In our Emergency Management & Homeland Security programs, learn from industry leaders with real-world experience in emergency management and homeland security:
Michael McDonough
For over 40 years Michael has been involved in emergency response services, including a long career as a full-time Paramedic including 10 years as a volunteer Firefighter as well as several positions in emergency services management. Michael graduated with honors in two Associate Degree programs through Allan Hancock College located in Santa Maria, CA: Fire Technology and Emergency Medical Services. He has served as an Associate Faculty member in the Public Safety Education & Training department at AHC. His past teaching focus at AHC was in the areas of disaster management and terrorism response mitigation. He served as the EMS Program Director for two colleges in the central coast of California; Santa Barbara City College and Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo. He is currently an Adjunct Instructor in the NERRTC program at TEEX in College Station, TX. Michael is the founder of EMTraining.net, an emergency education consulting company and has had articles published in Emergency Medical Services and Fire Chief Magazines. Michael also has served as an SME committee member of the Emergency Medical Services Working Group for FEMA, working on the establishment of resource typing for the Ambulance Strike Team program in the NRF. He has achieved his Bachelor’s Degree in Emergency and Disaster Management through American Public University. A Master of Science in Health Sciences in EMS Leadership was awarded from George Washington University in 2016. He currently is in the Doctoral program at Liberty University for his EdD. in Curriculum & Instruction. His professional memberships include the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, the International Association of Emergency Managers, the Golden Key Honor Society and the National Association of Emergency Medical Services Educators.
Shawn Bayouth
Dr. Bayouth serves as the Director of Environmental Health & Safety for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and is the past Chair of the Department of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, and Director of the Regional Center for Disaster Preparedness at Arkansas State University. In April 2018, he retired from a 29-year career as an emergency responder having served as a hazardous materials technician, paramedic, training chief, battalion chief, and fire chief for fire and emergency departments in Iowa, Colorado, and Kansas. He received his Associates and Bachelor’s degrees in Fire Management and holds a PhD in Industrial Technology from Iowa State University, completing research involving emergency responder decision making, utilizing high-resolution virtual reality.