Haley Murphy

co-author of "Nonprofit Organizations and Disaster: Individual, Organizational and Network Approaches to Emergency Management"

January 8, 2018

Dr. Haley Murphy is an Assistant Professor of Political Science. She primarily teaches public administration
courses to both Fire and Emergency Management graduate students and Political Science majors. Her
research focuses on collaboration between nonprofit organizations, religious organizations, and government
agencies, particularly after disasters. In addition, Dr. Murphy studies local government management and
collaboration across government agencies and the nonprofit and private sectors. Her research has been
published, or is forthcoming in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Research, the Journal of Emergency
Management, Risks, Hazards, and Crisis in Public Policy, Nonprofit Education and Leadership, and Nonprofit
Policy Forum.

Disasters have become a more salient part of our life. Events ranging from terrorist attacks to major
hurricanes to heatwaves can significantly disrupt our communities and place the most vulnerable among us at
risk. The largest of these events—with seeming increasing frequency—test our communities’ capacity to
handle these threats. These broad threats call for a broad range of responses—and responding organizations.
This text collects a series of perspectives on the role of charitable and nonprofit organizations in helping our
communities address the threats served by natural and man-made disasters. The chapters introduce varying
approaches that assess the nature of non-profit organizations responding to disasters from the personal to the
systemic level. They leave the reader with an appreciation for the diverse roles that nonprofit organizations
play in community disaster, preparedness, and response along with the challenges they face. The
contributions to this volume were selected by Scott E. Robinson and Haley Murphy from recent scholarship
appearing in the academic journal Risk, Hazards, and Crisis in Public Policy.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2018-honorees/haley-murphy

Last Updated: 6 February 2018