THOMAS W. HAASE Department of Political Science Sam Houston State University Huntsville, Texas 77341 (936) 294-1470 ¦ [email protected] ¦ @twhaase

EDUCATION PhD Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh 2009 JD University of Pittsburgh 2001 BA Political Science and History Majors, Chadron State College 1998

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

September 2021 – Present Associate Professor of Public Administration Department of Political Science Sam Houston State University August 2015 – August 2021 Assistant Professor of Public Administration Department of Political Science Sam Houston State University August 2019 – August 2021 Director, MPA Program Department of Political Science Sam Houston State University August 2018 – August 2019 Co-Director / Academic Advisor, MPA Program Department of Political Science Sam Houston State University September 2011 - January 2015 Department Chair Department of Political Studies and Public Administration American University of Beirut September 2010 - August 2015 Assistant Professor of Public Administration Department of Political Studies and Public Administration American University of Beirut February 2014 - June 2014 International Visiting Scholar International Program on Urban Governance National Taipei University August 2004 - August 2010 Adjunct Faculty Graduate School of Public and International Affairs University of Pittsburgh

RESEARCH INTERESTS Disaster management, community resilience, emergency management higher education, network governance, public management, comparative public administration, and case study pedagogy PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

Haase, Thomas W., Wang, Wen-Jiun & Ross, Ashley. (2021) “The Six Capacities of Community Resilience: Evidence from Three Small Texas Communities Impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Natural Hazards. Published Online, June 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021- 04870-y Haase, Thomas W. (2020) “Structural Change in Disaster Response Networks: Indonesia and the 2004 Indian Earthquake and Tsunami.” The Taiwanese Political Science Review, 24 (1): 163- 219. http://dx.doi.org/10.6683/TPSR.202006_24(1).0004 Wang, Wen-Jiun, Thomas W. Haase, and Chia-Hsuan Yang. (2020) “Warning Message Elements and Retweet Counts: An Analysis of Tweets Sent during Hurricane Irma.” Natural Hazards Review, 21 (1): 2160-185. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000351 Haase, Thomas W. and Fatih Demiroz. (2019) “Considerations of Resilience in the Homeland Security Literature: Towards Conceptual Convergence?” Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 17 (2). https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsem-2018-0078 Comfort, Louise K., Thomas W. Haase, Gunes Ertan, and Steve Scheinert. (2019) “The Dynamics of Change Following Extreme Events: Transition, Scale, and Adaptation in Systems Under Stress.” Administration & Society, 52 (6): 827-861. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399719869991 Demiroz, Fatih and Thomas W. Haase. (2018) “The Concept of Resilience: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Emergency and Disaster Management Literature.” Local Government Studies, 45 (3): 308-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2018.1541796 Haase, Thomas W., Tania Haddad, and Noura El-Badri. (2017) “Public Administration Higher Education in Lebanon: An Investigation into the Substance of Advertised Courses.” Journal of Public Affairs Education, 24 (1): 43-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2018.1429820 Haase, Thomas W. (2017) “A Challenging State of Affairs: Public Administration in the Republic of Lebanon.” International Journal of Public Administration, 41 (10): 792-806. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2017.1387148 Haase, Thomas W., Gunes Ertan, and Louise K. Comfort. (2017) “The Roots of Community Resilience: A Comparative Analysis of Structural Change in Four Gulf Coast Hurricane Response Networks.” Homeland Security Affairs, 13 (October). https://www.hsaj.org/articles/14095 Haase, Thomas W., and Tania Haddad. (2015) “Building Capacity? Civil Society Education in Lebanon’s Institutions of Higher Education.” Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, 5 (4): 261–288. https://doi.org/10.18666/JNEL-2015-V5-I4-7030 Comfort, Louise K. and Thomas W. Haase. (2006) “Communication, Coherence and Collective Action: The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Communications Infrastructure.” Journal of Public Works Management and Policy, 10 (4): 328-343. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087724X06289052

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PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS Haddad, Tania, Thomas W. Haase, and Melissa Ajamian. (2018) “Religion, Relief and Reform: The History of Civil Society in Lebanon.” In Religion and Civil Society in the Arab World: In the Vortex of Globalization and Tradition, edited by Tania Haddad and Elie Al Hindi, 128- 159. New York, NY: Routledge Ajamian, Melissa and Thomas Haase. (2018) “Constraints to Lebanese Nongovernmental Organizations: A Survey of the Literature.” In Religion and Civil Society in the Arab World: In the Vortex of Globalization and Tradition, edited by Tania Haddad and Elie Al Hindi, 160- 185. New York, NY: Routledge Haase, Thomas W. and Randa Antoun. (2015) “Decentralization in Lebanon.” In Public Administration and Policy in the Middle East, edited by Alexander R. Dawoody, 189–213. New York, NY: Springer Haase, Thomas W. (2014) “Disaster Management and the Republic of Lebanon.” In Disaster & Development: Examining Global Issues and Cases, edited by Naim Kapucu and Tom Liou Kuotsai, 129-148. New York, NY: Springer Haase, Thomas W. (2010) “International Disaster Resilience: Preparing for Transnational Disaster.” In Designing Resilience for Extreme Events: Sociotechnical Approaches, edited by Louise K. Comfort, Arjen Boin, and Chris C. Demchak, 220-243. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press

PEER-REVIEWED ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES Haase, Thomas W., Mona Harb, and Sami Atallah. (2016) “Decentralization in Lebanon.” In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, edited by Ali Farazmand, 1–8. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319- 31816-5_2423-1 Haase, Thomas W. (2017) “Uncertainty in Crisis Management.” In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, edited by Ali Farazmand, 1–5. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_2922-1

