Rebecca Morgenstern Brenner

• Associate Teaching Professor, Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University

Rebecca Morgenstern Brenner, MPA is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University with additional collaborations as a Cornell Atkinson Sustainable Future Senior Faculty Fellow, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies Faculty Associate, and a Faculty Fellow in the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.

Rebecca won the 2024 Kaplan Distinguished Faculty Fellowship and is co-lead for the FEMA's Higher Education Experiential Learning and Leadership Special Interest Group.

Rebecca teaches courses on environmental policy, environmental justice, vulnerability and resilience, disaster policy, project management, and ethics. Rebecca's research and practice focus on translating values into practice and policy and working with communities to reduce vulnerability and build resilience. To do this, Rebecca collaborates with international and domestic partners to build innovative approaches that address and improve social and environmental conditions.

Her current research and practice include managed retreat and equity, environmental justice, bridging policy with science, and building disaster resilience with vulnerable communities.

• –present Associate Teaching Professor, Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University

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