A baptized non-denominational Christian

Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering from Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies from Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

Master of Science in Disaster Science and Management from University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with direction of Societal Risk Management from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, Illinois

Postdoc at Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and Chapman University, Orange, California

Dr. Wang is currently serving as an Assistant Professor of Emergency Management at the Academy. His research topics include social vulnerability, hazard modeling, risk assessment, loss prediction, equivalency of hazard intensity, nowcasting of weather events, and media coverage of disasters. His methodological tools involve data science, machine learning, geographic information science, remote sensing, and qualitative approaches. Dr. Wang has been working on earthquake, flood, heavy rainfall, lightning, tropical cyclone, wildfire, and extraterrestrial hazard; as well as disaster risks within a multi-hazard context.

Christopher Maggio is an Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He teaches technical writing, business communication, first-year writing, and writing about literature. He is currently the Writing Proficiency Exam coordinator. His research interests include community writing and creative writing. He recently co-authored an article in the collection 'WPA Advocacy in a Pandemic.'  When not teaching or writing, he enjoys exploring New England with his family.