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Tulane School of Social Work, Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy. Delivered a course on the Economics of Disaster Recovery (DRLS 6030). https://tssw.tulane.edu/joel-thomasSenior Fellow since 2019. Faculty since August 2021.

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While at G&H, Joel implemented and/or provided oversight for several signature national level efforts including:• The National Conversation on Homeland Security Technology http://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/• The National Information Sharing Consortium http://www.nisconsortium.org/• The Beyond the Border Canada-U.S. Resiliency Experiment Series http://www.dhs.gov/beyond-border• White House Incident Management Information Sharing Sub-Committee http://www.nisconsortium.org/incident-management-information-sharing-subcommittee-imis-sc/• Virtual Social Media Working Group https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2015/2/2/house-section/article/h680-1• The Mutual Aid Project and the Capstone 2014 Exercise http://www.cusec.org/plans-a-programs/capstone14/• The First Responder Communities of Practice https://communities.firstresponder.gov/• The Capacity Building Webinar Series http://www.firstresponder.gov/SitePages/GrantsAndTraining/Webinars• The Virtual USA initiative https://www.dhs.gov/news/2009/12/09/virtual-usa-information-sharing-initiative

GW Housing Programs. Managed staff, programs and activities across campus. Performed duties as a first responder in an urban campus environment.

Created and administered the Israel Experience College Scholarship Program.