Alessandra Jerolleman, PhD, JD, MPA, CFM
Senior Fellow
She/Her/Hers
Biography
Alessandra Jerolleman is an Associate Professor in Jacksonville State University’s Emergency Management Department. She is a community resilience specialist and applied researcher at the Lowlander Center, as well as a co-founder of Hazard Resilience, a United States based consultancy providing leadership and expertise in disaster recovery, risk reduction, and hazard policy. She recently published a book titled: Disaster Recovery through the Lens of Justice.
Dr. Jerolleman is one of the founders of the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association (NHMA) and served as its Executive Director for its first seven years. Dr. Jerolleman is a subject matter expert in climate adaptation, hazard mitigation, disaster recovery, and resilience with a long history of working in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. She is involved in various aspects of planning and policy and the national and local level, including participation in several workshops each year. Her experience includes the following: conducting independent research on disaster risk reduction and hazard mitigation for various organizations such as the National Wildlife Foundation; working as the lead grant writer and emergency planner for the First Peoples’ Conservation Council, through her role with the Lowlander Center on coastal community resettlement; community based resilience planning across the United States; working with Save the Children USA along the Gulf Coast following hurricanes and tornadoes, on a resilience initiative around children’s needs in emergencies; hazard mitigation planning at the local, state and campus level; community education and outreach regarding mitigation measures and preparedness; development of collaborative networks and information sharing avenues among practitioners; and, delivery of training and education to various stakeholders.
Dr. Jerolleman speaks on many topics including: Just Recovery; hazard mitigation and climate change; campus planning; threat, hazard and vulnerability assessments; hazard mitigation planning; protecting children in disasters; and, public/private partnerships.
Areas of Expertise
- Community Organizing and Advocacy
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Indigenous Peoples
- Qualitative and Mixed Method Research
Selected Publications
Elizabeth Marino, Noemie Gonzalez, Alessandra Jerolleman, Annie Weyiouanna, Dennis Davis & Chantel Comardelle (2024). Community-led relocations and the use of buyouts as an adaptation to climate change-induced flooding and erosion. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 56:1
Julie Maldonado, Kristina Peterson, R. Eugene Turner, Theresa Dardar, Shirell Parfait-Dardar, Rosina Philippe, Donald Dardar, Alessandra Jerolleman, Julie Torres, Rebecca Lovingood, Mira Olson. (2023). Climate actions with a lagniappe: Coastal restoration, flood risk reduction, sacred site protection, and tribal communities. Anthropology and Climate Change, 3rd ed.
Marino, E.K., K. Maxwell, E. Eisenhauer, A. Zycherman, C. Callison, E. Fussell, M.D. Hendricks, F.H. Jacobs, A. Jerolleman, A.K. Jorgenson, E.M. Markowitz, S.T. Marquart-Pyatt, M. Schutten, R.L. Shwom, and K. Whyte, 2023: Ch. 20. Social systems and justice. Fifth National Climate Assessment. Crimmins, A.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA.
Alessandra Jerolleman, Elizabeth Marino, Nathan Jessee, Liz Koslov, Melissa Villarreal, Daniel de Vries, Joel Neimeyer, Stacey Fritz, and Simon Manda (2023). The Relationship between Persons and Property: Implications for Climate Change and Resettlement. Palgrave.
Simon Manda, Alessandra Jerolleman, Elizabeth Marino. (2023) Assumptions and understanding of success in home buyout programs. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
Jerolleman, Alessandra and Belblidia, Miriam. (2022). “Current and Future Directions in Hazard Mitigation Policy” in Islam, Tanveer. Innovating and Adapting to Reduce Disaster Losses. Elsevier Press.
Elizabeth Marino, Alessandra Jerolleman, Nathan Jessee, Annie Weyiouanna, Meghan Sigvana Topkok, Eli Keene, and Simon Manda. (2022) “Is the Longue Durée a Legal Argument?: Understanding Takings Doctrine in Climate Change and Settler Colonial Contexts in the United States”. Human Organization.
Jerolleman, Alessandra., Hodges, Race., and Belblidia, Miriam. (2022). “Preventing Fraud vs. Preventing Risk Reduction – Are we focusing too much on making sure that people don’t cheat?” in Kushma, Jane. Exploiting the Opportunities for Adaptation and Innovation. Elsevier Press.
Jerolleman, Alessandra. & Waugh, Bill. (ed). (2022). Justice, Equity and Emergency Management.
Jerolleman, Alessandra. (2021). Compassion, Grieving and Being Human: The Path through Recovery with Justice – An Interview with Dr. Alessandra Jerolleman. Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network.
Jerolleman, A., Laska, S., & Torres, J. (2021). Lessons from Co-Occurring Disasters: COVID-19 and Eight Hurricanes. Natural Hazards Center Quick Response Grant Report Series, 327. Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder.
Graves, Jerry., Jerolleman, Alessandra., and, Belblidia, Miriam. (2021). “Public Safety, Emergency Managers, and Emergency Management: How a Budget Crisis and Poor Public Administration Resulted in the Flint Water Crisis.” In Thornton, Tonya., Andrew W. Williams, Katherine M. Simon & Jennifer F. Sklarew. Eds. Management Challenges for the Flint Water Crisis. Westphalia Press.
