Thomas W. Haase
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Thomas W. Haase, JD, PhD |
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Professional Summary
Dr. Haase joined the Department of Political Science at Sam Houston State University in 2015. His research interests include disaster management, resilience, and public administration education. Dr. Haase has published articles in journals such as Administration and Society, Journal of Public Works Management and Public Policy, Natural Hazard Review, Local Governance, and The International Journal of Public Administration. His teaching portfolio includes online and face-to-face courses on international disaster management, disaster law and politics, community and social resilience, public policy, and program evaluation. Dr. Haase serves as the Director of the Master of Public Administration program and supports the community as a volunteer and trainer for Walker County’s Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T). Prior to his transition to Huntsville, Dr. Haase lived in Beirut, Lebanon, where he served as the Chair of the American University of Beirut’s Department of Political Studies and Public Administration.
Education
Research Interests and Expertise
- Emergency and Disaster Management
- Community Resilience
- Emergency Management Law and Policy
- Socio-Technical Systems
- Complex Adaptive Systems
Selected Publications
Wang, Wen-Jiun, Thomas W. Haase, and Chia-Hsuan Yang. (2020) “Warning Message Elements and Retweet Counts: An Analysis of Tweets Sent during Hurricane Irma.” Natural Hazards Review, 21 (1). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000351
Haase, Thomas W. and Fatih Demiroz. (2019) “Considerations of Resilience in the Homeland Security Literature: Towards Conceptual Convergence?” Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsem-2018-0078
Comfort, Louise K., Thomas W. Haase, Gunes Ertan, and Steve Scheinert. (2019) “The Dynamics of Change Following Extreme Events: Transition, Scale, and Adaptation in Systems Under Stress.” Administration and Society, August. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399719869991
Demiroz, Fatih and Thomas W. Haase. (2018) “The Concept of Resilience: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Emergency and Disaster Management Literature.” Local Government Studies, 45 (3): 308-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2018.1541796
Haase, Thomas W., Tania Haddad, and Noura El-Badri. (2017) “Public Administration Higher Education in Lebanon: An Investigation into the Substance of Advertised Courses.” Journal of Public Affairs Education, 24 (1): 43-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/15236803.2018.1429820
Haase, Thomas W. (2017) “A Challenging State of Affairs: Public Administration in the Republic of Lebanon.” International Journal of Public Administration, 41 (10): 792-806. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2017.1387148
Funded Projects
- Teaching Innovation Grant, Professional, and Academic Center, SHSU. The SWIF Case Method: Bolstering Master of Public Administration (MPA) Online Education. $7,000 (with Co-PI Dr. Wen-Jiun-Wang), January 2020
- SHSU Internal Grant (#29038) Providing Effective and Efficient Feedback to Student Writing. $2,200, September 2018
- Sam Houston State University E.U.R.E.C.A. Faculty and Student Team (FAST) Grant. Emergency Management and Homeland Security Graduate Education: A Comparative Study of Introductory Emergency Management Courses. $6,000.00. Funded via College of Humanities and Social Sciences, October 2016
Professional Organizations
- Emergency Management Association of Texas
- American Society for Public Administration