Publications and Presentations

Books and Chapters

• Flores, Y., Rickman, T. & Mason, D. (2018). Implementing homeland security education. In D. Silverberg (Ed.). Empowerment at the tower: Leadership and identity in higher education (Changing the light bulb), Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. Found at amazon https://www.amazon.com/Empowerment-TowerLeadership-Identity-Education-ebook/dp/B078YGG5CL
• Mahoney, G., Rickman, T., & Wallace, G, (2008) Fire Practices and Procedures, 2nd Edition, Brady Publisher, found at https://www.amazon.com/Fire-SuppressionPractices-Procedures-2nd/dp/0131517732.

American Society for Public Administration, PA Times Columnist

• Flores, Y., Mason, D. & Rickman, T., (July 2021) Law Enforcement is Critical Infrastructure Resource. Available at Law Enforcement is a Critical Infrastructure and Key Resource – PA TIMES Online | PA TIMES Online Rickman, T., Updike, H., & Flores, Y., Public Safety, Wildland Interface, and Covid-19 Available at https://patimes.org/public-safety-wildland-interface-and-covid-19/
• Tercero, B., Rickman, T., & Flores, Y. (2021). Defunding the Police: Is it Reducing the Safety of Students? Available at https://patimes.org/defunding-the-police-is-itreducing-the-safety-of-students/
• Rickman, T., Mason, D., & Flores, Y. (2021). Covid-19: An Educational Paradigm Breaker. PA Times. Available at https://patimes.org/covid-19-an-educational-paradigmbreaker/
• Rickman, T., Flores, Y. & Mason, D. (November 8th , 2020). The Need for First Responders, Another Covid-19 Casualty. PA Times. Available at https://patimes.org/the-need-for-first-responders-another-covid-19-casualty/
• Flores, Y., Rickman, T. & Mason, D. (August 9th, 2020) Covid-19, Terrorist Targeting and Remembering 9/11. PA Times, Available at https://patimes.org/covid-19-terrorist-targeting-and-remembering-9-11/
• Flores, Y., Rickman, T. & Mason, D. (August 5th, 2020) The Covid-19 Enhanced Virtual Panopticon, PA Times. Available at https://patimes.org/the-covid-19-enhancedvirtual-panopticon/
• Flores, Y., Rickman, T. & Mason, D. (May 8th, 2020.) The Administrators Role in Cybersecurity, PA Times, Available at https://patimes.org/the-administratorsrole-in-cybersecurity/
• Ahumada, E., Groves, B. & Rickman, T. (March 29th, 2020). The Crisis-Conscious Leader, Time to Focus on Your People. American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Available at https://patimes.org/44535-2/
• Rickman, T., Flores, Y. & Mason, D. (2020, February 8th). Leading From the Front, Where are You in Formation? American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Available at Leading from the Front: Where are You in the Formation? – PA TIMES Online | PA TIMES Online
• Rickman, T., Flores, Y. & Mason, D. (2019, May 11, 2019). To Protect and Serve: Suicide In the American Workforce. American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Available at https://patimes.org/to-protect-and-serve-suicide-in-theamerican-workforce/
• Flores, Y., Rickman, T. & Mason, D. (2019, February 13). Lemming Leadership: Destructive Administrative Practices. American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Available at https://patimes.org/lemming-leadership destructiveadministrative-practices/
• Rickman, T., Flores, Y. & Mason, D. (2018, October 22). Assessments: Do You Know What You Are Measuring? American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Available at https://patimes.org/assessments-do-you-know-what-are-youmeasuring/
• Flores, Y., Rickman, T. & Mason, D. (2018, July 23). Unraveling the Complexities of Systems Management. American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Available at https://patimes.org/unraveling-the-complexities-of-systemsmanagement/
• Flores, Y., Rickman, T. & Mason, D. (2018, April 23). Celebrity privilege is not Celebrity Immunity. American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Available at https://patimes.org/celebrity-privilege-is-not-celebrity-immunity/.
• Rickman, T., Flores, Y., Mason, D., & Hadsell, C. (2018, April 16). Teleological approaches to wildfires. American Society for Public Administration, PA Times.
• Hadsell, C., Flores, Y., Mason, D. & Rickman, T. (2017, April 25). The American with Disabilities Act and the Public Safety Careers American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Available at http://patimes.org/american-disabilitiesact-public-safety-careers/.
• Rickman, T., Flores, Y., & Mason, D. (2017, January 24). Academic vs. Industry Career Preparation Standards. American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Available at http://patimes.org/academic-vs-industry-career-preparationstandards/.
• Flores, Y., Rickman, T. & Mason, D. (2016, October 7). A need to exercise caution in reaction to violent extremism. American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Available at http://patimes.org/exercise-caution-reaction-violentextremism/.
• Flores, Y., Rickman & Mason, D. (2016, July 1). The big con: How serving leadership underprepared a generation of college students. American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Available at http://patimes.org/big-con-servingleadership-underprepared-generation-college-students/.
• Rickman, T., Flores, Y. & Mason, D. (2016, April). The ethics of ethics. American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Available at http://patimes.org/abundance-caution-campus-administrators-makingemergency-decisions/.
• Flores, Y., Mason, D. & Rickman, T. (2016, February 9). An abundance of caution? Campus administrators making emergency decision. American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Online at http://patimes.org/abundance-cautioncampus-administrators-making-emergency-decisions/.
• Flores, Y., Rickman, T. & Mason, D. (2013). Community colleges: Serving those that served. American Society for Public Administration, PA Times. Online, November. Available at http://patimes.org/community-colleges-serving-served2/.
• Flores, Y. V. & Rickman, T. (2013). Learn & do: Near real-world training environments (NRWTE). American Society for Public Administration, PA Times, October, Vol. 36, No. 4; PA Times Educational Supplement, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 30, 38.

