Alka Sapat

Alka Sapat is Associate Professor of Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University. She holds an MA and Ph.D. in Political Science from the State University of New York-Stony Brook. Her research interests include environmental policy, federalism, policy innovations and their diffusion, and disaster management. She has been involved in a number of initiatives including projects funded by the National Science Foundation on disaster-induced displacement and post-disaster housing, building...See more

Alka Sapat is Associate Professor of Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University. She holds an MA and Ph.D. in Political Science from the State University of New York-Stony Brook. Her research interests include environmental policy, federalism, policy innovations and their diffusion, and disaster management. She has been involved in a number of initiatives including projects funded by the National Science Foundation on disaster-induced displacement and post-disaster housing, building code regulations, and the role of diasporas in disaster recovery and resilience. She is currently leading a project exploring the role of non-governmental organizations and inter-organizational collaboration in long-term recovery after the Haiti earthquake. Her work has been published in Public Administration Review, Policy Studies Review, International Journal of Public Administration, and other scholarly venues. She serves on the State of Disaster Housing Task Force and the Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference committee, along with serving on local committees on post-disaster housing initiatives. She is the co-author of a recently published book titled Displaced by Disaster: Resilience and Recovery in a Globalizing World (Routledge Press). See less