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An Emergency Preparedness Forum
November 1, 2006
Linda Peek Schacht interim chair, Org and Pol Comm, Emerson [homepage]
Janis Anderson interim dean, School of Comm, Emerson [homepage]
J. Gregory Payne professor, Org and Pol Comm, Emerson [homepage]
Marty Bahamonde director, comm, FEMA Region 1
Arthur Torigian manager, Mayor's Office for Emergency Prep
Hugh Drummond director, comm, Red Cross of MA Bay [homepage]
John Jacob acting director, Public Health Preparedness Office [homepage]

The Emerson College community and local emergency preparedness authorities discuss New England's readiness for a crisis. They explain what crisis communication, planning and mitigation mechanisms are in place to ensure New England's safety and the vital role communication plays when a disaster does occur.

Speakers also include:

David Twomey, 2006 MA Candidate in organizational and political communication

Melissa Flores, 2008 BA Candidate in organizational and political communication

Leslie Denson, 2007 MA Candidate in organizational and political communication

Mariana Velasco, 2007 MA Candidate in organizational and political communication

Politics & Public Affairs | Science & Nature
Community Building | Environment | Natural Disasters
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William O'Rourke Jr.
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Tracking the Great White Shark
Greg Skomal
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Dr. Greg Skomal discusses the process of tagging several great whites off of Chatham in the summer of 2009 in order to track their migratory patterns. Several months later those tags returned valuable information. To Dr.
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