• Flores, Y., Mason, D. & Rickman, T. (2020). “Combatting Terrorism: Hard and Soft” Targets, R. Rudolph & W. Lahneman (eds). Combatting Terrorism in the 21st Century: American Laws, Strategies and Agencies. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO
• Rickman, T., Flores, Y., & Mason, D. (2019). “Domestic Terrorism and Anti-Semitic Terrorism” R. Rudolph & W. Lahneman (eds). Combatting Terrorism in the 21st Century: American Laws, Strategies and Agencies. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO
• Mason, D., Flores, Y., & Rickman, T. (2019). “Domestic Terrorism and Anarchists” in R. Rudolph & W. Lahneman (eds). Combatting Terrorism in the 21st Century: American Laws, Strategies and Agencies. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO
• Flores, Y., Mason, D. & Rickman, T. (2016, March). Degrees, certifications and emergency management: What is the value of all those acronyms? International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Bulletin.
• Flores, Y., Mason, D. & Rickman, T. (2015). Campus drill tests emergency response of college’s students and staff. Campus Safety, Online, at http://www.campussafetymagazine.com/article/campus_drill_tests_emergency_response_of_colleges_students_and_staff.
• Rickman, T., Mason, D., & Flores, Y. (2014). On the fire line: Rio Hondo College’s wildland fire academy, Crew 77 Roadrunners get to feel the wildland heat. The California Fire Service, March/April.
• Flores, Y. V. & Rickman, T. (2012). The Rio Hondo College-Santa Fe Springs Regional Homeland Security Training Center: Answering the urban area security initiative mission by building preparedness capabilities through collaborative partnerships. The California Fire Service, May-June.

• Jones Jr., Maurice A, T., (2015). Fire Protection Systems, 2nd Edition. Jones and Bartlett Publisher. ISBN 978-1-284-03537-7
• Bruegman, Randy, (2020) Principles of Fire and Emergency Services Administration, 2nd Edition. S4Carlisle Publishing.

EDITING & WRITING EXPERIENCE

• Co-columnist for PA Times, Higher Educational Column

• Responding to Emergencies.” Rio Hondo College. Faculty and staff college presentation series. Whittier, CA. 2007 – 2008