Massachusetts

Boston

Assistant Professor

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Disaster Researchers for Justice; Center for Climate Adaptation Research

Using Volunteers in Times of Disaster

Connecting Emergency Management & Climate Adaptation

The Role of Emergency Management in the COVID-19 Response

Creating a More Effective Emergency Management System

Creating a Vision for the Future of Emergency Management

Creating a More Effective Emergency Management System

Building Resilience for The Climate Crisis

Using Volunteers in Times of Disaster

Disasters Do Discriminate: Creating A Just Emergency Management System

Dr. Samantha Montano became interested in disasters following a trip to New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and the Levee Failure. She worked with various nonprofits in New Orleans on recovery efforts related to both Katrina and the BP Oil Disaster in 2010.

She has a B.S. in Psychology from Loyola University New Orleans and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Emergency Management from North Dakota State University.

She is the author of Disasterology: Dispatches from The Frontlines of The Climate Crisis published in 2021 by Park Row.

Currently, Samantha is an assistant professor of emergency management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. She has taught courses on disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation, vulnerable populations in disaster, the political and legal foundations of emergency management, disaster communications, and disaster nonprofits.

Her research interests cut across areas of interest to emergency management. She primarily studies nonprofits, volunteerism, and informal aid efforts in disaster. She is a co-founder of Disaster Researchers for Justice and the Center for Climate Adaptation Research.

In addition to research, she is passionate about public engagement especially related to the climate crisis. She has been interviewed in many national publications including the New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times and published in the Washington Post, Teen Vogue, City Lab, and Vox, among others.

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