Transboundary Disaster Management, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April, 2008. BB. “A Case Study in Implementation Failure: FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program in South Louisiana,” (with Lindsey McCormick and Alessandra Jerolleman) paper at annual convention of the American Society for Public Administration, Dallas, Texas, March, 2008. This paper won the William Petak Award for best paper on disaster policy or emergency management presented at the annual American Society for Public Administration conference. CC. “What is Emergency Management, What is Homeland Security, What is the Difference?” presentation and roundtable at annual convention of the American Society for Public Administration, Dallas, Texas, March, 2008. DD. “The Recovery of New Orleans,” University of Pittsburgh/Kobe University Symposium on Disaster-resilient Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, September, 2007. EE. “Theoretical Foundations for Emergency Management,” Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, Nashville, TN, September, 2007. FF. “From Lessons Learned to Lessons Taught: Implications for Homeland Security Programs Post-Katrina,” FEMA Higher Education Conference, Emmitsburg, MD, June, 2007. GG. “Interagency Collaboration for Disaster Planning: The Issue of ‘Designer’ Networks,” paper at annual convention of the American Society for Public Administration, Washington, DC, March, 2007. HH. “Developing Core Competencies in Emergency Management & Homeland Security Programs,” U.S. Department of Defense/Virginia Commonwealth University, March, 2007. II. “Shifting the Burden: The Costs of Short-term Planning in Disaster Management,” discussant, annual American Public Policy and Management Research Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, November, 2006. JJ. “Perspectives from the Hot Zone: Local Government Issues in New Orleans’ Response and Recovery Post-Katrina,” panel chair, South Eastern Conference of Public Affairs, Athens, Georgia, September, 2006. KK. “Incrementalism, Inter-organizational Cooperation, and Disaster: The Case of Katrina,” (with Robert S. Montjoy) paper and presentation at the annual convention of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August, 2006. LL. “The University of New Orleans Disaster Resistant University Project Post Katrina,” presentation at annual convention of the American Society for Public Administration, Denver, Colorado, April, 2006. MM. “Using Defensible Space Theory to Develop a Model for Regional Homeland Security Collaboration” presentation at annual convention of the American Society for Public Administration, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2005. NN. “An Assessment of U.S. Homeland Security Preparedness: 2000-2004” invited presenter and panelist, Canadian Federalism and National Security Conference, Queen’s University and Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, November, 2004.

OO. “Applying Defensible Space Theory to the Mitigation of Terrorist Attacks Against Urban Critical Infrastructure” presentation at annual convention of the Urban Affairs Association, Washington, DC, March, 2004. PP. “Social Dislocations from Homeland Security: Lasswell's 1937 Model Revisited,” presentation at annual convention of the American Society for Public Administration, Portland, Oregon, March, 2004. QQ. “Using Evaluability Assessment To Evaluate Safe & Healthy Schools,” presentation at annual conference of International Academy of Business and Public Affairs Disciplines, New Orleans, January, 2004. RR. “Urban Terrorism: Avoiding a Maginot Defense” panel chair and presentation, Annual Southeastern Conference of Public Administration (SECoPA), Colombia, SC, October, 2002. SS. “Defending our Cities: Implications for Urban Public Policy” Asymmetric Warfare Symposium, Association of the United States Army, Falls Church, Virginia, April, 2002. TT. “Reinventing Government: The Role of Outcome-based Performance Measurement,” (with Wolfgang Pindur and Pamela Smart), Paper and panel at the IV Congreso Internacional del CLAD sobre la Reforma del Estado y de la Administracion Publica,” Mexico City, October, 1999. UU. “Meeting the Threat of Terrorist Attack Against American Cities Through a Multi-strategic Approach,” Paper and panel at the Annual Conference of the Global Awareness Society International, New Orleans, 1999.

3. Other Scholarly or Creative Activities

A. Service in role of discussant, critic, reviewer for professional meeting or publications

a. Editorial Board, Risk, Hazards & Crises in Public Policy, 2013-2016 b. Editorial Board, Journal of Public Affairs Education, 2011-2015 c. Discussant, “Managing Disasters”, Southeastern Conference of Public Administration, Louisville, KY, 2009. d. Manuscript Reviewer, Administration and Society, 2008 e. Manuscript Reviewer, Public Works Management & Policy, 2006, 2007, 2008 f. Manuscript Reviewer, American Review of Public Administration, 2006, 2007, 2008 g. Manuscript Reviewer, Publius, 2006, 2007, 2008 h. Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of the Global Awareness Society International, 2002-2003. i. Reviewer, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Justice’s Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) grant program, 2004 -2008

