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William
L. Waugh Jr.
Professor of Public Administration and Urban Studies/Political Science
Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Phone: 404-651-4592
Fax: 404-651-1378
E-mail: wwaugh@gsu.edu
Specialties:
- Dealing with terrorist threats and incidents
- Managing natural and man-made disasters
- Planning for emergencies and to reduce risk
- Coordinating intergovernmental and multi-organizational operations
- Building administrative and technical capacities in public and nonprofit organizations
Dr. Waugh is the author of Living with Hazards, Dealing with Disasters (2000), Terrorism and Emergency Management (1990), and International Terrorism: How Nations Respond to Terrorists (1982); co-author of State and Local Tax Policies (1995); and co-editor of Disaster Management in the US and Canada (1996), Cities and Disaster (1990), and Handbook of Emergency Management (1990). He is also the author or coauthor of over a hundred articles, chapters, and reports published in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Emergency Management and serves on the editorial boards of Public Administration Review, Public Organization Review, the International Journal of Economic Development, and the International Journal of Strategic e-Commerce.
Dr. Waugh has been a consultant to public, private, and nonprofit organizations and the media on dealing with terrorist threats, responding to disasters, and building governmental and nongovernmental capacities for managing hazards and disasters. He has served on expert panels and participated in workshops on hospital surge capacity, the Homeland Security Advisory System, applying natural hazard lessons to Homeland Security, using community rating systems to encourage risk reduction, emergency management education, emergency management in Homeland Security, and Homeland Security education and training. He worked on the last two Atlanta city charter reviews, helped develop a strategic management training program for Solidarity trade union's national council, and conducted training programs on emergency management and professional development for federal, state, and local agencies and nongovernmental organizations.
Dr. Waugh has served as chair of the American Society for Public Administration's Section on Emergency and Crisis Management three times, as well as serving in other ASPA leadership roles. He currently serves on the CEM Commission (International Association of Emergency Managers) that oversees the Certified Emergency Manager program and on the EMAP Commission (The Council of State Governments) that oversees the Emergency Management Accreditation Program and sets standards for state and local emergency management programs.
Dr. Waugh is the coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Disaster Management and the Graduate Certificate and concentration in Natural Resource Management and is faculty advisor for the GSU Chapter of Pi Alpha Alpha, the national honor society for public affairs and administration.
