Ep 79: Disasters and Emergency Management
“There are all of these companies that are being hired by largely government to come in and fulfill these various functions and tasks that fall within the responsibility of emergency management. This has happened for many decades, but it has grown to the point now where I often call it our shadow emergency management system. ”
A conversation with Professor Samantha Montano (Massachusetts Maritime Academy, author of Disasterology) about the stages of emergency management, needs following different types of disasters, and the changing emergency management landscape across the United States. Released November 21, 2025.
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Samantha Montano
Dr. Samantha Montano is the author of Disasterology: Dispatches from The Frontlines of The Climate Crisis published in 2021 by Park Row.
Samantha is currently an associate professor of emergency management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. She has taught courses on a range of disaster subjects including disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation, vulnerable populations, the political and legal foundations of emergency management, disaster communications, disaster film, and disaster nonprofits.
Her research interests include basic emergency management theory, evaluation of emergency management policy and practice, and the perceptions of emergency management. You can review her research here. She is a co-founder of Disaster Researchers for Justice and the Center for Climate Adaptation Research.
In addition to research, she is passionate about public engagement, especially regarding the climate crisis. She has written for/ been interviewed by many national publications including the New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times and published in the Washington Post, Teen Vogue, City Lab, and Vox, among others. A full list can be found here.
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