B. Service in role of officer of professional organization, program committee member, session organizer for professional meeting

a. Chair, Host Committee, American Society for Public Administration national conference, New Orleans, 2013. b. Immediate Past Chair, Section on Crisis and Emergency Management, American Society for Public Administration, 2012-2015. c. President, Greater New Orleans Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration, 2012-2013. d. National Council member, American Society for Public Administration, 2011- 2012. e. Vice President, Louisiana Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration, 2009-2012. f. Chair, Section on Crisis and Emergency Management, American Society for Public Administration, 2009-2012 g. Conference Chair, Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, New Orleans, LA, 2009-2011. h. Executive Board, Section on Crisis and Emergency Management, American Society for Public Administration, 2006-2014. i. Executive Board, Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, 2008- 2014. j. Chair, Distinguished Practitioner Award, Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, 2009 k. Conference Program Committee, Southeastern Conference for Public Administration, Annual Conference, 2008 l. Chair, Collins Committee (best Ph.D. student paper) for Southeastern Conference for Public Administration Annual Conference, 2008 m. President, Old Dominion University Urban Studies and Public Administration Ph.D. Association, 1998-1999.

C. General editorship of journal, monograph series, book series

a. Guest Editor, Journal of Public Affairs Education, Spring, 2013 b. Editor, Emergency Management Dispatch, Section on Crisis and Emergency Management, American Society for Public Administration, 2006-2009

D. Professional society membership

a. Member, American Society for Public Administration b. Member, Southeastern Conference for Public Administration c. Life Member, Marine Corps Association d. Life Member, Military Officers’ Association

4. Awards, Lectureships, or Prizes

A. The Chester A. Newland Presidential Citation of Merit “for exemplary leadership to promote public service” was presented at the national conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) by the organization’s president, Kuotsai Tom Liou, 2013.

B. The William Petak Award for best paper on disaster policy presented at the annual American Society for Public Administration conference, 2009. C. The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, National Interdisciplinary Honor Society D. The Honor Society of Pi Alpha Alpha, National Public Administration Honor Society

5. Grants and Contracts

A. Grants and contracts received

a. Principal investigator, co-principal investigator, or equivalent

i. Co-principal Investigator, “Community Education and Outreach” funded by the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, , 2012-2013. ii. Co-principal Investigator, “Floodplain Management Policy and Program Investigation: Impacts and Barriers to Federal Programs in Achieving the Goals of Floodplain” funded by the Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force (FIFM-TF), 2011-2012. iii. Project lead, CEO Curriculum Development Project, funded through UNO-CHART by the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness 2010-2011. iv. Providing Access to Resilience-Enhancing Technologies (PARET)(for Disadvantaged Communities and Populations) - $16,500, 2008 v. Elderly Evacuation Project, Grantmakers in Aging - $52,500, 2007 vi. CommunityCARE Medicaid Assessment, State of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals - $20,000, 2003-2004 vii. City of Portsmouth Police Department Survey of Community Safety - $20,000, 2002 viii. City of Portsmouth Public School System Comer-Ziegler Process at Douglass Park Evaluation Grant, Landmark Communications/Virginia Pilot – $3,000, 2002 ix. Norfolk Public Schools Needs Assessment: School Safety in Norfolk, Virginia - $20,000, 2001 x. City of Norfolk Community Services Board Social Services Program Evaluation - $4,500, 2000 xi. Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority/U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Drug Elimination Program Evaluation - $20,000, 2000. xii. Old Dominion University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering National Science Foundation Grant, Evaluation Component, Virtual Instrumentation and Learning Styles - $10,000, 2000.

xiii. Cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth (Virginia) Public School Systems/U.S. Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services Safe Schools Grant Evaluation - $540,000, 1999.

b. Not principal investigator, etc.

i. Research Team, Executive Seminar in Hazard Resilience, State of Louisiana funded (CHART), 2009-1011 ii. Research Team, Repetitive Flood Loss Mitigation Project, FEMA- funded (CHART), 2004. iii. Research Team, Disaster Resistant University Project, FEMA- funded (CHART), 2004-2011.

6. Thesis/Dissertation Committee Service

A. Committee Member, Gina Holland, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2014 B. Committee Member, Craig Johnson, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013. C. Committee Member, April Overman, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2012 D. Committee Member, Jerry Graves Jr., Ph.D. Dissertation, 2012 E. Committee Member, Kristina Peterson., Ph.D. Dissertation, 2011 F. Committee Member, Alessandra Jerolleman, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2013 G. Chair, Amanda Green, MPA Project, 2012 H. Chair, Jessica Bordelon, MPA Project, 2010 I. Chair, Jacqueline Bickham, MPA Project, 2010 J. Chair, Joshua Hawkins, MPA Project, 2010 K. Chair, Katie Dabdoub, MPA Project, 2010 L. Chair, Catie Dearborn, MPA Project, 2010 M. Chair, Elizabeth Youngquist, MPA Project, 2010 N. Committee Member, Jonette Williams, MPA Project, 2010 O. Committee Member, Phyllis Mayo, MURP Project, 2008 P. Committee Member, Blaine Williams, MPA Project, 2008 Q. Chair, Jerry Graves, Sr., MPA Project, 2007 R. Chair, Jerry Graves, Jr., MPA Project, 2007 S. Committee Member, Dannelle McGowan, 2008 T. Chair, Lindsey McCormick, MPA Project, 2006 U. Chair, Ashley Garrett, MPA Project, 2006 V. Chair, Bert Sausse, MPA Project, 2006 W. Committee Member, Jessica Flynn, MPA Project, 2006 X. Committee Member, Alessandra Jerolleman, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2009 Y. Committee Member, Coretta Grant, MPA Project, 2007 Z. Committee Member, Geoff Brian, MPA Project, 2006 AA. Committee Member, Jeanine Campbell, MPA Project, 2006 BB. Committee Member, Alessandra Jerolleman, MPA Thesis, 2006

