Faculty Profile

Elyse Zavar

Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Emergency Management and Disaster Science
College
College of Health and Public Service

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Texas State University, 2014. 
Major: Environmental Geography
Dissertation Title: The Value of Open Space: A Geographic Case Study of Floodplain Buyouts in Lexington, Kentucky.
MA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2010. 
Major: Geography
Degree Specialization: Biogeography
Dissertation Title: Holocene Vegetation Change in the Western Siberian Lowlands Based Upon Comparison of Fossil and Modern Pollen Assemblages
BA, College of Wooster, 2007. 
Major: Geology





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
EADP 3035.001, Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness, Spring 2020 Syllabus
EMDS 5950.003, Master's Thesis, Spring 2020 
EADP 3020.001, Practical Methods in Emergency Management, Spring 2020 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 3035.001, Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EMDS 5950.002, Master's Thesis, Fall 2019 
                    

                    EADP 3020.001, Practical Methods in Emergency Management, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3035.002, Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3020.001, Practical Methods in Emergency Management, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EMDS 5615.001, Environmental Planning and Hazards, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3020.002, Practical Methods in Emergency Management, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EMDS 6800.004, Seminar in Emergency Management and Disaster Science, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3035.002, Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 4900.001, Special Problems, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3035.001, Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    EADP 3035.002, Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
*
  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		
					Challenge and
Engagement Index		
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out of 5		
					
out of 7		
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 of 
students responded		
					
					
				

			
		


		
    
			
  • 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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