Videotaped Interviews of Select 2004 Higher Education Conference Participants

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Videotaped Interviews of Select 2004 Higher
Education Conference Participants

• Dr. Jennifer Wilson
• Dr. Arthur Oyola-Yemaiel
• Emergency Management Program
• North Dakota State University

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Purpose

• To create support material for higher education
  courses in emergency management
• Provide perspective of both emergency management
  academics and practitioners regarding the future
  of the field of emergency management

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Methodology

• Solicited interviews with confirmed participants
  prior to the conference
• based on their knowledge of emergency management
  and their participation in the development of the
  higher education strategy
• Requested interviews with additional participants
  on site
• Each interview was video taped

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Methodology, cont.

• Five questions
• What is the future of emergency management?
• What are the obstacles/challenges that emergency
  management graduates face upon entering the
  workforce?
• What is the role of emergency management
  graduates in the 21st century?
• What is the role of emergency management higher
  education degrees in the professionalization of
  the field?
• How should emergency management degree programs
  transmit core competencies to future emergency
  managers?

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Outcome

• Interviews lasted approximately 15 - 20 minutes
  each
• Total of 25 interviews
• Three DVD products
• Full interviews by person (raw data, 3.5 hrs)
• Full interviews edited by question (3.5 hrs)
• Select interviews edited by question
  (12 min)

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Thanks for your kind attention Contact
info Jennifer Wilson, Ph.D. Arthur
Oyola-Yemaiel, Ph.D. Co-Director
Director [phone]
[phone] jennifer.wilson_at_ndsu.nodak.edu
arthur.oyolayemaiel_at_ndsu.nodak.edu
Emergency Management Program North Dakota
State University P.O. Box 5075
Fargo, ND 58105