Shirley Feldmann-Jensen

DPPD – University of Southern California (Policy, Planning, and Development)

Graduate Certificate – Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health (Health Emergencies in Large Populations)

MPH – California State University Long Beach (Public Health)

BS – University of Minnesota (Nursing)

Dr. Shirley Feldmann-Jensen is both Program Coordinator and Lecturer for the Master of Science Program, Emergency Services Administration, at California State University Long Beach. She has policy expertise at the intersection of disaster risk management and human outcomes; with a scholarly focus on foundations that advance the professionalization of the emergency management workforce.

Shirley’s Doctoral degree was earned in Policy, Planning and Development at the University of Southern California, Sol Price School of Public Policy. She also holds a Master of Public health (MPH) from California State University of Long Beach, and a graduate certificate in Health Emergencies in Large Populations from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her experience is both international and domestic, spanning a variety of public health, disaster risk management, and instructional settings. She is currently a Co-Lead of the FEMA Higher Education program Ethics SIG and she serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Security, Intelligence, and Resilience Education.

Expertise and research interests are at the intersection of policy, disaster, and human health, with an emphasis on risk management governance.