Andrew Morris, professor of history, was recently quoted in the New York Times in a story about the resignation of the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster command center.

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An expert in federal disaster relief, Morris is the author of an upcoming book, “When Natural Disasters Became National Disasters: Hurricane Camille and the New Politics of Disaster Relief” (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2026).

He joined Union in 2003.