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Associate Professor, City & Metropolitan Planning
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Assistant Professor, City & Metropolitan Planning
Professional Service
- Natural Hazards Center.
Steering Committee for the Third Assessment of Natural Hazards in the United States.
02/2024 - present
- Natural Hazards Center.
Steering Committee for the Third Assessment of Natural Hazards in the United States.
02/2024 - present
- National Institute of Standards & Technology and Applied Technology Council (ATC) .
Project Technical Committee.
01/2024 - present
- Applied Technology Council.
Project Review Panel.
03/2023 - present
- Lincoln Institute & Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) .
Task Force Member for Case Study Awards.
03/2023 - 10/2023
- Planners of Color Interest Group (POCIG) of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP).
Edward Blakeley Award Committee.
03/2023 - 10/2023
- Earthquake Spectra.
Associate Editor.
05/02/2022 - present
- National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine .
Role: Member.
Resilient American Roundtable.
01/24/2022 - present
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Role: Member.
Utah Unreinforced Masonry Risk Reduction Strategy Advisory Team.
07/01/2021 - present
- Utah Seismic Safety Commission.
Member.
01/01/2021 - present
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Utah Division of Emergency Management (DEM) and Envision Utah.
Role: Co-Chair.
Development Planning Working Group of the Disaster Resilience Initiative for Utah.
01/01/2021 - present
- National Science Foundation.
Panel Reviewer.
01/01/2021 - present
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Utah Chapter.
Board Member and Officer of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Utah Chapter.
02/2019 - present
- Global Planning Interest Group of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.
Role: Chair.
Student Case Study Competition Committee.
01/2019 - present
- National Science Foundation.
Role: Reviewer.
Panel Review.
04/01/2017 - present
- Gulf Research Program.
Role: Reviewer.
2017 Research-Practice Grants Review.
02/01/2017 - present
- Utah State Hazard Mitigation Team.
Member.
01/02/2016 - present
- Utah State Division of Emergency Management.
Role: Reviewer.
Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Applications Review.
01/2016 - present
- Utah State Division of Emergency Management.
Role: Advisory.
Utah State Recovery Framework Advisory Group.
01/2016 - present
- ACSP Gill-Chin Lim Travel Award Committee.
Chair.
07/2014 - 03/2018
- Texas Coastal Citizen Planner program (TCCP) Advisory Board.
Member.
05/2013 - 05/2014
Internal Service
- Ph.D. Program Coordinator.
07/01/2020 - present.
Department service.
- Academic Senate .
Senator,
08/01/2019 - present.
University service.
- Ph.D. Admissions Committee.
Member,
01/2019 - present.
Department service.
- Ph.D. Curriculum Committee.
Member,
01/2019 - present.
Department service.
- Search Committee, Assistant Professor, Social Work/City & Metropolitan Planning.
Member,
08/2018 - 12/2018.
Department service.
- Coordinator of Year of Resilience event series sponsored by Reaveley Engineers.
Organizer, coordinator,
06/2018 - 05/2019.
College service.
- MCMP Curriculum Committee.
Member,
01/2018 - present.
Department service.
- Search Committee, Assistant Professor, Utah Asia Campus at Songdo.
Chair,
01/2018 - 05/2018.
Department service.
- Executive Committee of the Global Change & Sustainability Center.
Member,
07/01/2017 - present.
University service.
Honors & Awards
- Career Champion of the Year.
University of Utah,
04/01/2021
- 2016 Top Researcher Honoree, Celebrate U.
University of Utah,
04/05/2017
Affiliations
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Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Utah Chapter
(EERI Utah),
Member,
08/15/2015 - present
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ACSP Gill-Chin Lim Travel Award Committee
(ACSP),
Chair,
07/2014 - present
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American Planning Association
(APA),
Member,
09/2003 - present
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