Alex Greer

Alex Greer

Associate Professor, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Department
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security
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Contact

ETEC 350J
Education

PhD, Disaster Science and Management, University of Delaware 

MS, Disaster Science and Management, University of Delaware 

BS, Sociology & Geology (Honors), East Tennessee State University

Alex Greer
About

Alex Greer is an Associate Professor in the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany. Dr. Greer earned his PhD in Disaster Science and Management from the University of Delaware, where he worked as a research assistant at the Disaster Research Center.

Dr. Greer conducts interdisciplinary, mixed methods research on a number of topics related to disaster science. His research interests include hazard adjustments, relocation decision-making processes, and organizational culture. He has a number of ongoing projects, including a National Science Foundation funded study exploring earthquake adjustment in Oklahoma, a Quick Response project studying buyouts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, and a study funded by the International Association of Fire Chiefs investigating organizational culture and leadership in the fire service.

He has presented this research at a number of venues, including the International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress of Sociology, Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies, Southern Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, and the Natural Hazards Workshop. He has published in a number of outlets, including recent publications in Risk, Hazards, and Crisis in Public Policy, the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, and Housing Policy Debate. His work has been cited by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and National Public Radio, among others. He has engaged in quick response fieldwork after a number of events, including the Pawnee earthquake of 2016, Moore tornado of 2013, Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

 

CEHC Courses Taught 

CEHC 345 Leadership and Ethics in EHC

CEHC 391 Research Internship in EHC

CIST 608 Research Methods 

CIST 678 Internship in Information Science 

CINF 710 Research Design in Information Science 

 

Research Interests

Hazard Adjustments; Relocation Decision-Making Processes; Organizational Culture