Denise D.P. Thompson
Associate Professor & Director MPA Inspection and Oversight at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Denise Thompson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Management at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the City University of New York, USA. She is a subject matter expert in disaster risk reduction and management and public policy and consults in these areas. She brings over a decade and a half of research and publications on small island developing states, disaster risk governance, disaster resilience and sustainability, climate change and the built environment, disaster supply chain management, logistics in humanitarian operations. She has made an impact in the areas of program development and evaluation, program accreditation, student learning outcomes assessment, strategic planning and curricular development. Dr. Thompson is also the director of the MPA Inspection and Oversight program at John Jay College working to advance accountability, integrity and oversight in government, non for profit and related oversight agencies by equipping current and future public servants with the knowledge, skills, and leadership experiences necessary to excel in these functions.
Contact
646-557-4623
Publications
See: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sM6OnOAAAAAJ&hl=en
Refereed Book
Thompson, Denise D.P. (2019, September). Disaster Risk Governance: Four Cases from Developing Countries, Routledge; ISBN: 978-1-138-22502-2 (hbk) or 978-1-315-40117-1(ebk)
Other: Book
Thompson, Denise D.P (2010, Sep 15). A Framework for Making multistate disaster management systems perform: Insights from the Caribbean Emergency and Disaster Response Agency (now CDEMA) Germany: Lambert Academic Publishers ISBN: 978-3-8383-7687-5
Special Issue Guest Editor
1. Thompson, D.D.P. and Anderson, R. (2021, Apr.) (Editors). Special Issue on Preparing the Humanitarian Supply Chain for Epidemics and Pandemics Response. Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Vol. 11, No. 2. Access at https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/2042-6747/vol/11/iss/2
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Denise D.P. Thompson, Abdul-Akeem Sadiq, Alessandra Jerolleman, and David McIntire (Editors). Public Administration during times of conflict: Impacts on governance and service delivery. International Journal of Public Administration (expected fall 2023/Spring 2024
Refereed Journal Articles:
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Thompson, D.D.P. and Anderson, R. (2021), “The COVID-19 response: considerations for future humanitarian supply chain and logistics management research”, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Vol. 11, No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHLSCM-01-2021-0006
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Thompson, Denise D.P. (2016, May). Do catastrophes in poor countries lead to event-related policy change?: The 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Journal of Public Administration and Governance, 6(3): 29-43
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Thompson, Denise D.P. (2015). Disaster logistics in small island developing states: Caribbean perspective, Disaster Prevention and Management, 24(2): 166 – 184
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Thompson, Denise, D.P. (2012). Leveraging Learning to Improve Disaster Management Outcomes, International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 3(4): 195-206
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Thompson, Denise, D.P. (2011, Fall). Using systems thinking to understand critical incidents. Journal of Critical Incident Analysis, 2(1): 2-21
Book Chapter
1. Thompson, Denise D.P. (2019, October). “Dominica: The World’s First Resilient Country?” in Housing Recovery After Disaster edited by Frances L. Edwards, Lexington Books
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Thompson, Denise D.P. (forthcoming). Coping with Risks and Uncertainty: Climate Change and its effects on the Built Environment in Eastern Caribbean SIDS. In Lamond, J et at Climate Change Challenges for the Built Environment: Adaptation and Mitigation Solutions, 2nd ed.
Refereed Encyclopedic Articles
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Thompson, Denise D.P. (2018). Hazardous Environmental Effects: Flint, Michigan. Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management, Springer Publishers Reference works; share and cite: doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_146-1
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Thompson, Denise D.P. (2017, june/jul). Non-linear Policy Change. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3087-1
Non-refereed Professional Articles
1. Thompson, Denise D.P. (2015, September). The Tale of two Countries: social vulnerability in disaster risk exposure and impact and the mediating influence of governance on disaster outcome, Crisis Response Journal, 11(1): 66-68
2. Thompson, Denise D.P. (2014). Important components of logistics in disaster management: Reflections from the Red Cross. Crisis Response Journal, 9(3): 57-59
Opinions and Blogs
Thompson Denise D.P. (2021, April 30). Getting help to those who need it in a pandemic: addressing the challenges of humanitarian supply chain operations. Emerald Publishing. Accessed at https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/opinion-and-blog/getting-help-those-who-need-it-in-a-pandemic
Education
Ph.D. Public Administration (May 2010) – School of Public Affairs, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg.
MA, Development Studies (1999). Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University,
The Hague, The Netherlands
Diploma, Human Rights (1997). University of LUND, Sweden.
MBA (1995). Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, USA
Bachelor of Arts (1992). University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.
Academic Interests
Disaster risk reduction, governance, disaster management, humanitarian supply chain, resilience and sustainability, small islands developing states (SIDS), vulnerability, public policy