7. Major Areas of Creative or Research Interest

A. Public Administration, Hazard Policy, Emergency Management, Collaborative Networking

8. Other Professional Accomplishments

A. Course/Program design and development

a. Designed, developed and implemented the undergraduate university-wide minor in disaster resiliency studies b. Designed, developed and implemented the Hazard Policy specialization and graduate certificate within the Master of Public Administration program. c. PADM 6130 – Designed, developed and taught U.S. Disaster Policy and Administration d. PADM 4150G – Designed, developed and taught Planning for Hazards. e. PADM 6201 - Designed, developed and taught Policy Analysis & Program Evaluation f. PADM 6410 - Designed, developed and taught Technology & Public Organizations g. PADM 6800 - Designed, developed and taught Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

B. Academic service

a. On-campus (as administrator, committee member, etc.)

i. University Strategic Implementation Committee, 2013 ii. Faculty Senate, 2012-2013 iii. Director, Master of Public Administration program, 2010-present iv. Chair, University Institutional Effectiveness Committee, 2010- 2012 v. Coordinator, Graduate Certificate in Hazard Policy Studies vi. Coordinator, Undergraduate minor in Disaster Resiliency vii. Member, University Judicial Committee, 2009-present viii. Member, University Institutional Effectiveness Committee, 2009- present ix. Member, Latin American Outreach committee, 2011-2012 x. Member, Distance Learning Committee, 2011-2012 xi. Chair, Department of Political Science Recruitment Committee, 2007-2008 xii. Faculty advisor, Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society, 2007- present xiii. Faculty advisor, Pi Alpha Alpha, National Public Administration Honor Society, 2007-present xiv. Coordinator and developer, MPA concentration in Hazard Policy Studies with LSU partnership, 2005-2008.

xv. Member, University Courses & Curriculum committee, 2005- 2006. xvi. University of New Orleans representative, proposed Center for the Study of High Consequence Event Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Homeland Security/LSU, 2005 xvii. Coordinator, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) self-study for Old Dominion University MPA program, 2001-2002. b. Off-campus (include speaking engagements)

i. University of New Orleans appointed representative to the St. Bernard Parish Ethics Committee, 2013-presen ii. Guest speaker, “Cybersecurity and Nonprofit Organizations”, Celebration Hope Center, November 2013. iii. Volunteer co-lead, Save the Children working group focusing on children and disasters, 2011-present. iv. Member, St. Bernard Parish President’s Transition Committee, 2011-2012 v. Coordinator, City of New Orleans Elderly Evacuation Working Group, 2007-2012, vi. Evaluation Team Leader, City of New Orleans and Jefferson Parish Evacuation Exercise, June 2008 vii. Evaluation Team Leader, City of New Orleans and Jefferson Parish Evacuation Exercise, June 2007 viii. “Building a Disaster-resilient New Orleans,” speech to the Metairie Rotary Club, October, 2006. ix. “Post-Katrina Challenges for the Greater New Orleans Region,” the University Honors College, February, 2006. x. Member, National Task Force for Regional Disaster Resilience of the Infrastructure Security Partnership, 2005-2006. xi. Member, City of New Orleans, Local Emergency Preparedness Committee, 2003 - present. xii. Member, Regional Cyberterrorism Working Group, June 2005 – September 2006. xiii. Planner and Evaluator, Regional Homeland Security Exercise “Purple Crescent III,” June - August, 2005 xiv. Planner and Evaluator, Regional Homeland Security Exercise “Purple Crescent II,” July - October, 2004 xv. Principal Evaluator, Regional Homeland Security Exercise “Purple Crescent,” August - October, 2003. xvi. “Bioterrorism and Public Health,” Eastern Virginia Medical School, Masters in Public Health, Capstone Lecture, June, 2003. xvii. “Domestic Urban Terrorism: Meeting the Threat,” Newport News Rotary Club, September, 2002.

xviii. “Changes in Warfare – The Maturation of Urban Terrorism” Norfolk State University Department of Political Science, October, 2001. xix. “American Cities: Terrorist Targets?” Western Carolina Retired Officers’ Association Conference, Asheville, NC, November, 1999.