Shirley Feldmann-Jensen is the Program Coordinator and a lecturer for the Emergency Services Administration Master of Science Program at California State University, Long Beach. Her doctoral degree in Policy, Planning and Development was earned from the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy, her MPH from California State University, Long Beach, and her graduate certificate in Health Emergencies in Large Populations from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has policy expertise at the intersection of emergency management and human outcomes, with a research focus on foundations that advance the professionalization of emergency management.