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Oluponmile O. Olonilua

Texas Southern University

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United States
North America

Oluponmile Olonilua, Ph.D. is a professor and coordinator of the Emergency Management and Homeland Security program in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration in the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University. Dr. Olonilua serves as a member of FEMA Region VI Regional Advisory Council and as the Chair of the FEMA Region VI Higher Education Collaborative. She serves on Mary Fran Myers Scholarship Award Committee (MFM), an award at the Natural Hazards annual Workshop in Broomfield, Colorado. Dr. Olonilua has been actively involved with the FEMA Higher Education program in various categories and currently is the Lead for the HBCU Special Interest Group. She has published papers in top journals in the field of Emergency Management and presented her research in professional conferences of Political science, Public Administration, Planning, and Emergency Management. Olonilua is regular reviewer for different peer reviewed journals including Journal of Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal of Public Management and Social Policy, Journal of Emergency Management, Journal of Planning Education and Research, and Disasters Journal. She has attended the International Association of Emergency Managers and has been a certified floodplain emergency manager since 2011. Her research interests include hazard mitigation, emergency management, community engagement, diversity, equity, and inclusion

Country(ies) of Specialty

Nigeria United States

Focus areas of expertise

Climate policy and politics Climate Justice Behavioral action Public opinion

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Publications

Articles

Olonilua, Oluponmile and Aliu, John (2024) Trends and Factors Influencing Non-evacuation Among Minority Populations During Disasters, Chapter submitted for publication

Olonilua, Oluponmile (2023) Reducing Risk through Public Engagement in Hazard Mitigation Plans. Chapter 3 in Case Studies in Disaster Mitigation and Prevention, Edited by Himanshu Grover, Tanveer Islaam, and Jean Slick, Elsevier

Olonilua, Oluponmile (2022) Justice in Hazard Mitigation. Book chapter in Justice, Equity and Emergency Management, Vol. 1, eds. Alessandra Jerolleman and William Waugh (Jr)

Olonilua, Oluponmile (2019) Promoting Public Involvement in Disaster Risk Communication in Nigeria, Chapter 7 in Understanding the Roles of Risk Communication in Community Resilience Building Edited by Bandana Kar and David Cochran (2019), 1^st Edition, June 13, 2019, Routledge

Olonilua, Oluponmile and Aliu, John (2025) Assessing Workforce Training Strategies in Critical Infrastructure: Insights and Recommendations, Technical paper accepted for publication by the Institute of Homeland Security, Sponsored Research, Sam Houston State University

Olonilua, Oluponmile and Aliu, John (2025) Reviewing the Critical Role of Coping Strategies in Enhancing Mental Health and Resilience in Disaster Survivors, Paper accepted pending revision, Environmental Research: Health, Special Issue

Olonilua, Oluponmile (2024) Developing Educational Materials for Grades 6 through 8 on Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Interdependencies, Sponsored Summer Research Report Submitted to the Department of Homeland Security ORISE program

Olonilua, Oluponmile and Aliu, John (2024) A Systematic Review of challenges in Applying Immersive Technologies for Critical infrastructure Emergency Response, Sponsored Research article submitted and published by the Institute of Homeland Security, Sam Houston University.

Olonilua, Oluponmile and Aliu, John (2024) Developing an Inclusive Approach to Emergency Management Workforce Training and Development, Sponsored Research Report Submitted to FEMA Higher Education

Olonilua, Oluponmile (2023) Using Historical Insights in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Education Presented at the FEMA Higher Education Symposium, Emmitsburg, June 5 – 7, 2023, Project sponsored by FEMA Higher Education (Review completed and accepted for publication)

Olonilua, Oluponmile (2022) Protecting Critical Infrastructure through Public Engagement. Technical Paper submitted to the Institute of Homeland Security, Sam Houston State University.

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