BOOK REVIEWS Haase, Thomas W. (2020) Review of “Flood on the Tracks: Living, Dying, and the Nature of Disaster in the Elkhorn River Basin” by Todd M. Kerstetter. Great Plains Quarterly, 40 (1): 114-115 Haase, Thomas W. (2017) Review of “Faces of Béxar: Early San Antonio and Texas” by Jesús F. de La Teja. Great Plains Quarterly, 37 (2): 153–154 Haase, Thomas W. (2015) Review of “Natural Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific: Policy and Governance,” edited by Caroline Brassard, David W. Giles, and Arnold M. Howitt. Natural Hazards Observer, Vol. XL, No. 1 (September): 30 Haase, Thomas W. (2015) Review of “Strong, Safe and Resilient: A Strategic Policy Guide for Disaster-risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific,” edited by Abhas Kumar Jha and Zuzana Stanton-Gedes. Natural Hazards Observer, Vol. XXXIX, No. 4 (March): 30

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Haase, Thomas W. (2015) Review of “Building Urban Resilience: Principles, Tools and Practice,” edited by Abhas Kumar Jha, Zuzana Stanton-Gedes, and Todd W. Miner. Natural Hazards Observer, Vol. XXXIX, No. 4 (March): 30-31 Haase, Thomas W. (2011) Review of “Diversity and Complexity” by Scott E. Page. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 13 (1): 102-103 Haase, Thomas W. (2007) Review of “Shaping the Next One Hundred Years: New Methods for Quantitative, Long-Term Policy Analysis” by Robert J. Lempert, Steven W. Popper, and Steven C. Bankes. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 9 (2): 213-214

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Haase, Thomas W. (2021). “Public Administration in the Republic of Lebanon: The Current State of Affairs.” Routledge/Taylor and Francis (Tentatively Accepted; Revise and Resubmit Submitted) Haase, Thomas W., Wen-Jiun Wang, and Ashley D. Ross (2021) “The six capacities of community resilience: evidence from three small Texas communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey” Natural Hazards (Under Review)

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER PREPERATION Haase, Thomas W. and James Greene. “Emergency Management and Homeland Security: A Comparison of Graduate Programs.” Data collected and under analysis, will be submitted to Journal of Public Affairs Education Haase, Thomas W., Monica Martinez, Cheree Smith, and Chelsie Kemp. (n.d.) “Emergency Management and Institutions of Higher Education: The Decade Ahead.” Data collected and under analysis, preparing draft for submission to Disasters Wukich, Clayton, Thomas W. Haase and Wen-Jiun Wang (n.d.) “The Distribution of Risk Information via Facebook: The Case of Hurricane Florence.” Data collected and analyzed, preparing draft for submission to the Journal of Emergency Management

REPORTS AND PROCEEDINGS Haase, Thomas. W. and Wen-Jiun Wang. (2021) The SWIF Case Method: Bolstering Master of Public Administration (MPA) Online Education. Teaching Innovation Grant Report, Professional and Academic Center, Sam Houston State University Haase, Thomas W. and Fatih Demiroz. (2016) Report on Study of Management and Policy Issues in Greater Houston Area. Greater Houston Chapter of the American Society of Public Administration, Houston, Texas Wukich, Clayton and Thomas W. Haase (2015) Program Review of the Master of Public Administration Program. College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sam Houston State University Comfort, Louise K., Namkyung Oh, Gunes Etran and Thomas W. Haase (2013) “Interorganizational Learning in Disaster Management: A Comparison of Response Systems Evolving after the 2005 and 2008 Gulf Coast Hurricanes.” 2013 IEEE 2nd International Workshop on Network Science Proceedings, April 29 to May 1, 2013, West Point, NY, USA

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Haase, Thomas W. (2013) Three-Year Program Learning Outcomes Assessment Report: Department of Political Studies and Public Administration. American University of Beirut Hazbun, Waleed, Samer Frangie and Thomas W. Haase (2011) Program Review Report: Department of Political Studies and Public Administration. American University of Beirut Haase, Thomas W., editor. (2007) Proceedings of the Kobe University and University of Pittsburgh Symposium on Disaster Risk Reduction and Response. Held at the University of Pittsburgh, September 6 and 7, 2007. Kobe, Japan: Kobe University Press Haase, Thomas W., contributor to, Reyes, Marqueza with Kristoffer Berse, editors. (2007) “Science, Knowledge Sharing and Planning for Megacities Disaster Risk Reduction,” Proceedings for the Asia Megacities Forum 2007, Earthquake Megacities Initiative, Jakarta, Indonesia. October 24 - 26. Available at: http://www.emi- megacities.org/upload/CCP_Asia_2007_10_Jakarta_PR0702.pdf Haase, Thomas W., with Louise K. Comfort and Kathryn M. Collins. (2007) NASPAA Self-Study Report: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs - Master of Public Administration, Volumes I and II. Pittsburgh: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, August Haase, Thomas W., with Louise K. Comfort and Kathryn M. Collins. (2007) NASPAA Self-Study Report: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs - Master of International Development, Volumes I and II. Pittsburgh: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, August Comfort, Louise K., Daniel Mosse, Taieb Znati and Thomas W. Haase. (2007) Socio-Technical Aspects of Cost-Effective, Sensor-Based Infrastructure for Tsunami Detection and Monitoring. Report for National Science Foundation Workshop, held in Berkeley, California: November 16 and 17, 2007. Funded through National Science Foundation Small Grant for Exploratory Research, #0549119. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Comfort, Louise K., Daniel Mosse, Taieb Znati and Thomas W. Haase. (2006) Report for the Exploratory Workshop on Sensor Based Infrastructure for Early Tsunami Detection. Report for National Science Foundation Workshop, held in Maui, Hawaii: February 9 and 10, 2006. Funded through National Science Foundation Small Grant for Exploratory Research, #0549119. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh

