William A. Anderson

William A. Anderson has been on the staff of the National Research Council at the National Academies since August 2001. He was the associate executive director in the Division on Earth and Life Studies and director of the Disasters Roundtable William A. Anderson spent his career working to understand and mitigate the causes and consequences of hazards risk, and in particular, to understand and address the extent to which marginalized groups are among those who suffer the worst consequences when disasters do strike. As a gifted researcher, writer and teacher whose tenure included esteemed positions at the National Science Foundation, the World Bank, the National Academies and Arizona State University, Dr. Anderson served as a mentor and role model to countless new researchers and practitioners in the field. He also fought to ensure that funding be dedicated to studying vulnerable populations and ensuring that women and people of color be recruited into all hazard’s professions – from frontline hazards management to critical hazards research.