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Njoki Mwarumba

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Dr. Njoki Mwarumba


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nmwarumba@unomaha.edu
office:
CPACS  6001 Dodge St.
office phone:
402 .554.3683
lab room:
CPACS 114 & On Zoom
office hours:
Monday and Wednesday 5:00 - 7:00PM online availability posted. , Virtual Hours - One on one meetings twice a semester and additionally upon request and on mutual availability.

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General Information

Biography

Njoki Mwarumba Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness at the University of Nebraska Omaha.Dr. Mwarumbas scholarship, pedagogy, research, volunteerism and community engagement lies at the intersection of global public health disasters, social vulnerability, and asset based approaches towards enhancing resilience and advocating for disaster justice. Specifically, Dr. Mwarumba participates with underserved and marginalized communities, emergent groups, and organizations in developing or enhancing disaster informed and resilient systems, policies, and programs.Education CredentialsPh.D. Fire and Emergency ManagementM.Sc. Hospitality ManagementB.A. Communications (Major)Community Development (Minor)

Teaching Interests

Teaching

Public Health Disasters.

Comprehensive Disaster Management approaches and theories.

Vulnerability and Asset based approaches for disaster resilience.

Global Approaches to disaster management.

Political and Legal Foundations of Emergency Management.

Methodologies

Community Based Participatory Action Research (CBPR)

Decolonizing Methodologies

Research Interests

Public health disasters - Perceptions and sense making of public health disasters such as pandemics and infectious diseases.Social vulnerability - Factors that generate and contribute to vulnerability among underserved people groups, minorities, indigenous populations, marginalized communities, Low and Middle Income countries. Asset based approaches - how non-dominant and under-studied communities apply their culture, philosophies, skills and spirituality to inform disaster perspectives.

Service Summary

Disaster Justice Researchers (DRJ) - Co-founderOuko Community Initiatives Research Institute (OCI-RI) - Non-Profit PartnerStrathmore Business School - Disaster Management Executive Program (DMEP) Founder and Course Lead.Citizens Pathway Group (CPG)- Crisis Response and Planning Think Tank.International Council of Refugees and Immigrants Incorporated (ICRII) - Board Member.American Red Cross (ARC) - National Response volunteer.

Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity

Directed Student Learning

Dissertation Committee Member, Social Vulnerability and Trust in government disaster response: The case of a potential flood event in a metropolitan ara

Non-Credit Instruction Taught

Guest Lecture, University of Nebraska Omaha - Grace Abbott School of Social Work, 04/01/2020 - present

Service

Department, College, and University

EM&DS, Committee Member, 01/01/2019 - present

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Scholarship/ Research/ Creative Activity

Directed Student Learning Non-Credit Instruction Taught

Service

Department, College, and University

Emergency Management and Disaster Science

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