Laura Siebeneck

Laura Siebeneck is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Management and Disaster Science at the University of North Texas (UNT), College of Public Affairs and Community Service. Her work bridges Geographic Information Science (GIS) with disaster management, focusing on hazard mitigation, evacuation processes, risk perception, and resilience engineering.

• Primary Research Interests: Hazards, evacuation and return-entry processes, disaster displacement, risk communication, GIS/spatial analysis, recovery, and resilience.
• Current Projects: Examining geographic/temporal dimensions of risk perception during evacuation/return-entry; NSF-funded research on disaster recovery after Hurricane Sandy.
• Teaching: Courses include Hazard Mitigation, International Disasters, GIS applications, and Capstone Emergency Management.

Her publications in journals like Risk Analysis, Natural Hazards, and GeoJournal reflect a focus on spatial modeling, social vulnerability, and interdisciplinary disaster research. Dr. Siebeneck’s work often integrates GIS technology to analyze patterns of risk perception, evacuation behavior, and community recovery, with applications to hurricanes, floods, and wildfires.