Dr. Kevin Kupietz
Dr. Kevin Kupietz, is the Chair for the
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU)
Department of Aviation and Emergency
Management. He is a NC certified
Firefighter/Paramedic with over twenty years
of emergency response experience with local,
state, and federal agencies. He comes with a
diverse emergency response and educational
background with teaching certifications in a
variety of emergency service topics. He has
been in Emergency services higher education
for twenty years teaching initial courses for
job certifications, specialized fire/rescue
classes as well as graduate and under-graduate
programs, literally having taught thousands of
students. His academic interests have included
emergency responder safety, autism victims in
disasters, preparedness education, business
resiliency, emergency service leadership, and
other related topics with several articles and
publications. He has been a recognized
speaker at local, state and national venues in
the realm of public safety and is a big believer
in the power of education to make
communities safer through cooperative
ventures. He is known for his passion in
passing on knowledge to others, believing that
knowledge is power. He lives by the saying
that if you are not having fun, you are not
doing it right and tries to apply this saying in
everything that he does.