GRANT ACTIVITY January 2020 Teaching Innovation Grant, Professional and Academic Center, SHSU. The SWIF Case Method: Bolstering Master of Public Administration (MPA) Online Education. $7,000 (with Co-PI Wen-Jiun-Wang) September 2018 SHSU Internal Grant (#29038) Providing Effective and Efficient Feedback to Student Writing. $2,200 September 2017 NSF – Rapid Response Grant (NSF 17-128). Identifying Rural Disaster Resilience in the Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. $199,555. Unfunded December 2016 Sam Houston State University Faculty Research Grant (FRG). $5000.00. Application submitted for project entitled: Humanitarian Logistics: An Analysis of Agility in Practice

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October 2016 Sam Houston State University E.U.R.E.C.A. Faculty and Student Team (FAST) Grant. Emergency Management and Homeland Security Graduate Education: A Comparative Study of Introductory Emergency Management Courses. $6,000.00. Funded via the College of Humanities and Social Sciences October 2015 Sam Houston State University Faculty Research Grant (FRG). Application submitted for project entitled: Humanitarian Logistics: An Analysis of Agility in Practice. $5,000. Unfunded January 2013 Republic of China (Taiwan). National Science Council Visiting Personnel and Research Scholars Grant. $18,233.00. Awarded to the International Program on Urban Government at the National Taipei University, Taiwan. For the development and delivery of two graduate courses from February 2014 through June 2014 November 2013 FAS Travel Grant. $1,000.00. Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Funding used to organize panel presentation at the Second Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy and Administration (AMEPPA) Conference in Ankara, Turkey. November 14-15 March 2013 Short-Term Faculty Development Grant. $3,131.00. Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Funding use to present conference paper at the American Society of Public Administration Annual Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana. March 15-19 April 2012 Student Development Grant. $7,500.00. American University of Beirut, President’s Club. For the purchase of computer and audio-visual technology for students January 2012 Short-Term Faculty Development Grant. $1,020.00. Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Funding use to present conference paper at the American Society of Public Administration Annual Conference. Las Vegas, NV. March 2-6 April 2011 Course Development Grant. $3,000.00. American University of Beirut, University Writing Center. For the development of a writing intensive course (PSPA 258), course offered during the fall 2012 semester February 2011 Short-Term Faculty Development Grant. $3,198.00. Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Funding used to present conference paper at the Association for Asian Studies 2011 Annual Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii. March 29 - April 3, 2011 July 2008 Dissertation Support. $5,025.00. Dean John T. S. Keeler, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA June 2008 Travel Support to Indonesia. $2,000.00. Dr. Louise K. Comfort, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA April 2008 Alex Weilenmann Dissertation Award. $2,700.00. Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

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December 2007 GSPIA Doctoral Travel Grant. $600.00. Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA September 2007 GPSA Travel Grant. $300.00. Graduate Professional Students Association, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS September 2019-Present Faculty Learning Community Facilitator Training, Professional and Academic Center for Excellence (PACE), Sam Houston State University. September 2019-May 2020 Effective College Instruction Program, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE Effective College Instruction Certification). Training provided by Professional and Academic Center for Excellence (PACE), Sam Houston State University. March 2020 Skywarn Spotter Program Training, National Weather Service, March 17. January 2020 Planning and Writing Successful Grant Proposals, Office of Research, Sam Houston State University, January 30. July 2019 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Certificate. Training Provided by Sam Houston State University, July 23 June 2019 Active Learning Scholar: 2018-2019. Active Learning Summer Institute. Training provided by Training provided by Professional and Academic Center for Excellence (PACE), June 17-21 March 2019 Emergency Tracking Network Training, Walker County Office of Emergency Management, March 16 January 2019 Writing in the Disciplines. Training provided by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sam Houston State University. January 4-9 August 2018 Online Teaching Course Redesign Certification. Training provided by SHSU Online, Sam Houston State University. August 6-8 May 2018 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT): Train the Trainer. Training provided by Texas Division of Emergency Management. Buda Fire Department, Buda, Texas, May 18-20 January 2018 Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Certification: CERT Academy #15. Training provided by Walker County, TX Office of Emergency Management, January 11 January 2018 CS-100: Introduction to Incident Command System. FEMA, Emergency Management Institute, January 10 January 2018 ICS-200: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Accident Incident, January 10

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January 2018 IS-00315: The Incident Command System, January 10 January 2018 IS-00700: National Incident Management System (NIMS): An Introduction, January 10 January 2018 IS-00800: National Response Framework: An Introduction, January 10

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

GRADUATE COURSES [GR] Global Disaster Politics** PADM 5381 [GR] Seminar in PA: Disaster Resilience** PADM 5382 [GR] Program Evaluation** PADM 5383 [GR] Problems in Political Science: Internship** PADM 5378 [GR] Problems in Political Science: Community Resilience** PADM 5378 [GR] Foundations of Public Administration* PSPA 351 [GR] Public Management PSPA 371X [GR] Social and Organizational Networks: Theory and Methods* PSPA 380XA [GR] Contemporary Trends in Public Administration and Management* IPUG M6112 [GR] Decision Making in Uncertain Conditions* IPUG M6046 [GR] Non-Profit Management* PSPA 372 UNDERGRADUATE COURSES [UG] Social Policy: International Disaster Management*** POLS 3393 [UG] Problems in Political Science: Public Policy* POLS 4081 [UG] Texas Government*** POLS 2306 [UG] Contemporary Trends in Public Administration and Management* PSPA 212 [UG] Comparative Public Administration* PSPA 258 [UG] Comparative Public Administration (Writing Intensive Course)* PSPA 258 [UG] Introduction to Public Policy Analysis* PSPA 260 [UG] The Public Policy Process* PSPA 276 [UG] MEPI Program Capstone Workshop* Non-credit NON-ACTIVE COURSES [UG] Legal Issues in Public Service: Introduction to American Administrative Law and Policy* [UG] Emerging Issues in Legal and Social Policy: Review of American Drug Law and Policy* [UG] The American Public Policy Process* [UG] Law and Politics (Constitutional Law)* [GR] Global Governance: Theoretical Concepts and Policy Considerations* [GR] Peacekeeping and Peacemaking* * Offered face-to-face ** Offered online *** Offered online and face-to-face

