Abdul-Akeem Sadiq

Abdul-Akeem Sadiq, Ph.D. Associate Professor Abdul-Akeem Sadiq is the director of Master of Public Administration and Master of Public Policy in the School of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He received his joint PhD in Public Policy from Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009. Dr. Sadiq's research focuses on organizational disaster preparedness and mitigation, risk perceptions of man-made and natural hazards, community resilience...See more

Abdul-Akeem Sadiq, Ph.D. Associate Professor Abdul-Akeem Sadiq is the director of Master of Public Administration and Master of Public Policy in the School of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He received his joint PhD in Public Policy from Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009. Dr. Sadiq's research focuses on organizational disaster preparedness and mitigation, risk perceptions of man-made and natural hazards, community resilience to floods, and collaborative governance. In 2010, Dr. Sadiq, along with two other researchers conducted a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded study in Haiti to understand mass fatality management-related issues following the 2010 earthquake.'In 2014, Dr. Sadiq was awarded the NSF Enabling the Next Generation of Hazards and Disasters Researchers Fellowship. And in 2016, Dr. Sadiq (PI) and another researcher were awarded an NSF grant to study community resilience to floods. In 2019, he also received a supplemental grant from NSF. Dr. Sadiq has published 44 peer-reviewed articles and several book chapters. His publications have been featured in several top journals including Ecological Economics, Risk Analysis, Public Administration Review, Nonprofit Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Natural Hazards, and Natural Hazards Review. Dr. Sadiq has over a decade of teaching experience both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. His teaching interests include Public Administration, Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Public Policy, Terrorism, and Public Safety. Dr. Sadiq is the chair of American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Section on Emergency and Crisis Management, the past President and Vice President of ASPA Central Florida Chapter, and a board member of several journals, including Public Administration Review. See less