Thomas Chandler

Deputy Director and Research Scientist, National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP), Columbia Climate School

Affiliated with: M.A. in Climate and Society

Columbia Climate School

Adjunct Associate Professor at Teachers College; Associate Member of the Columbia Climate School faculty, Columbia University

National Center for Disaster Preparedness
475 Riverside Drive
Suite 401
New York, NY 10115-0095
USA

BIOGRAPHY:

Thomas Chandler, Ph.D., is the Deputy Director, and Research Scientist at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness, an Adjunct Associate Professor at Teachers College, and an Associate Member of the Columbia Climate School faculty, Columbia University. He focuses on post-disaster housing and economic recovery, mass care community sheltering and relocation assistance, pandemic preparedness and response, geographic and social networks, and community preparedness. He is the Director of NCDP's FEMA training projects.

He has also been the Principal Investigator of a U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) research study, "Evaluation of the Public Health System Response to Hurricane Sandy in the NY Metro Area"; Principal Investigator of a U.S. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) research/training project, "Visualizing Social Media: New Tools for Research and Practice"; Co-Principal Investigator of a research grant funded by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, "Understanding Resilience Attributes for Children, Youth, and Communities in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill"; Investigator for a grant funded by GSK: "Resilient Children/Resilient Communities Initiative"; and Co-Principal Investigator of a grant from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: "Performance Measure Development Project". His work has appeared in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, The Journal of Social Studies Research, and Interactive Learning Environments.

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23 PUBLICATIONS ON COLUMBIA | ACADEMIC COMMONS

Only select publications listed below
Name Published Date
Bridging the Divide: An Analysis of Federal, State, and Local Policies in U.S. Schools 2023
Leveraging Sustainability Mindsets in Adult Climate Literacy Training and Education: A Brief Summary of Sustainability Mindsets in the Enhancing Capacity in Adult Climate Literacy (ECACL) Study 2023
Ramifications of the digital Divide on Cognitive Development and School Preparedness 2023
Parental Education and Child Physical Health Following the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 2022
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Exposure, Industry Sector, and Child Health 2021
Disparate effects of BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill exposure on psychological resilience 2021
Establishing a Foundation for Performance Measurement for Local Public Health Preparedness 2021
Family Resilience Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Theory and Evidence 2021
Deepwater Horizon oil spill exposure and child health: a longitudinal analysis 2020
Families Coping With Financial Loss Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 2020
Family Resilience Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Theory and Evidence 2020
Online community discourse during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: an analysis of Twitter interactions 2020
A Philanthropic Approach to Supporting Emergent Disaster Response and Recovery 2019
Chronic Disease After Natural Disasters: Public Health, Policy, and Provider Perspectives 2018
Regions Respond to Catastrophes 2017
Children in Disasters: Do Americans Feel Prepared? A National Survey 2016
Crisis Decision-Making During Hurricane Sandy: An Analysis of Established and Emergent Disaster Response Behaviors in the New York Metro Area 2016
Superstorm Sandy: Lessons for Optimizing Limited Training Resources for Local Impact 2016
The American Preparedness Project: Where the US Public Stands in 2015 2016
Climate Change and Health: The Nurse's Role in Policy and Practice 2014
The incorporation of hands-on tasks in an online course: an analysis of a blended learning environment 2011
The Incorporation of GIS Technologies in Emergency Preparedness and Response 2009
Teaching emergency preparedness to public health workers: use of blended learning in web-based training 2008

PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS (REFEREED)

Slack, T., Beedasy, J., Chandler, T., Keating, K.S., Sury, J & Brooks, J. (In Press). Family Resilience Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Theory and Evidence. In Resilience and the Community: How to Build Resilient Communities and How Communities Build Resilient Families, A.W. Harrist and M. Stout (Eds.). New York: Springer.

Schlegelmilch, J., Sury, J., Brooks, J., & Chandler, T. (2019). A Philanthropic Approach to Supporting Emergent Disaster Response and Recovery. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 1-3. doi:10.1017/dmp.2019.97

Levin, K. & Chandler, T. (2018). Climate Change And Health: The Nurse's Role In Policy And Practice. In Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Terrorism and Other Hazards, fourth edition, Springer Publishing, LLC New York 

Kirsch, T.D., Schlegelmilch, J, Strauss-Riggs, K., Chandler, T., & Redlener, I. (2017). Regions Respond to Catastrophes. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, VOL. 11/NO. 4, pp 399 - 401

Chandler, T., Abramson, D., Panigrahi, B., Schlegelmilch, J., & Frye, N. (2016). Crisis Decision Making During Hurricane Sandy: An Analysis of Established and Emergent Disaster Response Behaviors in the New York Metro Area. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 10 pp. 436-442   

