Faculty Profiles

Kyei, D., Donner, W. R., Lomeli, A. S., & Kyne, D. (2026). From risk perception to readiness: understanding US wildfire preparedness drivers. Fire Ecology, 22(1), 79.

Garcia, E., Kyne, D., Donner, W. R., & Lomeli, A. (2026). Understanding the new frontiers of risk, social vulnerability, and environmental justice in space exploration in the Rio Grande Valley. Environmental Hazards, 25(2), 196--223.

Roy, A., Kyne, D., Donner, W. R., & Lomeli, A. (n.d.). Understanding disaster preparedness among university students: building a culture of readiness. Journal of Emergency Management.

Kaika, A., Kim, D., Donner, W. R., Racelis, A., & Temby, O. (2026). Examining the relationship between civic agriculture participation and civic engagement in South Texas. Agriculture and Human Values, 43(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-026-10913-6

Katznelson, D., Sohns, A., Kim, D., Roozee, E., Donner, W. R., Song, A. M., … Hickey, G. M. (2025). Examining the presence and effects of coherence and fragmentation in the Gulf of Maine fishery management network. Regional Environmental Change, 25(1), 3.

Zallar, J., Kyne, D., Lomeli, A., & Donner, W. R. (n.d.). Exploring the Use of Special Needs Shelters for Individuals with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Sociological Imagination.

Donner, W. R., Rodriguez, H., Brotzge, J., & Diaz, W. R. (2022). Severe weather warnings: An interdisciplinary approach (pp. 1–206). *Winner, Best Interdisciplinary Original Book, 103 Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Denver, CO: Springer Nature.

Donner, W. R. (2021). Risk Perception and Decision Making in the COVID-19 Era. In The Rio Grande Valley in the Time of the Pandemic (pp. 154–159). Edinburg, TX: CHAPS.

Kyne, D., Donner, W. R., & Lomeli, A. S. (2019). Information seeking and evacuation decision making in hypothetical hurricane events in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. International Journal of Emergency Management, 15(1), 54--80.

Donner, W. R., & Lavariega-Montforti, J. (2018). Ethnicity, income, and disaster preparedness in deep South Texas, United States. Disasters, 42(4), 719--733.

Kyne, D., & Donner, W. R. (2018). A model of authority’s recommendation and hurricane evacuation decisions: A study of hypothetical hurricane event in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Population Research and Policy Review, 37(6), 897--922.

Kyne, D., Lomeli, A. S., Donner, W. R., & Zuloaga, E. (2018). Who will stay, who will leave: Decision-making of residents living in potential hurricane impact areas during a hypothetical hurricane event in the Rio Grande Valley. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 15(2), 20170010.

Rodriguez, H., Donner, W. R., & Trainor, J. (Eds.). (2018). Handbook of Disaster Research. Springer Cham.

Donner, W. R., & Diaz, W. (2018). Methodological Issue in Disaster Research. In Handbook of Disaster Research (pp. 289–309). Springer Cham.

Brotzge, J. A., & Donner, W. R. (2015). General policy for activating outdoor warning siren systems for severe weather: Survey of emergency managers. Natural Hazards Review, 16(2), 04014020.

Brotzge, J. A., & Donner, W. R. (2015). The general use of outdoor warning sirens: a preliminary survey of emergency managers. Journal of Emergency Management (Weston, Mass.), 13(1), 61–69. https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.2015.0218

Brotzge, J., & Donner, W. R. (2013). The tornado warning process: A review of current research, challenges, and opportunities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94(11), 1715--1733.

Donner, W. R., Rodriguez, H., & Diaz, W. (2012). Tornado warnings in three southern states: A qualitative analysis of public response patterns. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

Rodriguez, H., Diaz, W., Donner, W. R., Santos, J., & Marks, D. (2010). Allocation of radar resources and policy implications: The end-user community in Oklahoma.

Bass, E. J., Baumgart, L., Philips, B., Kloesel, K., Dougherty, K., Rodriguez, Havid\’an, … Zink, M. (2009). Incorporating emergency management needs in the development of weather radar networks. Journal of Emergency Management, 7(1), 45--52.

Donner, W. R. (2008). Decision making as community adaptation: A case study of emergency managers in Oklahoma. Disasters, 32(2), 292--302.

Donner, W. R., & Rodriguez, Havidan. (2008). Population composition, migration and inequality: The influence of demographic changes on disaster risk and vulnerability. Social Forces, 87(2), 1089--1114.

Donner, W. R. (2007). The political ecology of disaster: An analysis of factors influencing US tornado fatalities and injuries, 1998--2000. Demography, 44(3), 669--685.

Rodriguez, H., Santos, J., Donner, W. R., & Diaz, W. (2007). Science, Technology, and Disasters: Integrating End-User Needs. Weather and Society Watch, 1, 4–9.

Donner, W. R., Cohen, D., & Cottingham, M. (2007). Disaster Prediction and Warning. In Encyclopedia of Geography (pp. 760–763). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Trainor, J., Donner, W. R., & Torres, M. (2007). There for the Storm: Warning, Response, and Rescue Among Non-Evacuees in Hurricane Katrina. In Learning from Catastrophe: Quick Response Research in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina (pp. 307–326). Boulder, CO: Natural Hazards Center (NSF Grant No. CMS0408499).

Donner, W. R., & Rodriguez, H. (2007). Disaster Risk and Vulnerability. Washington, D.C.: Population Reference Bureau.

Donner, W. R., Rodriguez, H., & Diaz, W. (2007). Public Warning Response Following Tornadoes in New Orleans, LA, and Springfield, MO: A Sociological Analysis.

Donner, W. R. (2006). Mahmood Monshipouri on Iran and the Nuclear Crisis: State of U.S.-Iran Relations. Muslim Public Affairs Journal, (July), 19–21.