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CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND EXERCISES

PARTICIPANT March 2021 (Presenter) Take the Initiative: Graduate School for Emergency Management Professionals. 14th Annual EMAT Leadership Symposium. Emergency Management Association of Texas, San Marcos, Texas, March 2-4 November 2020 (Presenter) New Faculty Initiative, Question and Answer Session, Sam Houston State University, November 11 October 2020 (Presenter) The S.W.I.F. Case Study: MPA Education. Case Teaching and Learning Special Interest Group Meeting, Webinar, October 16 September 2020 (Presenter) Graduate Open House, Sam Houston State University, September 16 February 2020 (Presenter) The Emergency Management Professional: Education, Recruitment, Retention and Mentorship. 13th Annual EMAT Leadership Symposium. Emergency Management Association of Texas, San Marcos, Texas, February 23-36 January 2020 (Participant) Faculty Learning Community Facilitator Training Retreat. Huntsville, Texas, January 10. November 2019 (Participant) 3rd Research and Practice Integration Workshop. Texas Division of Emergency Management, Department of Public Safety, Fort Worth, Texas, November 1 October 2019 (Participant) SNS County Medical Countermeasures Exercise. Walker County, Texas, Office of Emergency Management, October 26 October 2019 (Participant) Fair on the Square: CERT Activity. Huntsville, Texas, Walker County CERT Team, October 5t May 2019 (Participant) 2nd Research and Practice Integration Workshop. Texas Division of Emergency Management, Department of Public Safety, Fort Worth, Texas, May March 2019 (Presenter) International Conference on Challenges and Vision in the Changing World. Administrative Adaptation and Structural Change: The Organizational Response to the Great Sumatran Earthquake and Tsunami. Tamkang University, Tamsui, New Taipei City, Taiwan, March 24-27 March 2019 (Participant) Emergency Tracking Network Training Event. Walker County, Texas, Office of Emergency Management, March 16 July 2018 (Presenter) FEMA 2018 Higher Education Symposium. Thomas W. Haase, EM and HS Graduate Education: Course Coverage of Core Emergency Management Topics. Emmitsburg, MD. July 6

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July 2018 (Presenter) ASCE Infrastructure Resilience Division Research Forum. Wang, Wen-Jiun, Haase, Thomas W., & Yang, C.H. (2018). Twitter and the Dissemination of Hurricane Risk Warning Information. Reston, VA. July 12-13 March 2018 (Presenter) American Society of Public Administration (ASPA) 2018 Annual Conference. Fatih Demiroz and Thomas Haase. Disaster Resilience: Moving from Metaphor to Measurement. March 9-3 February 2018 (Participant) Emergency Tracking Network Training Event. Walker County, Texas, Office of Emergency Management, February 24 January 2018 (Presenter) Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) 2018 Annual Conference. Thomas Haase and Fatih Demiroz. Resilience: An Exploration of the Homeland Security Literature. New Orleans, LA. January 1-7 November 2017 (Presenter) Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 39th Annual Fall Research Conference. Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Haase, Thomas (2017) Administrative Adaptation and Structural Change: The Organizational Response to the Great Sumatran Earthquake and Tsunami March 2017 (Presenter) 10th Anniversary Homeland Defense & Security Education Summit, George Mason University, Arlington Campus. Haase, Thomas and Gunes Ertan (2017) The Dynamics of Risk: Changing Technologies, Complex Systems and Collective Action in Uncertain Environment March 2017 (Presenter) 2017 American Society of Public Administration, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. Haase, Thomas (2017) Using UCINET for Network Visualizing and Analysis March 2017 (Presenter) 2017 American Society of Public Administration, Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. Haase, Thomas (2017) Managing Risk and Information Asymmetry in Cross-Sector Networks: The Case of the West Teas Fertilizer Plant Explosion September 2016 (Presenter) 2016 American Political Science Association, Annual Conference, Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA. Comfort, Louise K, Thomas W. Haase (2nd Co-author and Presenter) and Gunes Etran. (2016) The Dynamics of Change: Interorganizational Response to Extreme Events, September 1-6 February 2016 (Presenter) 2016 American Society of Public Administration, Westin Hotel, Seattle, WA. Comfort, Louise K, Thomas W. Haase (2nd Co-author and Presenter) and Gunes Etran. (2016) The Dynamics of Change: Interorganizational Response to Extreme Events, February 18-22 2012 - 2015 (Coordinator) Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), Tomorrow’s Leader’s Program, American University of Beirut, Capstone Workshop. At the invitation of Dr. Randa Antoun and Mr. Hani Hassan, MEPI Director. Beirut, Lebanon

