Claire B. Rubin is a social scientist with extensive experience in public administration and emergency management. As a consultant, she has worked for many organizations — private, non-profit and governmental — over the past 40+ years. Her work includes basic and applied research; the development and presentation of training programs; and the creation and operation of various information dissemination and utilization projects.
From 1998-2014, Ms. Rubin was affiliated with the Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She was a research associate and also adjunct faculty. For several years was a contributing writer for Emergency Management Magazine.
Currently she hosts the blog RecoveryDiva.com. She also serves as moderator for 3 Facebook groups related to Emergency Management Higher Education.
In 2016 Ms Rubin worked for the Arlington County Office of Emergency Management as a part-time staff member for a special project on outreach to houses of worship.
Ms. Rubin holds a Bachelor’s degree in government from Simmons College and an M.A. in political science from Boston University. She has authored about 120 publications, including textbook readers, chapters, articles, handbooks, and other documents on hazards/disasters and homeland security topics.
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