SC&E Faculty - John Pine

Associate Professor-Research
Department of Environmental Sciences
Member of the Graduate Faculty and Adjunct Professor
Department of Management

238 Howe Russell Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA - 70803

Tel: 225-578-1075
Fax: 225-578-4420
E-mail: jpine@lsu.edu

Education

B.A. Rhodes College, History, 1968
M.Ed. University of Georgia, Adult Education & Counseling, 1974
Ed.D. University of Georgia, Higher Education Administration and
Public Administration, 1979

Most Recent Academic Appointments

2006 – to present, Director, Disaster Science and Management, and Professor-Research, Department of Environmental Sciences and Department of Geography & Anthropology, LSU
2005 – 2006, Interim Chair, Department of Geography & Anthropology, and Director, Disaster Science and Management, LSU
1996 – 2005, Professor-Research, Department of Environmental Sciences, and Director, Disaster Science and Management (appointed 2001), LSU
1992 – 1996, Associate Professor, Public Administration Institute, LSU
1988 – 1992, Associate Professor, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, LSU
1980 – 1988, Public Management Associate Governmental Services Institute, LSU
1972 – 1980, Public Service Associate, Institute of Government, Univ. of Georgia

Research Interests

Vulnerability and consequence assessment to natural and man-made hazards
Liability issues and emergencies
Crisis Management

Other Educational Activities

Editorial Board, Journal of Emergency Management.
Lead Course Developer for “Hazard Mapping and Modeling” for the Emergency Management Institute Higher Education Program, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Board of Directors, Louisiana Emergency Preparedness Association.
Co-Chair, Louisiana HAZUS MH (Hazards U.S. Multi Hazard) User’s Group. Sponsored by FEMA, LA Office of Emergency Preparedness, Southeast Louisiana Hurricane Task Force, Southwest Hurricane Task force, Louisiana Emergency Management Association, Louisiana Planning Association and Louisiana Municipal Association.
Conference Planning Committee. Restoration 2006 and Restoration 2007. International Conference. International City and County Managers Association. New Orleans, LA. May 2006 and May 2007.
Hurricane Pam Exercise. July 2004. FEMA and Louisiana Dept. of Emergency and Homeland Security.

Recent Grants

“Public Health Impacts of Major Disasters,” (Vulnerability Assessment and Consequence Management of Hazards for New Orleans), Louisiana Board of Regents (2002-2007).
“Building and Maintaining Sustainable Communities,” Louisiana Sea Grant (NOAA) (2005 – present) See: http://www.risk.lsu.edu
“ Louisiana Levee School,” Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. $120,000 (December 2006 – June 2007).
“Coastal Resiliency Index for the Gulf of Mexico” National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. (December 2007– December 2009) Through University of Buffalo.
“Risk of Historic Places: City of New Orleans.” (with Barrett Kennedy – Architecture) National Park Service (2005 – 2006) and an LSU Faculty Research Grant $40,000 (Pine, Kennedy, and Jay Edwards – GEOG & ANTH).
“Geo-Referencing Critical Infrastructure,” Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. (June 2006 – June 2007).
“GIS Support for Emergency Operations.” Federal Emergency Management Agency. (October 2005 – March 2006).
“Development of a Disaster Clearinghouse for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.” Federal Emergency Management Agency. (November 2005 – October 2006) – See http://www.katrina.lsu.edu
“An Interdisciplinary Approach to Coastal Vulnerability and Community Sustainability,” National Science Foundation. (2004 – 2006).