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December 2013 (Panel Presenter) About the Department of Political Studies and Public Administration. Second Advising Workshop, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, December 11 April 2013 (Panel Presenter) Preparing for Life after Graduation: The Job Hunt. American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, April 10 March 2013 (Panel Presenter) American Society of Public Administration, 2013 Annual Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana. Panel 04EME: Disasters and Development: International Experiences. Paper Title: Risk Awareness as a Catalyst for Agenda Setting: Disaster Mitigation and Prevention Policy in the Republic of Lebanon, March 15-19 December 2012 (Presenter) An Overview of PSPA’s Program Learning Outcome Process. Workshop on the PLO 3-Year Plan with Emphasis on the 3rd Year Tasks. Center of Teaching and Learning, American University of Beirut, December 18 November 2012 (Panel Presenter) How to Get into Graduate School: A Panel Discussion. American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, November 12 November 2012 (Panel Moderator) What to Believe, How to Behave? Policies and Politics of Teaching Religion. Europe Panel. Organized by American University of Beirut and Res Gerendae. Byblos Lebanon, November 9-11 October 2012 (Co-Organizer w/ Office of Transitions Initiatives, USAID). New Horizons: Advocacy and Citizens’ Engagement in Lebanese Regions: Examples from the Past and Plans for the Future. American University of Beirut. Beirut, Lebanon, November 1 March 2012 (Panel Presenter) American Society of Public Administration, 2012 Annual Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. Panel 02EC0: Sustainability. Paper Title: Social Capital and Disaster Management: Promoting Civic Engagement as a Catalyst for Community Based Problem Solving, March 2-6 September 2011 (Panel Presenter) New Faculty Orientation. Presentation on Teaching, Research, Service and Community Activities at American University of Beirut, at the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, September 20 August 2011 (Participant) Workshop on Course Learning Outcomes. Workshops Sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), at the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, August 8-17 April 2011 (Panel Presenter) 2011 Association for Asian Studies, AAS Annual Meeting 2011. Honolulu, Hawaii. Session 478: Disasters in Asia: Societal and Governmental Responses and Responsibilities. Paper Title: Evolution in Administrative Systems: Exploring Indonesia’s Response to the Great Sumatran Earthquake and Tsunami, March 31-April 3

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April 2009 (Panel Chair and Presenter) 2009 Midwest Political Science Association, 67th National Conference. Chicago, IL. Session: Politics in Southeast Asia. Paper Title: Informal Administrative Networks and Disaster Management: Evaluating the Resilience of Indonesia’s Response to the 2004 Boxing-Day Tsunami, April 2-5 March 2009 (Discussant) 2009 Association for Asian Studies, AAS Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL9. Session: Social Capital and Recovery: Rebuilding after Disasters in Japan (on behalf of Dr. Louise K. Comfort), March 26-29 July 2008 (Volunteer) 2008 Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Natural Hazards Center: University of Colorado at Boulder. Boulder, Colorado, July 12-15 January 2008 (Presenter) 10th International Conference on Thai Studies. Thai Khadi research Institute, Thammasat University. Paper Title: Disaster Response and Thai Society: The Dynamics of Structural Change in Thailand’s Tsunami Response Network, January 9-11 October 2007 (Presenter and Rapporteur) Panel: Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction in Cities: Examples of Programs, Projects, and Sound Practices. The Asia Megacities Forum 2007: Science, Knowledge Sharing and Planning for Megacities Disaster Risk Reduction. Earthquake Megacities Initiative, Jakarta, Indonesia. Presentation Title: Designing Resilience for Communities at Risk: A Sociotechnical Approach (co-authored with Dr. Louise K. Comfort), October 24-26 September 2007 (Presenter and Rapporteur) Panel: International Initiatives and Education for Disaster Risk Reduction. The Kobe University and University of Pittsburgh Symposium on Disaster Risk Reduction and Response. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Presentation Title: Surviving Disaster: Evaluating the Resilience of Indonesia’s 2004 Tsunami Response System, September 6-7 August 2007 (Presenter) Academy of Management Symposium: Complex Organizational Decision-making and Large-Scale Crisis Management under Risk. Philadelphia, PA. Paper Title: Tsunami Disaster Response: Network Interaction and System Failure (co-authored with Dr. Louise K. Comfort), August 6-8 March 2007 (Presenter) Panel: The Changing Face of Crisis Response. Transcending Boundaries Conference: The Flip Side of Globalization. Pittsburgh, PA. Paper Title: Structure and Change: Indonesia’s Tsunami Response System, March 23-24 March 2007 (Discussant) Panel: Following the Birds West: Why Migrate? Transcending Boundaries Conference: Flip Side of Globalization. Pittsburgh, PA, March 23-24 March 2007 (Discussant) Panel: Evaluating Security in a Non-Secure World. Transcending Boundaries Conference: Flip Side of Globalization. Pittsburgh, PA, March 23-24

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March 2006 (Discussant) Transcending Boundaries Conference: Human Rights and the Security Continuum. Pittsburgh, PA, March 31-April 1 April 2004 (Discussant) Panel: Laws of the Lands: Fostering Gender Equality Amid Cultural Diversity. Transcending Boundaries Conference: Engendering Human Security. Pittsburgh, PA, April 2-3 October 2003 (Discussant) Kabak Conference on International Conflict Resolution. Pittsburgh, PA, October 10-11

ATTENDEE / INVITEE November 2019 (Attendee) Case Teaching and Learning Special Interest Group Meeting, Webinar, November 15 November 2019 (Attendee) CERT in the City: New Braunfels CERT Program, Training Provided by Lis Rubey, New Braunfels CERT, Webinar, November 7 October 2019 (Attendee) Case Teaching and Learning Special Interest Group Meeting, Webinar, October 18 March 2019 (Attendee) American Society of Public Administration Annual Conference, Washington D.C., March 9-12 July 2018 (Attendee) 2nd Hurricane Disaster Infrastructure Resilience and Planning Workshop. American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Madison, WI, July 25-26 August 2016 (Attendee) 13th Annual SHSU Teaching Conference. Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, August 17 July 2016 (Attendee) Natural Hazards Workshop. Omni Interlocken Resort, Broomfield, Colorado, July 11-14 April 2016 (Attendee) 2016 Texas Emergency Management Conference. Convention Center, Austin, Texas, April 5-7 March 2016 (Attendee) 5th Annual Online Teaching Conference. Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, March 4 August 2015 (Attendee) 12th Annual SHSU Teaching Conference. "Teaching Students to Focus on Learning Rather than Grades" with keynote address by Saundra McGuire, Ph.D. Director, Center for Academic Success, Louisiana State University, August 20 July 2014 (Invitee) International Society for Third Sector Research (ITSR), 11th International Conference: Civil Society and the Citizen. Muenster, Germany. Session J3 Nonprofit and Nongovernmental Organization Education around the World: Management and governance of Third Sector Organizations. Paper Title: Civil Society Education in the Republic of Lebanon: A Preliminary Review, by Thomas Haase and Tania Haddad. Presented by Tania Haddad, July 22-25

