Dr. Michael K. Lindell is the Director of the Hazard Reduction & Recovery Center at
Texas A & M University. He has a graduate degree in Social Psychology from the
University of Colorado (1975) with a specialty in disaster research and has completed
hazardous materials emergency responder training through the Hazardous Materials
Specialist level.

Dr. Lindell has over 25 years of experience in the field of emergency management,
during which time he has conducted a program of research on the processes by which
individuals and organizations respond to natural and technological hazards. In addition,
he has had extensive experience in providing technical assistance to government
agencies, industry groups, and private corporations in development of emergency
plans and procedures. Professor Lindell has written extensively on emergency
management and is the author of over 60 technical reports, 60 journal articles and
book chapters, and 5 books/monographs.

Much of his research, especially that supported by the National Science Foundation
(NSF), has examined the processes by which affected populations respond to warnings
of the imminent threat of a natural or technological hazard. His organizational research,
also supported by NSF, has looked at the effects of disaster experience and the
community planning process upon the development of adaptive strategies for promoting
emergency preparedness. Dr. Lindell has served as an adjunct faculty for the Federal
Emergency Management Agency's National Emergency Training Center, lecturing on
disaster psychology and public response to warning. He also has been an instructor in
other workshops federal agencies have sponsored for state and local emergency
planners throughout the country, and appeared as a panelist in conferences on protective
actions in hazardous materials emergencies. In addition, he has been a consultant to
five of the Department of Energy National Laboratories on a variety of topics in the area
of emergency preparedness and response.

Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications