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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2026
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Ashlea Bennett Milburn

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Associate Professor

Faculty Researcher

11 h-index 42 pubs 387 cited

  • Humans
  • Disasters
  • Mental Health Services
  • Cyclonic Storms
  • Diet
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
  • Cities
  • Conservation of Natural Resources
  • Water Supply
  • Medical Countermeasures
  • Home Care Agencies
  • Strategic Stockpile
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Health Policy
  • Renal Dialysis

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Ashlea Bennett Milburn's research focuses on improving disaster response and public health interventions, particularly for vulnerable populations. Her work investigates logistical challenges in disaster preparedness, such as the nearest-shelter assumption and online path planning for response in the presence of road disruptions. Milburn also studies health-care and supportive services provided in general population disaster shelters. Her research extends to the health and dietary practices of specific communities, including an exploration of culturally adapted parenting interventions for Marshallese mothers and an analysis of dietary practices during pregnancy within a Marshallese community.

Beyond disaster response and public health, Milburn contributes to industrial engineering education by examining factors like sense of belonging in the classroom. Her scholarly output includes publications on team orienteering problems and elementary introductions to disaster response planning, demonstrating a commitment to both theoretical advancements and practical applications in her fields of study. She has a h-index of 11 and has authored 42 publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 11
  • Publications: 42
  • Citations: 387

Selected Publications

  • Navigating uncertain and disrupted road conditions in a disaster response: A consensus-based algorithm for solving the Stochastic Canadian Traveler Problem (2026)
    Computers & Industrial Engineering DOI OpenAlex
  • Online path planning for disaster response in the presence of unknown road disruptions: a comparison of research and practice (2025)
    Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Sense of Belonging in the Industrial Engineering Classroom (2025)
    INFORMS Transactions on Education DOI OpenAlex
  • The Dynamic Team Orienteering Problem (2025)
    European Journal of Operational Research 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Case Article—Optimizing Transportation and Equity in a District Zoning Problem for ORville Public Schools (2024)
    INFORMS Transactions on Education DOI OpenAlex
  • Case—Optimizing Transportation and Equity in a District Zoning Problem for ORville Public Schools (2024)
    INFORMS Transactions on Education DOI OpenAlex
  • Assessing the acceptability and implementation feasibility of a culturally adapted parenting intervention for Marshallese mothers: A study protocol (2023)
    Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Navigating Uncertainty: A Consensus-Based Algorithm for Solving the Stochastic Canadian Traveler Problem (2023)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Health-Care and Supportive Services in General Population Disaster Shelters (2023)
    Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • An exploration of the nearest-shelter assumption in shelter location models (2023)
    International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Dietary Practices during Pregnancy in a Marshallese Community: A Mixed Methods Analysis (2022)
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Game—<i>Logistics</i> <i>to the Rescue</i>: An Elementary Introduction to Planning in Disaster Response Decision Environments (2021)
    INFORMS Transactions on Education 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • In-Home Strategic National Stockpile Dispensing by Means of Home Health Agencies: An Alternative Means of Dispensing to Vulnerable Populations (2019)
    Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness DOI OpenAlex
  • Using spatial data analytics to identify associations between home healthcare services’ accessibility and socioeconomic factors (2018)
    IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering DOI OpenAlex
  • A general framework for assessing the value of social data for disaster response logistics planning (2018)
    European Journal of Operational Research 35 citations DOI OpenAlex

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