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April 2009 (Panel Chair and Presenter) 2009 Midwest Political Science Association, 67th National Conference. Chicago, IL. Session: Politics in Southeast Asia. Paper Title: Informal Administrative Networks and Disaster Management: Evaluating the Resilience of Indonesia’s Response to the 2004 Boxing-Day Tsunami, April 2-5 November 2013 (Attendee) Seminar: Seminar on Developing Program Learning Outcomes and Assessment Plans. Center for Teaching and Learning, American University of Beirut, November 28 May 2013 (Attendee) Three-Year Program Learning Outcome Report. Center for Teaching and Learning, American University of Beirut, May 13 April 2012 (Attendee) Leadership in Action, by Dr. Rid Elhaj. American University of Beirut. Sponsored by the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut. Beirut, Lebanon, April 14 June 2011 (Attendee) A National Conference: The Path from Local Development to National Policy. Sponsored by Beyond Reform and Development. Holiday Inn Hotel, Dunes Center, Verdun, Beirut, June 16 May 2011 (Attendee) Public Policy and Research in the Arab World: Pre and Post Uprising. Sponsored by the Issam Fares Institute, Research Advocacy and Public Policymaking Group, Consortium of Arab Policy Research Institutes (CAPRI) Project. College Hall, American University of Beirut, May 7-8 February 2009 (Invitee) 8th Annual EWC International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region. Honolulu, Hawaii. Paper Title: Opportunities and Constraints: Evaluating Adaptation within Indonesia’s 2004 Tsunami Response System, February 12 - 14 August 2008 (Attendee) Disaster Risk Reduction Forum. Jakarta, Indonesia. Sponsored by International Federation of the Red Cross, Iiham, Mercy Corps, and HOPE ww-i, August 12 August 2008 (Attendee) Regional Training on End-to-End Tsunami Early Warning System. Jakarta, Indonesia. Sponsored by UNDP, UNISDR and European Commission, August 11-15 August 2008 (Attendee) Conference on Promoting Initiatives on Disaster Risk Management. Jakarta, Indonesia. Sponsored by Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Agency of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction for Aceh and Nias, Earthquake Engineering and Natural Hazards, NZ, August 5-6 April 2008 (Invitee) International Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Mitigation. Indonesian Earthquake Engineering Association and Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jakarta, Indonesia. Paper Title: Multi-Jurisdictional Disaster Management: Evaluating the Resilience of Indonesia’s 2004 Tsunami Response System, April 14-15 March 2007 (Attendee) GO Network Seminar. Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA. Presentation Title: Modeling Rapidly Evolving Systems in Disaster Response (presented by Dr. Louise K. Comfort), March 5

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June 2006 (Attendee) CASOS Institute: Dynamic Network Analysis and Computational Organization Theory. Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA, June 12-18 September 2005 (Attendee) Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Conference: Shaping National Security: National Power in an International World. Washington, DC, September 27-28 May 2005 (Attendee) National Security Forum. Maxwell Air Force Base: Montgomery, AL. By invitation from the Secretary of the Air Force Michael Dominguez, May 23-24 May 2005 (Attendee) Doing Business with the EURO. RAND. Pittsburgh, PA, May 18 September 2004 (Attendee) Workshop on Challenges to American Hegemony. Ridgeway Center for International Security Studies. Pittsburgh, PA, September 11-12

COORDINATOR December 2014 (Conference Coordinator) Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy and Administration (AMEPPA) 3rd Global Conference in Beirut, Lebanon. Theme: Public Sector Governance in the Middle East: The Design and Management of Reform (Re)considered, December 5-6

LECTURES AND INVITED TALKS August 2019 Disaster Preparedness. Presentation delivered to Walker County CERT Academy #17 (training of new CERT Members). At the invitation of Butch Davis, Walker County, Texas Emergency Management Coordinator. Huntsville, TX, August 5 August 2019 Fire Safety and Utility Controls. Presentation delivered to Walker County CERT Academy #17 (training of new CERT Members). At the invitation of Butch Davis, Walker County, Texas Emergency Management Coordinator. Huntsville, TX, August 6 August 2019 CERT Organization. Presentation delivered to Walker County CERT Academy #17 (training of new CERT Members). At the invitation of Butch Davis, Walker County, Texas Emergency Management Coordinator. Huntsville, TX, August 13 August 2019 Disaster Psychology. Presentation delivered to Walker County CERT Academy #17 (training of new CERT Members). At the invitation of Butch Davis, Walker County, Texas Emergency Management Coordinator. Huntsville, TX, August 14 August 2019 Terrorism and CERT. Presentation delivered to Walker County CERT Academy #17 (training of new CERT Members). At the invitation of Butch Davis, Walker County, Texas Emergency Management Coordinator. Huntsville, TX, August 15

