Finding the Conversation
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Task:
1.
List the name of
one professional organization
in your field.
I chose to do FEMA, which stands for Federal Emergency Management Agency.
2.
Link to the website.
https://www.dhs.gov/employee-resources/federal-emergency-management-agency-
fema#:~:text=The%20Federal%20Emergency%20Management%20Agency's,of%20a%20team
%20of%20responders
.
3.
List the following information:
What is the organization's mission? (
Look for a mission statement on the first page, a
page called "mission" or maybe "history.")
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s mission is simple - to help people before, during
and after disasters.
Floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and forest fires, whatever the disaster,
FEMA leads the federal government’s response as part of a team of responders.
What kind of scholars are members of the organization?
In what areas/fields does the organization specialize?
Leading the Nation's efforts to prepare for, protect and mitigate against, respond to, and recover
from the impacts of natural disasters and man-made incidents or terrorist events.
4.
Next,
find three scholarly journals
in your field and list their names.
A.
Homeland Security Affairs, The Journal of the NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security
https://www.hsaj.org/
B.
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
https://journals.scholarsportal.info/browse/21946361/v12i0001
C.
Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC)
https://hdiac.org/about/
5.
Briefly report on one of the scholarly journals. Provide a link to the journal's
webpage and answer the following questions:
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
https://journals.scholarsportal.info/browse/21946361/v12i0001
What kinds of articles does the journal publish?
Describing and assessing research
and practice in the fields of homeland security and emergency management.
Does the journal state its focus?
Yes,
JHSEM promotes a comprehensive and dynamic
perspective, providing readers with up-to-date information regarding the evolving
nature of the homeland security and emergency management fields. Recognizing the
inherent links between these two fields, the journal aims to serve as a bridge between
them, encouraging exploration of their underlying relationships, interactions, and
synergies.
What citation style is used in the journal? APA
Is the journal peer-reviewed? Yes
Does the NU library carry the journal? Yes
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