Biography

Elizabeth joined the USF COPH in 2012 working in the Global Disaster Management, Humanitarian Relief, and Homeland Security (GHH) program as the assistant to the director and began teaching courses as an adjunct instructor. Her experiences in the field span from working in business management and program development, on public health projects pertaining to international economic development in post-conflict recovery to local disaster planning. Her current teaching activities as a Visiting Instructor focus on teaching courses in international humanitarian relief, disaster management, and citizen engagement in homeland security. Elizabeth has a strong interest in examining and evaluating disaster management systems working primarily with vulnerable populations, looking at the importance of community engagement and multidisciplinary collaboration, advancing the scholarship of teaching and learning through the use of experiential learning, assisting with refugee integration and health, and looking at how the built environment and social implications impact at-risk neighborhoods. Elizabeth serves as Lead for the National Service-Learning and Leadership in EM Special Interest Group (SIG) through FEMA, Lead for the Homeland Security Research Track for the National Homeland Security Conference (NHSC), Vice-Chair for the Hillsborough County Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) Working Group, and Vice Chair for the Health and Social Services Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for the Post-Disaster Redevelopment Plan for Hillsborough County.