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December 2018 Walker County Emergency Management: An Overview of Community Emergency Response Teams. At the invitation of Butch Davis, Walker County, Texas Emergency Management Coordinator. Huntsville, TX, December 2018 November 2018 Write it Down: The Importance of Emergency Management Recordkeeping and Documentation. At the invitation of Butch Davis, Walker County, Texas Emergency Management Coordinator. Huntsville, TX November, 2018 October 2018 Disaster Preparedness. Presentation delivered to Walker County CERT Academy #16 (training of new CERT Members). At the Invitation of Butch Davis, Walker County, Texas Emergency Management Coordinator. Huntsville, TX, November 19 August 2018 CERT Organization and Structures: An Overview. At the Invitation of Butch Davis, Walker County, Texas Emergency Management Coordinator. Huntsville, TX, August 2018 November 2017 Administrative Adaptation and Structural Change: The Organizational Response to the Great Sumatran Earthquake and Tsunami. At the invitation of Jason Ena, Director of the Center for Disaster and Emergency Management, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, November 15 January 2015 Public Policy Instruments: Tools of Governance. At the invitation of the International Program on Urban Governance, College of Public Affairs, Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, National Taipei University, January 6 December 2014 Disaster Governance: An International Perspective. At the invitation of the Department of Public Administration and Policy, National Taipei University, December 17 March 2014 Avoiding Plagiarism: Ethical Research and Writing. At the invitation of Shih-Kung Lai, Director, International Program on Urban Governance, National Taipei University, March 31 November 2012 Welcome Address. New Horizons: Advocacy and Citizen Engagement in Lebanon: Examples from the Past and Plans from the Future. At the invitation of Marwa Abou Daya, US Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI). Co-sponsored by the Department of Political Studies and Public Administration, American University of Beirut. Beirut, Lebanon November 1 November 2011 Introduction to Political Science and Public Administration. Brummana High School Career Fair. At the invitation of Ghada Yared, Head of Secondary Education, Brummana High School, Brummana, Lebanon, November 17 December 2010 What Can I Do With A Degree in Public Administration? At the invitation of the PSPA Student Society. American University of Beirut, December 6

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November 2008 I’ve Passed Comps: Now What? At the invitation of NABU, the Ph.D. Student organization. University of Pittsburgh: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Pittsburgh, PA, November 21 April 2008 Social Network Analysis: Theory and Application. At the invitation of Dr. Angela Foster. University of Pittsburgh: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Pittsburgh, PA, April 8 March 2008 The Indonesian Tsunami of 2004: Causal Mechanisms and Organizational Responses. At the invitation of Dr. Louise K. Comfort. Course: Managing Emergencies and Disasters. University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Pittsburgh, PA, March 30 July 2007 Transnational Disaster Management: Challenges and Opportunities. At the invitation of Dr. Siriporn Wajjwalku. Course: Transnational Issues in South East Asia. Department of Political Science, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand, July 22 July 2007 An Introduction to Complex Adaptive Systems and An Introduction to Social Network Analysis. At the invitation of Dr. Tavida Kamolvej. Course: Disaster and Emergency Management. Department of Political Science, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand, July 14 March 2007 Network Structure of the Hurricane Katrina Response. At the invitation of Dr. Louise K. Comfort. Course: Policy Design and Implementation. University of Pittsburgh: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Pittsburgh, PA, March 26 March 2007 Indonesian Tsunami Response System: A Discussion Related to Dissertation Research Methods. At the invitation of Dr. Angela Foster. Course: Multivariate Analysis. University of Pittsburgh: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Pittsburgh, PA, March 20

AWARDS AND HONORS December 2019 Walker County, Texas Community Response Team (CERT), Volunteer of the Year: 2018-2019 August 2019 Recognition for contributing to student success, Julio Victor Melendez, via letter from Frank Parker, Vice President for Student Services, Sam Houston State University, August 13, 2019 June 2019 Recognition for contributing to student success, Eloy Vega, letter from Frank Parker, Vice President for Student Services, Sam Houston State University, June 28, 2019 April 2017 Best Paper, 10th Anniversary Homeland Defense & Security Education Summit, received for: Haase, Thomas and Gunes Ertan (2017) The Dynamics of Risk: Changing Technologies, Complex Systems and Collective Action in Uncertain Environment

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April 2016 Recognition for contributing to student success, Catherine Corrigan Niemann, via letter from Frank Parker, Vice President for Student Services, Sam Houston State University, April 25, 2016 October 2009 2010 Presidential Management Fellows Program Nominee. Nominated by Dean John T. S. Keeler, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA April 2007 David E. Oeler Award for the Innovative Uses of Information Technology. $200.00. Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA August 2004 Matthew B. Ridgway Fellowship. Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA April 2001 Semester Honors. University of Pittsburgh School of Law, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Recognition for academic work during the Fall of 2000 August 2000 Academic Scholarship Award. University of Pittsburgh School of Law, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA August 1999 Academic Scholarship Award. University of Pittsburgh School of Law, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA May 1998 Platinum Eagle Award. Chadron State College, Chadron, NE. Awarded to a graduating student who demonstrated achievement in leadership and academics

DEPARTMENT, COLLEGE, AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES

2019 - Present (POLS) MPA Admissions Committee 2015 - Present (POLS) MPA Comprehensive Examination Committee 2015 - Present (POLS) MPA Program Review Committee 2015 - Present (POLS) Online Teaching Committee 2017 - Present (CHSS) College Writing Undergraduate Journal Sub-Committee 2019 - Present (SHSU) Faculty Learning Community Program 2017 - Present (SHSU) Graduate Studies Teaching Assistant Certification Program 2019 – 2021 (POLS) MPA Program Director 2018 (POLS) MPA Faculty Search Committee 2018 (POLS) Visiting Assistant Professor Search Committee 2018 (POLS) Full Time Lecturer Search Committee 2018 (POLS) CDEM Post-Doc Search Committee 2018 - 2019 (POLS) MPA Program Advisor 2017 - 2018 (CHSS) Assistant Professor Advisor Committee (Appointed by Dean) 2016 - 2019 (POLS) Undergraduate Recruitment Committee 2016 - 2019 (POLS) MPA Committee 2015 - 2019 (SHSU) LEAP Center Annual Charity Football Game 2013 - 2015 (AUB) Earthquake Preparedness Initiative at AUB - Founding Member 2013 - 2015 (AUB) IFI Steering Committee (Appointed by Provost) 2012 - 2015 (AUB) IFI Public Policy Program Committee (Appointed by Provost)

