Jason D. Rivera is an associate professor in the Department of Public Management, lead of the Master of Public Administration program's emergency management specialization, and an affiliated faculty of the MS in emergency management program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He earned his PhD in public affairs at Rutgers University–Camden, with a concentration in community development. His research focuses on disaster and emergency management issues, governance, social equity, and epistemology. Rivera’s research attempts to highlight the experiences and perspectives of historically marginalized and impoverished communities across the world as a means of progressing equitable service provision by governmental and third-sector organizations. Along these lines, Rivera was recently appointed to serve three years as a Fulbright specialist.
Examples of Rivera’s work can be found in a variety of journals that include, but are not limited to, Disasters, Natural Hazards, Natural Hazards Review, the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, the International Journal of Emergency Management, Public Administration Review, and the Journal of Public Affairs Education. In addition, he is co-author of Hurricane Katrina and the Redefinition of Landscape. His most recent edited volume, Disaster and Emergency Management Methods: Social Science Approaches in Application, provides researchers of all levels recommendations and considerations for engaging in disaster research.