Doug Ahlers

Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy
Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Office Address
124 Mt. Auburn - Suite 200N-225
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 74
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-496-0518
Fax: 617-495-8963
Email: Doug_Ahlers@ksg.harvard.edu
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Doug Ahlers, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, teaches a practicum on the management of disaster recovery which blends case teaching and professional skills such as GIS and HAZUS mapping with applied field projects to support the ongoing recovery efforts in the Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans.  He founded the Harvard Kennedy School Broadmoor Project, a collaborative redevelopment effort between the hurricane-devastated Broadmoor neighborhood and the Kennedy School.  Ahlers has been a Fellow at the Preventative Defense Project at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, and a Fellow at the Shorenstein Center for Press, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.  Mr. Ahlers is also on the Board of the National Democratic Institute, and he has served as an election monitor in the Ukraine, Palestine, and Egypt. He received his BA, MJ, and LSU from the University of Rhode Island.

 

Courses

Fall

  • HUT-206 Disaster Recovery Management and Urban Development: Rebuilding New Orleans