Jerolleman, Alessandra. (2021). Building Resilience for Rural America. EoS.
Jerolleman, Alessandra. (2021). Storytelling and Narrative Research in Crisis and Disaster Studies. Encyclopedia of Crisis Analysis. Oxford University Press.
Elizabeth Marino, Joyce Rivera-Gonzalez, Mara Benadusi, Alexa Dietrich, Mo Hamza, Alessandra Jerolleman, and Adam Koons (2020) COVID-19 and All the Things That Kill Us: Research Ethics in the Time of Pandemic. Practicing Anthropology. Fall 2020, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 36-40.
Jerolleman, Alessandra and Graves, Jerry. (2020) Linking the Social and Built Environments. Huff, B., Thomas, E., & McNabb, N. The Community Resilience Handbook. American Bar Association.
Freitag, Bob., Thad Hicks, Alessandra Jerolleman & Wendy Walsh. (2020). Storytelling – Plots of Resilience, Learning & Discovery in Emergency Management. Journal of Emergency Management.
Jerolleman, Alessandra & Graves, Jerry. (2020). Personal and Institutional Timelines for Hurricane Preparedness, Recovery and Mitigation. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 38(1).
Jerolleman, Alessandra. (2019). Untitled Contribution. Digital Dialogue No. 4: Improving the Disaster Recovery of Low Income Households. Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center.
Jerolleman, Alessandra. (2019). Disaster Justice for All: The Need for a More Equitable and Just Recovery Lens. Research Counts.
Jerolleman, Alessandra and Graves, Jerry. (2019). “Evacuation of an At-Risk Population: Cultural Competency and Ensuring Safety.” In ed. Knox, Claire and Haupt, Brittany. Cultural Competency in Emergency Management Case Study Book.
Jerolleman, Alessandra., Belblidia, Miriam. & Graves, Jerry. (2019) “Long Term Recovery for the Small Businesses Community” In Edwards, Frannie. (2019) Housing Recovery after Disaster.
Kiefer, John., Jerolleman, Alessandra., & Graves, Jerry. (2019) “Pressure Points: A Systems Approach to Long-Term Recovery in South Louisiana” In Edwards, Frannie. (2019) Housing Recovery after Disaster.
Jerolleman, Alessandra. (2019). “Challenges of Post-Disaster Recovery in Rural Areas: Poverties Control” in Laska, Shirley. Louisiana Response to Extreme Weather.
Jerolleman, Alessandra. (2019). Disaster Recovery Through the Lens of Justice. Palgrave Macmillan.
Jerolleman, Alessandra. (2019). "The Production of Natural Hazard Services by Public Agencies and Private Contractors" Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science.
Feldmann-Jensen, Shirley, Caroline S. Hackerott, Claire Connolly Knox, James D. Ramsay, David A. McEntire, & Alessandra Jerolleman. (2018). “The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Emergency Management and Homeland Security: Trends, Gaps, Barriers, and Opportunities," Journal of Emergency Management.
Laska, Shirley., Howell, Susan., and Jerolleman, Alessandra. (2018) “Built-in” Structural Violence and Vulnerability: A Common Threat to Resilient Disaster Recovery. In Zakour, Michael., Mock, Nancy., & Paul Kadetz. Creating Katrina, Rebuilding Resilience: Lessons from New Orleans on Vulnerability and Resiliency. Elsevier Press.
Jerolleman, Alessandra. (2017). Community Resettlement. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance.
Jerolleman, Alessandra and Kiefer, John. (2015). "Leveraging the Private Sector in Emergency Management: Thar Be Dragons!" PA Times 1:3.
Klima, Kelly & Jerolleman, Alessandra (2015). “A Rose by Any Other Name – Communicating Between Hazard Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Sustainability Professionals”. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.
Jerolleman, Alessandra & Kiefer, John. (2015). The Private Sector’s Role in Disasters: Leveraging the Private Sector in Emergency Management - Preparedness, Response, Recovery, and Mitigation. CRC Press.
Jerolleman, Alessandra (2014). “National Disaster Mitigation Framework.” Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. Taylor & Francis.
Jerolleman, Alessandra (2014). “Emergency Management: Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000.” Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. Taylor & Francis.
Klima, Kelly & Jerolleman, Alessandra (2014): "Bridging the Gap: Hazard Mitigation in the Global Context." Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (DGJHSEM), 11(2): 209-216.
Kiefer, John & Jerolleman, Alessandra (2013) “What Has Been Done? Louisiana After Katrina.” Kapucu, Naim & Liou, Kuotsai Tom (eds). (2013). Disasters & Development: Issues and Country Studies.
Jerolleman, Alessandra & Kiefer, John. (2012). Natural Hazard Mitigation: A Casebook for Academics and Practitioners. CRC Press.
Co-Author “Planning and Building Livable, Safe & Sustainable communities: The Patchwork Quilt Approach.” NHMA 2011
