Ann-Margaret Esnard Dr. Esnard is a Professor and Director of the Visual Planning Technology Lab (VPT Lab) in Florida Atlantic University’s School of Urban and Regional Planning. Dr. Esnard’s expertise encompasses GIS/spatial analysis, coastal vulnerability assessment, displacement vulnerability, land use planning, and disaster planning. She has been involved in a number of related research initiatives and is the principal investigator for a 3-year National Science Foundation grant to study hurricane-related population displacement, housing, and land development policy issues in 8 coastal states. Dr. Esnard has served on a number of local, state, and national committees, including the Steering Committee for Evaluation of the National Flood Insurance Program directed by the American Institutes for Research on behalf of FEMA; the Disasters Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences; and the review committee for the Institute for Business & Home Safety’s Award for Scholarship in Planning and Natural Hazards. She is currently a member of the State of Florida Post-Disaster Redevelopment Planning Initiative. Dr. Esnard has written on topics that include vulnerability assessments of coastal and flood hazards, population displacement vulnerability, quality of life and holistic disaster recovery, environmental justice, spatial analysis, GIS education, and public participation GIS. She holds degrees in agricultural engineering (BSc), agronomy and soils (MS), and regional planning (PhD). Previous • Next Speaker Bio
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