Dr. Tristan Wu has been selected as a 2018 Western Social Science Association’s Outstanding Emerging Scholar Award recipient. Recipients of this award have been active in his or her discipline for less than five years after receiving their Ph.D. Dr. Wu graduated from Texas A&M University in 2013 before coming to Oklahoma State. He teaches emergency management and disaster response courses. Since receiving his Ph.D., Wu has published several works in over five emergency and disaster management journals.