Biographical Sketch

 

John C. Pine              
           
(225) 578-1075

 

jpine@lsu.edu

                                                                                   

Professional Preparation

           

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 Studies 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 Studies, 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

 

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 .(forthcoming).

· 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.  2006.  " 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. (2006). 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.  Vol. 2.

·  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. 10th 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.

· Lefort, A.J., D.F. de Hoop, J.C. Pine and B.D. Marx, 2003. Characteristics of Injuries in the logging Sector of the Forest Products Industry for Louisiana: 1986 – 1998.  International Journal of Forest Engineering. Vol. 14 #2. pp 75-89.

·  Pine, John C., Brian D. Marx and Aruna Lakshmanan (2002). “An Examination of Accidental Release Scenarios from Chemical Processing Sites: The Relation of Race to Distance,” Social Sciences Quarterly The University of Texas Press. Special Environmental Justice Issue.

· 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.

· Pine, John C., Erno Sajo, and Rebecca East (1998). “As Assessment of the Transportation of Extremely Hazardous Substances for the Southern Mississippi River Corridor,” The Journal of the American Society of Professional Emergency Planners  Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 125 – 138.

· Pine, John C., Brian Marx (1997).  "Analyzing Hazardous Materials Transportation Risks,"         Journal of Hazardous Materials, 54  pp. 113-122.

· Pine, John C. (1997). “Liability Issues in Natural Disasters.”  International Journal of Mass Emergencies. Special Issue. (1997) Vol. 15 No. 3. 

· Pine, John C. (1991). "Legal Issues in Emergency Management," The Principles and

Practices of Emergency Management.  Thomas Drabeck and Gerard Hoetmer, Washington, D.C.: International City Management Association, (pp. 289 – 310). 

 

Publication under Review 

 

· Mills, Jacqueline Warren, Andrew Curtis, John C. Pine, Barrett Kennedy, Farrell Jones, Ramesh Ramani, and Douglas Bausch (2006). The clearinghouse Concept: A Model for Geospatial Data Centralization and Dissemination in a disaster.  Submitted to Disasters.

· Pine, John C. Brian Marx, Qing Tang, and Stephanie Pedro (2006).  "Community at Risk: An examination of the relationship between flooding from Hurricane Katrina and social vulnerability indicators in New Orleans." Submitted to Social Science Quarterly.

 

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 2006 – December 2008) 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 Presentation 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.

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