Brian J. Gerber is an Associate Professor in the Public Administration Institute,
Louisiana State University. His research specialization areas include disaster
management, homeland security policy and administration, and regulatory policy. He has
published articles in journals such as Public Administration Review, Journal of Public
Administration Research and Theory, Political Research Quarterly, Policy Studies Journal,
State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Public Finance and Management, Public Performance
and Management Review and Urban Affairs Review. He has served as Research Director for
the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute at LSU, has been a Research Associate with
West Virginia University’s Regional Research Institute, was a Research Fellow with the
National Science Foundation’s “Next Generation of Hazards Researchers” program, and is a
member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Policy Studies Journal. Dr. Gerber has
extensive experience performing policy analysis and evaluation work for state and local
government agencies, including extensive work on evacuation management issues for the
State of West Virginia. He has also received external funding from, among others, the
National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Education for projects examining
topics such as local government variation in the implementation of national homeland
security policy goals and the unique management needs experienced by persons with
disabilities during disaster evacuations. These interests have lead him to serve as a
Co-Editor of the new journal Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy. Gerber holds a
PhD in political science from Stony Brook University (SUNY).

Articles

Disaster Management in the United States: Examining Key Political and Policy Challenges, Policy Studies Journal (2007)

The failures associated with the Hurricane Katrina response call attention to the challenges of, and...

 
Political Insulation, Information Exchange, and Interest Group Access to the Bureaucracy (with Christopher M. Reenock), Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Advance Access (2007)

Under political uncertainty, legislative coalitions have incentives to insulate policy from future coalitions. While there...

 

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Taken for Granted? Managing for Social Equity Performance in Grant Programs (with Brian K. Collins), Public Administration Review (2008)

Managing for social equity performance has long been a goal without much guidance for public...