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Dr. Courtney Page-Tan is an Assistant Professor of Human Resilience in the Department of Security and Emergency Services at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northeastern University. She was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Social Science at Wesleyan University and a Research Fellow with the Aldrich Resilience Lab at Northeastern University.

Dr. Page-Tan is dedicated to cultivating partnerships with practitioners, industry leaders, policymakers, community leaders, and academic institutions to build resilient ecosystems. She leverages her background in social capital, resilience, public policy, information communication technology, and GIS to explain how governments, NGOs, private sector entities, urban planners, and individuals can build resilience. Her research advances knowledge in how online and offline social ties mitigate the adverse outcomes of unexpected shocks and short- and long-term environmental stressors.

She has consulted for The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, ISeeChange, U.N. Development Programme - Paraguay, and U.N Development Programme - Mexico. Her research has been supported by grants and funding from diverse sources, from federal government entities, including the Department of Homeland Security; local governments such as The Mayor’s Special Advisory Committee on Neighborhood-Based Resilience in the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts; private sector partners, such as ISeeChange; and research institutions, including the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado - Boulder and Northeastern University.

Courtney’s publications to-date have been featured in the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Natural Hazards, International Risk Governance Council Resource Guide on Resilience, Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science, Climate Science: Oxford Research Encyclopedias, and Asian Politics and Policy.

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CURRENT POSITION

Assistant Professor of Human Resilience, Department of Security and Emergency Services, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide Campus

August 2020 – Present

EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Social Science, The Quantitative Analysis Center and The Wesleyan Media Project, Wesleyan University

2019-2020

Teaching/Research Assistant to Professor Daniel Aldrich, Department of Political Science, Northeastern University

2015 –2019

Principal Investigator, Commissioned Report, Cambridge Mayor's Special Advisory Committee on Neighborhood-Based Resiliency

2017 – 2019

Research Assistant, DHS Regional Resiliency Assessment Program Grant

2015

Independent Instructor, Department of Political Science, Purdue University

2015

Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, Purdue University

2015

Research Assistant, Mellon Challenge Exploratory Grant

2015

Global Health Governance Intern, Council on Foreign Relations

2013

Human Resources Intern, British Embassy

2012

Graduate Assistant, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University

2011 –2013

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Political Science, Northeastern University
Advisor: Daniel Aldrich, Ph.D.
Major Field: Public Policy, Minor Field: International Relations
Dissertation Title: “The Strength of Hyperlocal Ties”

May 2019

M.A., Diplomacy and International Relations, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University
Advisor: Martin Edwards, Ph.D.
Major Fields: International Organizations and Global Health and Human Security

December 2013

M.P.A., Department of Political Science, Seton Hall University
Advisor: Matthew Hale, Ph.D.
Major Fields: Public Service, Leadership, Governance and Policy

December 2013

B.S., Political Science and International Relations, Department of Political Science, Indiana Wesleyan University

April 2008

REFEREED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Page-Tan, C. (2021). Bonding, bridging, and linking social capital and social media use: How hyperlocal social media platforms serve as a conduit to access and activate bridging and linking ties in a time of crisis. Natural Hazards, 105, 2219–2240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04397-8
Page-Tan, C. (2020). The Role of Social Media in Disaster Recovery Following Hurricane Harvey. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 18(1), 93-123. https://doi.org/10.1515/jhsem-2018-0054
Aldrich, D.P. and Page-Tan, C. (2020) Oasis of resilience? An empirical investigation of rainwater harvesting systems in high poverty, peripheral communities. Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, 4(1), 129-144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41885-019-00050-2
Aldrich, D. P., Page-Tan, C., & Fraser, T. A Janus-faced resource: Social capital and resilience trade-offs. In IRGC Resource Guide on Resilience (Vol. 2): Domains of Resilience for Complex Interconnected Systems (eds. Trump, B.D., Florin, M.V., & Linkov, I.) 1–7 (EPFL International Risk Governance Center, 2018). https://beta.irgc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Aldrich-et-al-for-IRGC-Resilience-Guide-Vol-2-2018.pdf
Aldrich, D.P., Meyer, M. and Page-Tan, C. (2018) Social capital and natural hazards governance. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science
Aldrich, D.P., Paul, C. and Page-Tan, C. (2016) Social capital and participation in climate change adaptation. (2016) Climate Science: Oxford Research Encyclopedias
Page, C. (2009) International actors leading in relief efforts: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami aid assessment. Asian Politics and Policy, 1(3) 435–462. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-0787.2009.01134.x

ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW

Page-Tan, C. An analysis of community resilience across Facebook, Twitter, and Nextdoor users.
Page-Tan, C. Data tools for assessing disaster risk reduction: An analysis of open-access spatial disaster risk reduction datasets
Page-Tan, C. and Fraser, T. COVID-19 To Go? The Role of Disasters and Evacuation in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Fraser, T., Page-Tan, C., and Aldrich, D.P. Won't You Be My Neighbor? Uncovering ties between Social Capital and COVID-19 Outcomes at Local Levels
Fraser, T., Aldrich, D.P., and Page-Tan, C. Bowling Alone or Masking Together? The Role of Social Capital in Excess Death Rates from COVID19.
Page-Tan, C. and Corbin, T. Governmental Response and Inequality During COVID-19: Resilience at the Margins

