EP #413 - 2.14.2022 -Disaster Recovery and Disaster Justice

Today I welcome Alessandra Jerolleman author of Disaster Recovery through the Lens of Justice.
Alessandra Jerolleman is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Doctoral Program in Emergency Management at Jacksonville State University’in Alabama.  She is a community resilience specialist and applied researcher at the Lowlander Center, as well as a co-founder of Hazard Resilience, a United States based consultancy providing leadership and expertise in disaster recovery, risk reduction, and hazard policy.   In 2019 she published a book titled: Disaster Recovery through the Lens of Justice, and recently released a follow up edited volume Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management.  Dr. Jerolleman is a subject matter expert in climate adaptation, hazard mitigation, disaster recovery, and resilience with a long history of working in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.