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2012 - 2014 (AUB) Advising Committee (Appointed by FAS Dean) 2011 - 2015 (AUB) MEPI Tomorrow’s Leaders Program - Capstone Coordinator 2010 - 2015 (AUB) PSPA Graduate Admission Committee - PA Representative 2010 - 2015 (AUB) PSPA Department PA Faculty Search Committee - Chair 2010 - 2015 (AUB) PSPA Department PA Curriculum Review Committee - Chair 2010 - 2015 (AUB) PSPA Department Program Learning Outcomes Committee - Chair 2010 - 2015 (AUB) PSPA Department Fundraising Committee - Member 2010 - 2013 (AUB) PSPA Department Website Review Committee - Chair 2010 - 2013 (AUB) PSPA Student Society - Acting Faculty Advisor 2010 - 2011 (AUB) PSPA Department Review Committee - PA Representative 2010 - 2011 (AUB) PSPA Department Research Methods Review Committee - Chair 2010 (AUB) FAS Paint Committee - PSPA Representative

EDITORIAL AND REVIEW ACTIVITIES 2021 – Present Associate Editor, Natural Hazards Review 2017 – Present Editorial Board Member, The Measure: An Undergraduate Research Journal, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sam Houston State University 2017 – 2020 Newsletter Editor, Section on Crisis and Emergency Management American Society of Public Administration 2012 - Present Manuscript Reviewer International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction International Review of Administrative Sciences Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research Journal of Public Affairs Education Natural Hazards Review Public Administration Review Public Service Education Safety Science Review Sage Publishing Social Science Quarterly 2019 – 2020 Trial Editor, Natural Hazards Review 2014 – 2017 Associate Editor Middle East Review of Public Administration 2013 Grant Proposal Reviewer American University of Beirut 2006 - 2009 Assistant to the Book Review Editor Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis 2004 - 2006 Contributing Editor Journal of Public and International Affairs

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS 2019 - Present Member of Case Teaching and Learning Special Interest Group, FEMA Emergency Management Institute 2017 - Present Member of Section on Complexity and Network Studies, American Society of Public Administration - Member of Governing Board (2018 - Present) - Chair of the Elections Committee (2018 - Present) 2015 - Present Member of Section on Crisis and Emergency Management, American Society of Public Administration - Newsletter Editor (2017 - 2020) 2016 - Present Greater Houston Chapter of the American Society of Public Administration - Treasurer (2017 - Present) - Member of Governing Board (2016 - Present) - Founding Member 2015 2012 - Present American Society of Public Administration 2015 - 2017 American Political Science Association 2012 - 2017 Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy and Administration - Appointed Treasurer (2014 - 2016) - Elected Board Member (2014 - 2016) - Provisional Executive Committee (2011 - 2012) - Coordinator: Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy and Administration’s (AMEPPA) 3rd Global Conference, December 5-6, 2014 in Beirut, Lebanon 2007 - 2010 Midwest Political Science Association 2007 - 2010 Association for Public Policy Management and Analysis 2008 - 2009 Academy of Management

THESIS COMMITTEE SERVICE ACTIVITIES Student Thesis (Service as Advisor): • Samual Murra – Honors Thesis Advisor – Graduated May 2018 • Lacie Simpson - Committee Member – Graduated May 2016 • Eric Economy - Thesis Advisor – Graduated May 2015 • Noura El-Badri - Thesis Advisor – Graduated May 2015 • Hoda Mansour - Thesis Advisor – Graduated May 2015 • Melissa Ajamian - Thesis Advisor – Graduated December 2014 • Anna Nersesyants - Thesis Advisor – Graduated December 2014 • Ayman Hussein - Thesis Advisor - Graduated January 2014 • Vahakn Keshishian - Thesis Advisor - Graduated January 2014 • Zahraa Shaito - Thesis Advisor - Graduated January 2014 • Hamed Khadra - Thesis Advisor - Graduated May 2013

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Student Thesis (Service as Committee Reader): • Fisk, Ryan - Committee Member - – Graduated May 2015 • El-Jurdi, Ghenwa – Committee Member – Graduated December 2014 • McGrath, Helen - Committee Member – Graduated December 2014 • Di Giovanni, Annalena - Committee Member - Graduated January 2014 • Guirguis, Christina - Committee Member - Graduated August 2013 • Tobia, Micheline - Committee Member - Graduated May 2013 • Arbid, Jeremy - Committee Member - Graduated May 2013 • Dib, Jane - Committee Member - Graduated May 2013 • Boujikian, Michele - Committee Member - Graduated May 2012 • Aoude, Georgette - Committee Member - Graduated December 2011 • Antar, Carla - Committee Member - Graduated December 2010 • Hadwan, Bilal - Committee Member - Graduated December 2010 • Zirar, Araz - Committee Member - Graduated December 2010 • Abdel-Khalek, Racha - Committee Member – Inactive as of 2014 • Aboud, Zeid, Mario - Committee Member - Inactive as of 2013 • Hitchon, Joe - Thesis Advisor - Inactive as of 2013 • Nehme, Runa - Committee Member - Inactive as of 2012 • Ahwash, Shadya - Committee Member - Inactive as of 2010

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