Courtney Page-Tan

Dr. Courtney Page-Tan is an Assistant Professor of Public Affairs & Community Resilience at Indiana University's O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Computational Social Science at Wesleyan University (2019–2021) and earned her PhD in Political Science from Northeastern University in 2019.

Her research focuses on how communities leverage social capital, technology, and policy to enhance resilience against disasters, pandemics, and systemic stressors. Key areas include social media's role in disaster recovery, spatial analysis of urban resilience, and inclusive policymaking. She has collaborated with cities like Cambridge, MA, and organizations such as ISeeChange and the United Nations Development Programme.

• Education:
  • PhD in Political Science, Northeastern University (2019)
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Wesleyan University (2019–2021)

Her work highlights resilience trade-offs, GIS-driven urban planning, and hyperlocal social media platforms as tools for disaster preparedness. Notable grants include the Natural Hazards Center's Quick Response Grant (2017) and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis' Open Science Program (2017).

Dr. Page-Tan advises on city-wide resilience assessments and has contributed to the UN's Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. Her teaching integrates computational methods and policy analysis, emphasizing real-world applications for public sector challenges.