Conference Papers and Participation
National Academy of Public Administration, Annual Society Equity Conference, “Social Equity Issues of Hurricane Katrina.” Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Commonwealth University. February 16, 2007.
Department of Homeland Security, FEMA Higher Education Workshop, “Clash of Cultures in Homeland Security,” DHS/FEMA NETC-EMI, Emmitsburg, MD: June 7, 2006.
Panel Paper Presentation, 2006 American Society for Public Administration, “The New Role of the Presidency in National Disaster Management,” Denver, Colorado—April 1-4, 2006.
Presentation, John Carroll University, 2006 Annual Woelfl Seminar in Public Policy, “President Bush and Hurricane Katrina: A Presidential Leadership Study, Cleveland, OH, March 29, 2006.
Presentation, Taft Foundation Speaker, “Presidential Management of Catastrophic Disasters,” University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, January 5, 2005.
Roundtable discussion participant and panel presenter, National Academy of Science, Natural Disaster Roundtable, “The Future of Flood Disasters.” I also participated in the symposium, I wrote up a transcription of the event, and I was invited to provide an editorial critique of the report published from the symposium. March 2004.

University of Colorado Hazards Center workshop, Boulder, July 8-15. Chaired and moderated a panel regarding Revision of the National Response Plan.

Roundtable discussion participant and panel moderator, National Academy of Science, Natural Disaster Roundtable. “The National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program.” I also participated in the symposium, I wrote up a transcription of the event, and I was invited to provide an editorial critique of the report published from the symposium. February 2003.

Roundtable discussion participant and panel moderator, National Academy of Science, Natural Disaster Roundtable. “The Emergency Manager of the Future.” I also participated in the symposium, I wrote up a transcription of the event, and I was invited to provide an editorial critique of the report published from the symposium. June 2003.