Crocco, M., Shuttleworth, J.M., & Chandler, T. (2016). Science, Media, and Civic Literacy: Rachel Carson’s Legacy for the Citizen Activist, Social Studies and the Young Learner, 28 (3) pp. 21-26

Chandler, T., Crocco, M, & Marri, R. (2014). Systems Thinking about Severe Storms in Social Studies Education, In K.D. Thomas, & H.E. Muga, (Eds.) Handbook of Research on Pedagogical Innovations for Sustainable Development, pp. 348-367, IGI Global, Hershey, PA

Chandler, T. & Beedasy, J. (2014). Using Mobile Devices for Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery: A Framework for K-12 Schools, In H. An, S. Alon, & D. Fuentes, (Eds.), Tablets in K-12 Education: Integrated Experiences and Implications, pp. 75–90, IGI Global, Hershey, PA

Crocco, M., Marri, A., & Chandler, T. (2013). Social Studies and Sustainability: A Global Competency Framework, Schooling for Sustainable Development in Canada and the United States (edited by John Chi Kin Lee and Michel Phillips) Volume 4, 2013, pp 169-182, Springer Publishing

Chandler, T & Marri, A. R. (2012). Civic Engagement about Climate Change: A Case Study of Three Educators and their Practice. Journal of Social Studies Research Vol.36, Issue 1, Winter 2012

Levin, K. & Chandler, T. (2012). Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness.  Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Terrorism and Other Hazards,, third edition, Springer Publishing, LLC New York 

Chandler, T. Park, Y, Levin, K, & Morse, S. (2011). The Incorporation of Hands-on Tasks in an Online Course: An Analysis of a Blended Learning Environment Interactive Learning Environments, 21:5, pp. 456-468 

Crocco, M. & Chandler, T. (2010). Hurricane Katrina: A Toxic Mix of Social and Geographic Vulnerability, The Human Impact of Natural Disasters, (Edited by Valerie Ooka Pang, William R. Fernekes, and Jack L. Nelson), National Council of Social Studies  http://www.socialstudies.org/publications/books

Chandler, T., Qureshi, K., Gebbie, K., & Morse, S. (2008). Teaching Emergency Preparedness: Use of Blended Learning in Web-Based Training, Public Health Reports, Sept-Oct; 123(5): pp. 676–680.

Chandler, T & An, H. (2007). Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Augment Student Learning in Social Studies Innovate Journal of Online Education, Vol. 4: Iss. 1, Article 2.   


WHITEPAPERS / REPORTS

Suneja, A., Chandler, T., Schlegelmilch, J., May, M. & Redlener, I. (2018). Chronic Disease after Natural Disasters: Public Health, Policy, and Provider Perspectives,
National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University

Schlegelmilch, J., Petkova, E., Chandler, T., Sury, J., Bhaskar, S., Sehnert, E. & Marx, S. (2016). Children in Disasters: Do Americans Feel Prepared? A National Survey, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University, Briefing Report #1, February

Petkova, E.P., Schlegelmilch, J., Sury, J., Chandler, T., Herrera, C., Bhaskar, S., Sehnert, E., Martinez, S., Marx, S. & Redlener, I. (2016). The American Preparedness Project: Where the US Public Stands in 2015, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University

Schlegelmilch, J., Gutnick, A., Chandler, T., Frye, N, (2016). Superstorm Sandy: Lessons for Optimizing Limited Training Resources for Local Impact Letter to the editor, Disaster Medicine and Emergency Preparedness 

Culp, D., Redlener, I,  & Chandler, T. (2010) Climate Change and the Public’s Health: The Coming Crisis for the U.S. Gulf Coast  National Center for Disaster Preparedness Whitepaper

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (2010) New York State Sea Level Rise Task Force: Report to the legislature: Chandler, T. Infrastructure Work Group contributor

Chandler, T (2009) Geospatial Intelligence and Social Data National Center for Disaster Preparedness Whitepaper

Gaudelli, W., Chandler,T., & Odamtten, Y.(2007) A Sense of Place, A Sense of Home: Using geography to understand the levees catastrophe Teaching The Levees: A Curriculum for Democratic Dialogue and Civic Engagement, Chapter 7, Teachers College Press 

Gaudelli, W., Chandler,T., & Odamtten, Y.(2007) Learning from History in an Effort to Understand the Tragedy of Katrina Teaching The Levees: A Curriculum for Democratic Dialogue and Civic Engagement, Chapter 7, Teachers College Press