Frances Edwards
Professor, Emerita
CONTACT INFORMATION:
San Jose State University
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0119
EMAIL:
frances.edwards@sjsu.edu
EDUCATION:
PhD, New York University
MUP, New York University
M.A., Drew University
CURRICULUM VITAE:
BACKGROUND:
Frannie Edwards, MUP, PhD, CEM is the Deputy Director of the National Transportation
Security Center at the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI), and a professor and
director of the Master of Public Administration program at San Jose State University.
She is the editor or co-author of four books, including Introduction to Transportation
Security with Dan Goodrich, 16 reports for MTI and numerous journal articles and book
chapters. She is also co-editor of special issues on the COVID-19 pandemic in International
Journal of Public Administration and Public Organization Review. In her applied emergency
management research, she focuses on transportation issues, supply chain surface transportation
security, cultural competency, social media in emergencies and community preparedness
for all hazards, most recently on wildland fires. She is a Certified Emergency Manager
with 20 years’ experience, including 14 years as Director of Emergency Preparedness
for the City of San Jose, overseeing the Metropolitan Medical Task Force and the Urban
Area Security Initiative, and served as acting assistant fire chief. She is a FEMA
credentialed instructor for the Incident Command System courses, a California Specialized
Training Institute Outreach Instructor for the emergency management and emergency
operations center courses, and has worked with Caltrans and the Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority on emergency preparedness, continuity of operations and security
issues.