Yvonne Dadson

Yvonne Appiah Dadson is an emerging scholar in information sciences at the University at Albany, State University of New York and a Bill Anderson Fund Fellow. Her dissertation, "Beyond the Undocumented: Immigrant Vulnerability and Resilience in Disaster Contexts," investigates the structural barriers, information gaps, and resilience strategies shaping immigrant experiences before, during, and after disasters. Working at the intersection of social equity, climate vulnerability, and emergency management, she employs qualitative and quantitative methods to center the voices of communities most overlooked in disaster planning and response. As a former graduate research assistant on National Science Foundation's $20M Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub, her work spanned fieldwork, systematic review, and community engagement across the northeastern U.S. coast. With nearly 17 publications, her scholarship has earned the International Association of Emergency Managers Graduate Student Scholarship, the 2026 Increasing Diversity in and Equitable Access to Applied Learning in Disaster Research Response Fellowship, and Best Paper at Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management 2023. As both an adjunct professor and instructor of record, she has independently designed and taught eight undergraduate courses spanning emergency preparedness, homeland security, research methods, and justice and equity. She is currently on the job market seeking faculty positions where she can advance equitable disaster research and inclusive pedagogy.