Jean Parker, Ph.D., is an intersectional thinker, qualitative researcher and online educator utilizing participatory research and education to build cohesive communities throughout the world. Her doctoral dissertation was on emergency preparedness learning through community radio in North Indian villages.
Her book entitled: Emergency Preparedness Through Community Cohesion: An Integral Approach To Resilience, (Routledge, 2019), applies principles of constructive resilience to community- building, decision-making and community-based economic enterprise as necessary components of resilience and sustainability. Her research interests include community-based economic sustainability, integral research and development, the application of VUCA principles in community-building and the achievement of community and personal potential. She teaches, supervises capstone research projects and provides academic advising in the Master of Sustainable Development Practice and Master of Nonprofit Management programs at Regis University in Denver, Colorado, USA.
