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Portrait of Rachel Phethean

Honor Society® member

Rachel Phethean

procurement and inventory control officer at Swift Transportation / Knight Trucking

  • Arizona State University-Tempe
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security
  • Class of 2022
  • Phoenix, AZ

Member since March 2022

About

The Master of Arts in emergency management and homeland security degree is interdisciplinary in nature and prepares professionals to effectively lead the management of complex risk and resilience challenges in areas ranging from cybersecurity to natural hazards. This emergency management master's degree offers five concentration areas to allow you to fit the program to your professional development goals.

Education

  • Arizona State University

    Emergency mangement and homeland security with a minor in production management

    2021 – 2022

Honors and awards

  • Dean's List

    The dean's list is a scholarly award for students who demonstrate academic excellence. The award is based on GPA, though specific qualifications for making the dean's list will vary by university and can change each semester

Goals and interests

Career goal

Experts say that this type of degree provides solid preparation for careers that focus on ensuring safety and protecting people from harm, including jobs in law enforcement and the military. This academic credential also qualifies someone for positions at government agencies where a central mission is to counteract threats to public well-being, ranging from food poisoning and environmental pollution to fire hazards and cyberattacks. These types of civil servant roles exist at the local, state, and federal levels.

Graduate school interests

Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Production Manager

Outside the classroom

Hiking, skating, rockhounding, woodworking, soap chemist, spelunking, tombstoning, camping, archery, four-wheeling

Experience

  • procurement and inventory control officer

    Swift Transportation / Knight Trucking

    Jun 2014 – Aug 2016

Volunteering

  • District Event Coordinator, Director of Acquisitions, and Planner (including initialization, layout, and production)

    Society for Creative Anachrinism

    Jun 2000 – Mar 2020

Languages

  • English (US) Fluent

Additional information