Abstract On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy made landfall along the Jersey Shore and left much of the region in devastation—a reality that continues to affect many residents eighteen months later. As time passed, many residents began to question the general ill-preparedness New Jersey as a state demonstrated during the events surrounding Hurricane Sandy. Framed by an anthropological approach using methodological and theoretical intersections, this theis will examine social, cultural, economic,...

Abstract This study explored automated training for emergency managers, and the effects of feedback on performance and preferences. To explore the effects of training procedures, a prototype emergency management training application was built to allow the usage of either immediate feedback or hot wash feedback. Users were split into two groups and asked to run through two emergency management scenarios using one of the feedback mechanisms, and the difference in scores between each feedback were...