Dr. Thad Hicks

Professional Experience

• GPS Program Coordinator for Public Administration, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 2020-present
• Professor of Emergency Management & Criminal Justice, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 2020-present
• Professor of Emergency Management and Program Director, Ohio Christian University, 2018 – 2020
• Associate Professor of Emergency Management, Ohio Christian University, 2016
• Assistant Professor of Emergency and Disaster Management, Ohio Christian University, 2013
• Graduate Teaching Assistant in Political Science, Kent State University, 2008
• Graduate Research Assistant, Eastern Mennonite University, 2006

Professional Organizations

• International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)
• Ohio Emergency Management Association (OEMA)

Awards and Recognitions

• Master Exercise Practitioner – Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Ohio Certified Emergency Manager Certification – Ohio Emergency Management Association
• Certified Emergency Manager Certification – International Association of Emergency Management
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certified – Management and Strategy Institute
• Program Management, Lean Process – Management and Strategy Institute

Published Works & Presentations

• Price, D., & Hicks, T. (2023). Emergency and disaster exercise: A practitioner’s Guide to Exercise Design and Development, conduct, evaluation, and Improvement Planning. Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.  
• Freitag B., Hicks T., Jerolleman A., and Walsh W. “Storytelling-Plots of Resilience, Learning, and Discovery in Emergency Management.” Journal of Emergency Management (Weston, Mass.), 31 Aug 2020, 18(5):363-371 DOI: 10.5055/jem.2020.0485 PMID: 33174190
• Storytelling – Plots of Resilience, Learning & Discovery in Emergency Management, Journal of Emergency Management, Fall 2020
• Emergency Exercises, Ohio EMA College & University  Workshop, April. 2019
• Ohio Emergency Management Association, College and University Emergency Management Workshop, Dublin, Ohio
• Crisis Storytelling, The Salvation Army’s 2019
• Emergency Disaster Services Director Meeting. Eastern Territorial Headquarters, West Nyack, NY
• Developing Teams in the Non-Profit Context, 2018 International Association of Emergency Managers, Grand Rapids, MI

• Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY (2014)
• M.A. in Conflict Transformation, Restorative Justice, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA (2008)
• B.S. in Criminology, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio (2001)
• Ohio Police Officer Certification, Cleveland Heights Police Academy, Cleveland Heights, Ohio (1998)