COVID-Calls 3.20.2020 Samantha Montano & Patrick Roberts--disaster management by COVIDCalls published on 2020-03-20T22:56:57Z This COVID-Calls features Dr. Samantha Montano and Dr. Patrick Roberts. Samantha is currently a visiting assistant professor in the emergency management and disaster science program at the University of Nebraska Omaha. She specializes in nonprofit and volunteer involvement in disasters and does public engagement work related to the relationship between emergency management and climate change. Patrick is Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy of Virginia Tech. He is the author of Disasters and the American State: How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Public Prepare for the Unexpected.