My First Graduate Class Was a Success. I Still Don't Have a Clear Path
My career has been an endless series of pivots made in survival mode. Emergency management may be no different
Christa M
Currently a n00b civil servant, I've previously authored journalism, books, research, and marketing content. I'm a neurodivergent sometime swimmer / hiker / paddler, mom to adult sons, raccoon stan, and probably other epithets I’m not thinking of.
A Reblog From The Conversation: Why Disasters Still Happen
I don't always overestimate my ability to juggle multiple projects, but when I do, I go big
The Groups We Trust, the Crowds We Don't
How we define a "mob" has everything to do with response to regional and national emergencies
book-review
How to Organize When You're Not Good at It
A review of Love Rebels: How I Learned to Burn Things Down Without Burning Out
Another Unconventional Step in an Unconventional Career Path
How 2025 encouraged me to loosen my grip and embrace a softer, better rounded version of myself
community
Have Our Online Lives Eroded Our Communities?
And can we bring ourselves back from collapse?
community
If FEMA Goes Away, Could Communities Step Up?
Three books offer a vision of future disaster recovery – if we can come together in mutuality
disaster-recovery
If Disaster Response Shifts to States, How Can Communities Respond?
Waiting for rescue probably isn't sustainable for any of us
community
Organizing in Community, Also When You Have No Experience
Stepping up isn't just about collecting training or experience. It's also about healing past trauma.
emergency-management
Taking Experiential Training When You Have No Experience
Learning as much as I can from people who know a lot better than I do... and my own instincts
disaster-recovery
Twenty Years After I Wrote About Emergency Management Topics, Where Do Things Stand Now?
The more things change, the more they've stayed the same, only maybe with more political urgency
emergency-management
What's a Girl Have to Do to Get Into a Graduate Program?
There's explaining why I want to get this degree. Then there's bleeding on the page.