Faculty Profile

Ronald Timmons

Title
Principal Lecturer
Department
Emergency Management and Disaster Science
College
College of Health and Public Service

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 2009. 
Major: Public Affairs
Dissertation Title: Sensory Overload as a Factor in Crisis Decision-making and Communications by Emergency First Responders
MA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. 
Major: Homeland Security and Defense
MPA, State University of New York, 1987. 
Major: Public Administration





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Spring 2024 
EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Spring 2024 
EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Spring 2024 
EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Spring 2024 
EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Fall 2023 Syllabus
EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Fall 2023 Syllabus
EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2023 Syllabus
EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Fall 2023 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Summer 10W 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Summer 10W 2023  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4900.001, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2023 
                    

                    EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Summer 5W2 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EMDS 5800.001, Seminar in Emergency Management and Disaster Science, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Summer 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Summer 8W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.901, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Summer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.901, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Fall 2021  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Summer 2021 Syllabus
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Summer 8W1 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Summer 5W2 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EMDS 5800.001, Seminar in Emergency Management and Disaster Science, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EMDS 5800.301, Seminar in Emergency Management and Disaster Science, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Summer 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Summer 8W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.001, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Summer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Summer Sum 2019  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Summer 2019 Syllabus
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Summer 8W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4065.001, Disaster Exercise Design, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Summer 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Summer 8W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.002, EOC Design and Operations, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4065.001, Disaster Exercise Design, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.002, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Summer 2017 
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Summer 8W1 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.002, EOC Design and Operations, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4090.900, TERRORISM & EMER MGMT, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4065.001, Disaster Exercise Design, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.002, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Summer 2016  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Summer 8W1 2016  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3080.001, Leadership and Organizational Behavior, Summer 5W2 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PADM 3020.001, Public Management, Summer 5W2 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    PADM 4900.700, Special Problems, Summer 2016  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.002, EOC Design and Operations, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4060.001, Technology in Emergency Management, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4065.001, Disaster Exercise Design, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3055.002, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Summer 5W1 2015  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Summer 3W1 2015  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Spring 2015 
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Spring 2015 
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    EADP 3055.002, EOC Design and Operations, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    EADP 4060.001, Technology in Emergency Management, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    EADP 4065.001, Disaster Exercise Design, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    EADP 4810.001, Emergency Management Internship, Fall 2014 
                    

                    EADP 4800.001, Emergency Management Internship Preparation, Fall 2014 
                    

                    EADP 3055.001, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    EADP 3055.002, EOC Design and Operations, Fall 2014 Syllabus

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
    • The course as a whole was
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    • The course content was
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    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
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    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
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  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    
			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
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    • The intellectual challenge presented was
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    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
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    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
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    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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