Hazard Mitigation
K. Bradley Penuel is the Director of the New York University (NYU)
Center for Catastrophe Preparedness and Response (CCPR). CCPR is a
university-wide research center dedicated to improving preparedness
and response capabilities to catastrophic events including
terrorism, natural disasters, and public health emergencies.
Drawing on the resources of NYU’s 14 schools, CCPR conducts
research that addresses issues ranging from first-responder
capacity during crises, to public health response, to legal issues
relating to security, to private-sector crisis management and
business continuity. Additionally, Penuel serves as the Assistant
Vice President for Health Initiatives at NYU.
Prior to joining NYU, Penuel worked for the firm Chemonics
International, serving on projects for the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) and the World Bank. Previously,
he worked as an environmental engineer for Gresham, Smith and
Partners, in Nashville, Tennessee. Penuel received a B.S. in Civil
Engineering from Auburn University and a Masters degree in Urban
Planning from NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service.
Matt Statler is the Richman Family Director of Business Ethics and
Social Impact Programming and a Clinical Assistant Professor of
Management and Organizations at NYU Stern School of Business. Prior
to joining Stern, Statler served as the Director of Research for
NYU’s Center for Catastrophe Preparedness and Response (CCPR),
where he focused on how businesses can become more strategically
prepared for crises. Statler initially developed this research
focus while serving as the Director of Research at the Imagination
Lab Foundation in Lausanne, Switzerland. His research has recently
appeared in the Journal of Business Ethics and the Oxford Handbook
of Organizational Decision Making, and he is the co-author of
Everyday Strategic Preparedness: The Role of Practical Wisdom in
Organizations.
Statler earned his B.A. in Philosophy and Spanish Literature from
the University of Missouri at Columbia and his Ph.D. in Philosophy
from Vanderbilt University. He spent one year at the University of
Heidelberg as a Fulbright Scholar.
"This encyclopedia features 385 alphabetical entries.... This
resource excels in examining crisis management from multiple
perspectives and reflects a wide variety of mitigation
approaches.... it is a good introductory source to a growing and
increasingly vital field of study... Summing Up: Recommended.
Lower-division undergraduates, general readers."
*C.A. Sproles*
"A worthy and skillfully coordinated addition to reference shelves,
this timely resource on responses to global crises presses into the
nitty-gritty of crisis relief...Entries covering the specifics of
crimes...serve to enlighten the reader to felonious behaviors and
compounds the vulnerabilities of the poor and defenseless....A
vital addition to public, academic, and civic reference shelves,
this set promises essential information to communities before,
during and after catastrophes."
*Mary Ellen Snodgrass*
"... As crisis management is a relatively new subject area this
encyclopedia will prove to be a useful tool in gaining an
understanding of the various topics. Given the number and length of
the entries, the content is also robust..."
*Emerald Group Publishing Limited*
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