COVID-19: From Recovery to Resilience Workshop Overview
(VIRTUAL) Fall 2020
Instructor: Dr. Josh DeVincenzo, National Center for Disaster Preparedness,
Description:
This workshop will encompass a whole-community approach in its delivery and welcomes learners from diverse professional backgrounds and interests. A whole-community approach attempts to engage learners from the private and nonprofit sectors, including businesses, faith-based and disability organizations, and the general public, in conjunction with the participation of local, tribal, state, territorial, and federal government partners to leverage and strengthen social infrastructure, networks, and assets as they pertain to disaster management (FEMA, 2011).
Each workshop session will include a "voice from the field" talk, interactive exercises, and discussion to introduce strategic thinking, planning, and implementation on real challenges of emergency management past, present, and future. In addition, participants will have opportunities to network and collaborate throughout the workshop in live virtual sessions and asynchronous discussion forums.
Learning Outcomes:
- Gain an understanding of the whole community and systems approach to managing disasters
- Analyze interdisciplinary approaches to disaster management across disciplines and historic events
- Apply critical disaster frameworks and strategies to managing recovery and resilience efforts in your own field
Schedule: Wednesdays October 7 - November 4, 4:00pm - 7:00pm ET
Session 1: Wednesday, October 7, Mapping and Expanding the Field in the Context of COVID-19 Voice from The Field Guest Lecturer: Jeffery Schlegelmilch, MPH MBA, Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Session 2: Wednesday, October 14, Community Lifelines and Recovery Timelines Voice from The Field Guest Lecturer: Thomas Chandler, PHD, Research Scientist, National Center for Disaster Preparedness
Session 3: Wednesday, October 21, Crisis Leadership and Communications: Federal, State, Local, General Public
Session 4: Wednesday, October 28, A Focus on High-risk, Underserved, and Vulnerable Populations in Disasters
Session 5: Wednesday, November 4, COVID-19 Lasting Impacts and Onward
Instructor bio:
Dr. Josh DeVincenzo is the Assistant Director for Education and Training and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia Climate School, Columbia University. He received his doctorate from Columbia University Teachers College with his dissertation on "Enhancing Capacity in Adult Climate Literacy: Investigating Sustainability Mindsets in the U.S. Emergency Management Profession."
Dr. DeVincenzo focuses on developing learning experiences associated with FEMA training projects that navigate housing, economic recovery, mass care and sheltering, pandemic planning, and climate literacy. He has developed instructor-led and web-based curricula regarding financial literacy, economic impact analysis, and community partnerships.
He hopes to create accessible and quality educational programming that benefits the common good at scale through behavioral science. He holds a master’s degree in Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and a Doctorate in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, focusing on Adult Learning and Cognitive Science. He has published his work on climate pedagogy and cognition in esteemed journals and outlets such as the Journal of International Affairs, Routledge, State of Planet, and The Hill.