Title: Assistant Director of Research Operations
Groups: Assistant Director for Research Operations, Leadership
Karissa Bergene is the Assistant Director of Research Operations at George Mason University’s (Mason) Center for Resilient and Sustainable Communities and a doctoral candidate in Mississippi State University’s (MSU) Public Policy and Administration Program. Bergene’s current projects investigate U.S. pandemic planning policies, the interplay of crime patterns with internet technology, estimation of the acceleration of global coastal population settlements, and mortality patterns in the U.S. population. Her intellectual interests focus on the intersection between public administration and research and development management, emergency management, public policy, critical infrastructure, public safety, and community resilience. She holds a Master of Public Administration degree and Bachelor of Science-Criminal Justice degree from Appalachian State University. Before starting at Mason, she worked as a Research Associate I and II at the Social Science Research Center at MSU, as a public administrator in local government, and as an intellectual property administrator in the private sector.
Contact: kbergene@gmu.edu