Profile
Dr. Lindell is former Ph.D of the Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center
at Texas A & M University. He has a graduate degree in Social Psychology
with a specialty in disaster research and has completed hazardous materials
emergency responder training through the Hazardous Materials Specialist
level. Dr. Lindell has over 25 years of experience in the field of emergency
management, during which time he has conducted a long term program of
research on the processes by which individuals and organizations respond
to natural and technological hazards. In addition, he has had extensive
experience in providing technical assistance to government agencies,
industry groups, and private corporations in development of emergency
plans and procedures.
Professor Lindell also has had extensive experience
in providing technical assistance to government agencies, industry groups
and private corporations
in developing emergency plans and procedures. During six years as a contractor
to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, he reviewed numerous emergency response
plans and evaluated organizational performance in more than thirty full-scale
emergency exercises at nuclear facilities. In the course of these emergency
exercises, he has observed organizational response in all major onsite (Control
Room, Technical Support Center, Operations Center), near-site (Emergency Operations
Facility and Emergency News Center) and offsite (county and state EOC) facilities.
Michael
has written or co-authored several books and articles including Emergency
Management: An Introduction. Emmitsburg MD: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Emergency Management Institute. 2004; Communicating Environmental Risk in Multiethnic
Communities. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage. 2004; Facing the Unexpected: Disaster
Preparedness and Response in the United States: Joseph Henry Press, 2001; “Risk
Area Residents’ Perceptions and Adoption of Seismic Hazard Adjustments,” Journal
of Applied Social Psychology, 2002; “Local Government Agencies’ Use
of Hazard Analysis Information,” International Journal of Mass Emergencies
and Disasters, 2002.
Michael received his BA and PhD from University of Colorado....[more]
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