INVITED TALKS

Leveraging Qualtrics for Innovative Instruction (January 2021) College of Arts & Sciences, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide. Virtual.
How hyperlocal social media fueled rebuilding after hurricane harvey (November 2019) Wesleyan University GIS Day. Middletown, CT.
The driving force behind Houston Resilience following Hurricane Harvey: Social media's role in post-disaster recovery. (October 2019) New England Analysts' Roundtable. Hartford, CT
How online social media platforms promote climate change literacy (March 2019). ISeeChange Staff Brown Bag
How social networks transform during a disaster. (May 2018) FEMA Integrated Public Alert & Warning System Working Group 2 - Public Needs. Virtual.
Social capital and community resilience. (May 2017) Cambridge Mayor’s Special Advisory Committee on Neighborhood-Based Resilience. Cambridge, MA

WRITINGS FOR GENERAL AUDIENCE

Aldrich, D.P. and Page-Tan, C. (2017) Why social media apps should be in your disaster kit. The Conversation.
Huang, Y.H. and Page-Tan, C. (2014) Financing the health-related millennium development goals. Global Health Governance
Page-Tan, C. (2013) Impact investing and global health: The future of global health financing?” Global Health Governance.

TECHNICAL REPORTS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

Page-Tan, C., Fraser, T. and Aldrich, D.P. (forthcoming) Mapping resilience: GIS techniques for disaster studies in Jason D. Rivera, ed., Research Methods of Disaster and Emergency Management: Approaches in Application. Routledge.
Fraser, T., Page-Tan, C., and Aldrich, D.P. (forthcoming) Techniques for social network analysis for disaster evacuation, recovery, and response in Jason D. Rivera, ed., Research Methods of Disaster and Emergency Management: Approaches in Application. Routledge.
Aldrich, D.P., Page-Tan, C., Fraser, T., Lee, J., and Yoshida, T. (2020) Social Ties, Quarantine Policy, and the Spread of COVID19. Quick Response Report. Natural Hazards Center: University of Colorado-Boulder
Page-Tan, C. (2018) Cambridge Community Assessment. Commissioned Report for Cambridge Mayor's Special Advisory Committee on Neighborhood-Based Resiliency
Page-Tan, C. (2018) The Power of Social Media: How Online Connections Expedited Public Services Following Hurricane Harvey. Quick Response Report. Natural Hazards Center: University of Colorado-Boulder

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Page-Tan, C. and Corbin, T.B. (2021) "Governmental Response and Inequality During COVID-19: Resilience at the Margins" Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Virtual
Page-Tan, C. and Fraser, T. (2021) "COVID-19 To Go? The Role of Disasters and Evacuation in the COVID-19 Pandemic" Paper presented at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Virtual
Corbin, T.B., LeNoble, C, and Page-Tan, C. (2021) “Interdisciplinary Disaster Research is not a Disaster: A comparative analysis of interdisciplinary teams in virtual environments” Paper presented at the Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference, Conference Within A Conference, Virtual
Page-Tan, C. (2020) Disaster recovery and social media use: An analysis of Facebook, Twitter, and Nextdoor use in Houston following Hurricane Harvey. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Virtual
Page-Tan, C. (2019) If you built it within a half mile, they will come: Building hyperlocal bridging social capital. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Conference, Toronto
Page-Tan, C. (2018) Social capital: Unpacking how it supports resilience, and how it can be strengthened. Paper presented at the Resilience Measurement, Evidence and Learning Conference, New Orleans
Page-Tan, C. (2018) A new era of disaster response: How social media is changing top-down approaches.” Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Conference, Boston
Page-Tan, C. and Sanaie-Movahed, B. (2017) An examination of countries with voluntary political party and institutionalized legislative gender quotas.” Poster presented at the International Cartographic Conference, Washington, D.C.
Page-Tan, C. and Aldrich, D.P. (2017) Estimating social media effects on neighborhood resiliency. Paper presented at the 2017 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago
Page-Tan, C. and Aldrich, D.P. (2017) Social and transportation networks in the 2015 Boston Snowmaggedon.” Paper presented at the 2017 Boston Area Research Initiative Conference, Boston (with Daniel Aldrich).
Page, C. (2015) Social capital and shared identities as determinants of international disaster aid: 2000-2013. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago
Page, C. (2013) Norm internalization: The case for disaster risk reduction. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago
Page, C. (2013) Why states prepare for natural disasters: Implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015. Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Conference, San Francisco
Page, C. (2008) International actors leading in relief efforts: 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami aid assessment. Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago

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