Prof. Jack Harrald, Ph.D.

Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management
The George Washington University
1776 G. St., N.W. (Suite 101)
Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: +1 (202) 994 7153
Fax: +1 (202) 994 0245
Email:jharrald@gwu.edu

by appointment only

•  Organisational Learning for Disaster Response and Recovery
•  Maritime Safety and Security
•  Business Continuity and Crisis Management
•  Risk Management

• Pacific North West Maratime Risk Assessment (Sponsor: BP)
• Catastrophic Event Planning and Preparedness

• 2004 / 2005: Disaster Human Resource Management (Sponsor: American Red Cross)
• 2003: Operation Safe Commerce: Supply Chain Risk Assessment for Ports of NY/NJ and Seattle/Tacoma (Sponsor: Transportation Security Agency)
• 2002: Risk Modeling of San Francisco Bay Ferry System (Sponsor: San Francisco Bay Water Tranist Authority)
• 2001: Analysis of DoT response to Y2K challenge (Sponsor: Dept. of Transportation)
• 1995: Prince William Sound Risk Assessment (Sponsor: PWS Shippers)

• EMSE 234 Management of Risk and Vulnerability for Natural and Technological Hazards
• EMSE 233 Information Technology in Crisis and Emergency Management
• EMSE 332 Disaster Recovery and Organizational Continuity

• Director, The George Washington University Institute of Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management; an interdisciplinary institute engaged in research, education, and professional development.
• Professor, Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C
• Chair, The George Washington University Homeland Security Council; a faculty council that coordinates homeland security related research and education activities at The George Washington University
• Co-Founder, The George Washington University Aviation Institute, a center for aviation safety and security training and research
• Program Director, Crisis, Emergency and Risk Management graduate curriculum, School of Engineering and Applied Science, GW University
• Immediate Past President, The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS), an international society of researchers and practitioners in crisis and emergency management
• Editor, The Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (JHSEM). An electronic journal established May 1, 2003, published by Berkeley Press.
• Associate Editor, The International Journal of Emergency Management (IJEM). An international journal published by Inderscience Enterprises LTD.
• Member Disaster Roundtable Steering Committee, National Research Council
• Member, National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Committee on Information Technology in Disaster Management

• Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
• M.B.A., Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• M.A.L.S., Wesleyan Univ.B.S., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

• 1988-2000 — Associate Director: National Ports and Waterways Institute, A joint research institute of The Louisiana State and George Washington Universities
• 1989-1993 — Associate Professor of Engineering Management, School of Engineering
  and Applied Science; The George Washington University
• 1988-1989 — Acting Director, Administrative Sciences Program, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The George Washington University.
• 1986-1989 — Associate Professor of Administrative Sciences and Academic Advisor for Management Information Systems Program; Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The George Washington University
• 1969-1972 — Assistant Professor, Department of Physical and Ocean Sciences, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

• U.S. Coast Guard
• 1984-1986 — Chief, Personnel Systems Division, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, D.C. (Captain, USCG)
• 1981-1984 — Chief, Training Design and Evaluation Branch, Training and Education Division, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, D.C.
• 1978-1981 — Commanding Officer, USCG Group Long Island Sound and Captain of the Port of New Haven (CDR, USCG)
• 1973-1978 — Chief, Program Staff, Marine Environmental Protection Division,
  U.S. Coast Guard, Wash. D.C. (LCDR, USCG)
• 1964-1972 — Operational Assignments, U.S. Coast Guard
  

Personal list of publications