Roundtable discussion participant and panel moderator, National Academy of Science, Natural Disaster Roundtable. Earth Watch: Earth Observation Systems. I also participated in the symposium, wrote up a transcription of the event, and I was invited to provide an editorial critique of the report published from the symposium. October 2003.
Workshop presenter, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, “Disaster Policy and Politics: Strategies for Research and Teaching,” August 27, 2003.
National Academy of Science, Disasters Roundtable Forum, Panel Chair, “Alerting America: Counter Terrorism in the U.S.,” March 2002.
Discussant, "Current Issues in Environmental Management," American Political Science Association annual conference, Washington, D.C., August 31, 2000.
Remarks, PPP2000 Forum, Natural Disaster Reduction:  Challenges for the Next Century, World Bank Headquarters, January 27, 1999.
"Examining the Economics and Costs of Natural Disasters," Hazards Workshop of the University of Colorado Natural Hazards Research Center, Boulder, CO, July 12-15, 1998.
"Presidential Disaster Declarations and the Human Impact of Disasters," at the Aspen Global Change Institute, Aspen, Co., August 7, 1998.
"The Political Geography of Presidential Declarations of Disaster," at the American Society for Public Administration annual conference, Philadelphia, Pa., July 28, 1997.
"The Politics and Economics of U.S. Emergency Management," Hazards Workshop of the University of Colorado Natural Hazards Research Center, Denver, Colorado, July 15, 1997.
"The Politics of Disaster Mitigation:  A Local Perspective," at the IISIS Conference, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., June 5-7, 1997.
"Re-Designing and Administering Federal Emergency Management," with W. Waugh, at the Trinity Symposium on Research in Public Management, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, July 23, 1995.
"The Continuing Search for More Effective Organizational Designs: Inventing and Reinventing Emergency Management," with W. Waugh, at the Southern Political Science Association annual meeting, Atlanta, November 4, 1994.
"Reforming FEMA: Renewed or Re-packaged?," at the National Emergency Management Association annual meeting, Baltimore, September 13, 1994.
"Renewing FEMA: Re-Making Emergency Management," at the American Society for Public Administration annual conference, Kansas City, July 25, 1994.
"How the EXXON VALDEZ Accident Changed America's Oil Spill Emergency Preparedness," at the American Society for Public Administration annual conference, San Francisco, July 17, 1993.
"Emergency Preparedness and Response on the Delaware: The Case of the President Rivera Oil Spill," 17th Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop," Boulder, Colorado, 12-15 July 1992.
"Academicians and Weaponeers: The U.S. Defense Science Board," American Political Science Association convention, Washington, D.C., 30 August 1991.
"Adopting Integrated Emergency Management in the U.S.A.: Political and Organizational Challenges," XIIth World Congress of Sociology, Research Committee on Disasters, Madrid, Spain, 9-13 July 1990.
Discussant, "Budgeting and Public Policy," Northeastern Political Science Association meetings, Philadelphia, Pa., 9-11 November 1989.
"Conflict and Coordination in Responding to Aviation Disaster: The San Diego and Gander Experiences Compared," International Association of Conflict Management, Athens, Ga., 6-10 June 1989.
"Academicians and Weaponeers: Technical Knowledge Acquisition Through the U.S. Defense Science Board," TECH 88 Conference, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom), 18-21 August 1988.
"The Big Apple and Disaster Planning: How New York City Manages Major Emergencies," American Society for Public Administration national conference, Miami, Fla., 27 March-1 April 1988.
"U.S. Defense Policy Making and the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board," with T.B. Priest, Southern Political Science Association meetings, Atlanta, Georgia, 7-9 November 1986.
"Political, Social, and Economic Factors to be Addressed in Developing a Program to Abate Seismic Hazards to Electric Power Lifelines," Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC), Workshop on Development of an Action Plan, Denver, Colorado, 5-7 November 1986. (All expenses paid by BSSC).
"Federal Preparedness for Hazardous and Toxic Waste Disaster," Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington, D.C., 7-9 October 1985.
"U.S. Nuclear Exotica: Peaceful Use of Nuclear Explosives," Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, 18-20 April 1985.
"The Subnational Politics of U.S. Nuclear Power Emergency Response Planning," American Political Science Association convention, Washington, D.C., 30 August-2 September, 1984.
"Project Gabriel: U.S. Secret Science Advice and Radioactive Fallout, 1950-1963 , Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, 11-14 April 1984..
"Nuclear Advice: Corporate Representation on the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission (1946-1977)," with T.B Priest, American Society for Public Administration annual conference, New York, 16-19 April 1983.
"Nuclear Power and the States: A Typology of State Regulatory Instruments and How They Have Been Used," American Political Science Association annual conference, Denver, Colorado, 2-5 September 1982.
Discussant, "Federalism and Change," Northeastern Political Science Association meetings, New Haven, Conn., 22 November 1980.
"Political Ramifications of Rapid Solar Energy Development," American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco, Calif., 3-8 January 1980.
Panel Chair, "Urban Development Policy," Northeastern Political Science Association meetings, Newark, N.J., 8-10 November 1979.
"National Energy Policy and Social Equity," National Capital Area Political Science Association conference, Washington, D.C., 5 May 1979.
"The Diffusion of Energy Resource Recovery Innovations Among American Cities," and panel chair of "State Initiatives in U.S. Energy Policy," Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Il, 19-21 April 1979.
"Public Participation in Energy Facility Siting Decisions: The Case of the Mid-Atlantic Region," with J. Johnson, American Society for Public Administration, Baltimore, Md., 25 March 1979.
"The Diffusion of Solid Waste Energy-Conservation Innovations Among American Cities," Southwestern Social Science Association, Hyatt Regency, Houston, Texas, 12-15 April 1978.
"Current State of Energy Management in the Department of Energy," Western Social Science Association, Denver, Colorado, 27-29 April 1978.
"Objective Need Vs. Political Interference: The Administration of the New York State Pure Waters Program," Western Social Science Association convention, Denver, Colorado, 21-23 April 1977.
"Industrial Air Pollution Enforcement in New York State: Reality of Illusion?" American Society for Public Administration, Atlanta, Georgia, 5-8 April 1977.
"Bureaucratic Decision Theory and Distributive Politics in Municipal Water Pollution Control," Southern Political Science Association 48th meeting, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Georgia, 4-6 November 1976.