Recent Presentations At Local, Regional, National and International Meetings

Presentation to U.S. Japan Cooperative Program in New Orleans.
“Risk Assessment of Historic Structure,” with Barrett Kennedy. Restoration 2006. May 2006. New Orleans.
“Crisis Management,” Louisiana Civil Engineering annual Conference (presentation).
“Modeling Hazards: Risks in Engineered and Built Systems.” Louisiana Board of Regents Conference on Higher Education Response to Disasters. February 2006. New Orleans, (presentation).
“Use of HAZUS-MH in Emergency Planning, Mitigation, Recovery and Response.” FEMA Conference for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Baton Rouge, LA June 2006, (presentation).
“An Assessment of Vulnerability and Hurricane Katrina.” FEMA Higher Education Project. Emmitsburg, MD June 2006, (presentation).
“Building Sustainable Communities” – National Research Council. June 2006. New Orleans.
"Community at Risk: An examination of the relationship between flooding from Hurricane Katrina and social vulnerability indicators in New Orleans." National Conference on Race and Society. University of Virginia. November 2 – 4, 2006.
“Use of GIS in Emergency Response to Hurricane Katrina.” Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. July 2006. (presentation and paper submission to Journal of Race & Society)
“U.S. Coast Guard Academy Disaster Simulation. Program Evaluation Team Member.
November 2004. U.S. Department of Homeland Security. National Conference on Senior Staff Training and Development. Panel Member. November 2004.
Federal Emergency Management Agency. “HAZUS-MH utilization in Hazard
Mitigation.” December 2004.
FEMA Higher Education Conference. “The Management in Emergency Management:
Emerging Issues.” June 2004. Emmitsburg, MD
FEMA Higher Education Conference. “Critical Issues Facing Higher Education
Programs: Strategies for Program Management.” June 2004. Emmitsburg, MD
Natural Hazards Workshop. “Grand Bayou: Participatory Action Research.” July 2004.
U.S. Department of Defense Conference. “Issues in Higher Education Disaster
Programs.” October, 2004.
“The Management in Emergency Management.” FEMA Higher Education Conference,
June 2004, Emmitsburg, MD.
“Strategies for Interdisciplinary Disaster Programs.” FEMA Higher Education
Conference. June 2004. Emmitsburg, MD.
“GIS and Hazards.” Annual Natural Hazards Workshop. Boulder, CO. July 2004.
“Technology and Emergency Management.” The Emergency Manager and the Future.
June 13, 2003. National Academy of Sciences. Washington, D.C.
“Innovative Teaching Strategies in Disaster Science.” FEMA Higher Education
Conference. June 2003. Emmitsburg, MD.
An Assessment of natural and Technological Hazards and Sustainability.” Third Annual
Meeting of Sustainability. December, 2002. Barbados.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Curtis, Andrew, Jacqueline W. Mills, Jason K. Blackburn, and John C. Pine (2007). University and Government Collaboration in Hurricane Katrina: Geospatial Decision Support in the EOC. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disaster. (In Press)
Pine, John C. and Harry Wilson (2007). "Community at Risk: An examination of four neighborhoods flooded from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.” Journal of Race and Society . (forthcoming)
Pine, John C. (forthcoming). “Hazards Analysis of Hurricane Risks.” Hurricane Engineering. Mark Levitan, Ed. Publication funded by National Science Foundation.
Pine, John C. (2007). "The Contributions of Management Theory and Practice to Emergency Management." In McEntire, David (ed.) Disciplines, Disasters, and Emergency Management. C.C. Thomas Publishers.
Curtis, Andrew, Jacqueline W. Mills, Jason K. Blackburn, John C. Pine, and Barrett Kennedy (2006). "Louisiana State University Geographic Information System Support of Hurricane Katrina Recovery Operations." International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters. Vol. 24, No. 2
Pine, John C. (2007). Technology and Emergency Management. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Pine, John C. 2006. “Case Study: Hurricane Katrina and Oil Spills: Impact on Coastal and Ocean Environments.” Oceanography. Vol. 19, #2.
Pine, John C., H. Mashriqui, S. Pedro, and J. Meyer 2005. “Hazard Mitigation Planning Utilizing HAZUS-MH Flood and Wind Hazards.” Journal of Emergency Management. (March / April) Vol. 3 #2, pages11-17.
Pine, John C. (2005). Tort Liability Today: A Guide For State and Local Governments. National League of Cities and Public Risk Management Association, Washington D.C. 10 th Edition.
John C. Pine, Marc L. Levitan, Brian Marx and Dan Wilkins (2003). “A Comprehensive Assessment of Hurricane Shelters: Lessons from Hurricane Georges,” Natural Disaster Review. American Society of Civil Engineers.
Pine, John C. (2003). “Research Needs to Support the Emergency Manager of the Future.” Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Vol. 1 #1.
Pine, John C. (2002). “Hazard Vulnerability and Consequence Analysis: Using the Technology,”, American Society of Professional Emergency Planers Journal (ASPEP Journal).
Pine, John C. (2002), “Liability in Response to Hazardous Materials Spills” The Handbook of Hazardous Materials Spills Technology. McGraw-Hill.
Pine, John C., and James H. Diaz (2000). “Environmental Health Risk Screening using GIS: Creating a Community Profile,” Journal of Environmental Health Vol. 62, No. 8, pp. 9-16

Awards

American Association of Geographers. 2007 Meredith F. Burrill Award. LSU GIS Clearinghouse Cooperative for your work in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Jacqueline W. Mills, Ph.D., Andrew Curtis, Ph.D., John Pine, Ed.D., Barrett Kennedy, Ph.D., and Michael Leitner, Ph.D. The AAG Burrill award was established to honor individuals or groups that have completed work of exceptional merit and quality that lies at or near the intersection of basic research in geography on the one hand, and practical applications or policy implications on the other.
· Achievement Award, Louisiana Emergency Management Association, May 2004