Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute

Alumni of the Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute

Melanie Baker

(M.S. 2004)

Melanie Bartis

(M.S. 2004), Melanie is a staff analyst for the City of Houston. She coordinates metropolitan medical response system activities and supports emergency preparedness and response actions.

Lindsey Barnes

(M.S. 2008) Lindsey is looking for a job in her beloved State of Colorado. She may be contacted via email at: barneslr@mailbox.sc.edu

Kevin Borden

(M.S. 2004)

Bryan Boruff

(Ph.D. 2005), Bryan is a lecturer at the FNAS School of Earth & Geographical Sciences at the University of Western Australia.

Patrice Burns

(M.S. 2002)

Christopher Burton

(M.S. 2007)

Richard F. Collins, Jr.

( Ph.D. 1998 )

Mark W. Corson

(Ph.D. 1997), Mark is an Associate Professor of Geography at Northwest Missouri State University specializing in political, military, and environmental geography. He is also a Colonel in the US Army reserve. The best way to reach him is via email at mcorson@mail.nwmissouri.edu.

Eric Daley

(B.S. 2003), Eric is a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy and is currently serving as a Meteorologist and Oceanographer with the Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorological and Oceanographic Center [FNMOC] in Monterey, California. Eric lives in Monterey with his wife and son and is scheduled to start classes at the Naval Post Graduate School (also in Monterey) in 2010. He can be reached at eric.daley@navy.mil.

Elizabeth Dunn

(M.S. 2007), Elizabeth currently works for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency.

Andrew Edmonds

(M.S. 2006)

Chris Emrich

(Ph.D. 2005), Chris is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of South Florida.

Katie Field

(M.S. 2000)

Christina Finch

(M.S. 2006), Christina currently works for the Pacific Disaster Center on Maui, HI.

Melanie Gall

(Ph.D. 2007)

Patrice Goins

(M.A. 2002), Patricia currently works for the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) out of the Richland Co. Health Department. She is the Director of Public Health Preparedness for a seven county region (Region 3): Chester, Lancaster, York, Richland, Lexington, Newberry, and Fairfield. She is responsible for all public health response in those seven counties during a disaster or terrorism event. The best way to contact her is via email (burnspg@dhec.sc.gov) .

Arleen A. Hill

(M.S. 1998, Ph.D. 2002), Arleen is an Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Memphis.

Danika Holm

(M.S. 1994)

Steve Jones

(M.S. 2003), Steve currently works for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) in Chantilly, VA, performing government contract mapping. His wife Katie and he live in Leesburg, VA with their cat and dog. The best way to contact him is through email at jonesstev@saic.com .

Cindy Kolomechuk

(M.S. 2001)

Jitka Kotelenska

(M.A. 2005)

Valerie Kudes

(M.S. 1998)

Charmel Menzel

(M.S. 2001)

Jerry T. Mitchell

(Ph.D. 1998), Jerry is the director of the Center of Excellence for Geographic Education at the University of South Carolina.

Jamie Mitchem

(Ph.D. 2004), Jamie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at California University of Pennsylvania. He teaches geography, emergency management, and meteorology courses as well as continuing his research in hazards and vulnerability using GIS. He and his wife, Christy, live in the suburbs south of Pittsburgh. Feel free to contact him at mitchem@cup.edu .

Leigh Ann Morgan

(M.S. 1998)

Angela Nelson

(M.S. 2005), Angie is currently employed as a Hazard Mitigation Planner at IEM, Inc., a Louisiana-based risk management company. She resides in Baton Rouge.

Jaime Easoz Painter

(M.S. 2002), Jaime is a Geographer for the Georgia Water Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey. She works mainly in the ground-water section using GIS to analyze water quantity and quality issues for the State of Georgia and surrounding areas. She lives in Suwanee, Georgia with her husband Jamie, cat Billy and dog Toby. Outside of geography work she and her husband are building an RV-7A airplane in their garage. They have developed a webpage documenting this project http://rv.jpainter.org . The best way to contact her is via e-mail jpainter@usgs.gov .

Darren B. Parnell

(Ph.D. 2005), Darren is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Salisbury University.

Paul David Putnam

(M.S. 2000)

Mathew C. Schmidtlein

(Ph.D. 2008, M.S. 2005) Matt accepted an offer from Sacramento State University to teach Geography and GIS.

Michael S. Scott

(Ph.D. 1998), Michael is an Associate Professor of Geography at the Salisbury University.

Deborah S. K. Thomas

(Ph.D. 1999), Deborah is an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado at Denver.