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Buchman, Tracy
Office Location: Timothy J. Hyland Hall, Room 3505
Phone: (262) 472-5428
Email: buchmant@uww.edu
About:
Dr. Buchman is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Safety Internships in the Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health Department at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in occupational safety and health, fire safety, and emergency management. She has thirty five years of professional practice, research, and teaching in the field of Safety and has been the principal investigator for the WisDOT Bureau of Transportation Safety (BOTS) annual Click it or Ticket it (CIOT) seatbelt grant since 2017.
Education:- DHA, 2009, The University of Phoenix
- MS Occupational/Industrial Safety Studies, 1994, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
- BBA Human Resources Management, 1991, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
- SAFETY 210/380 Introduction to Occupational Safety
- SAFETY 388 Occupational Safety and Health Standards and Applications
- SAFETY 485/685 Fire Prevention/Protection
- SAFETY 481 Analysis and Design for Safety in Industrial Operations
- SAFETY 492/692 Fieldwork Internship in Safety
- SAFETY 498 Independent Study
- SAFETY 710 Healthcare Safety
- SAFETY 712 Disaster Planning
- SAFETY 787 System Safety Analysis
- SAFETY 789 Readings and Research in Safety
- SAFETY 798 Individual Studies
- Master Exercise Practitioner (MEP)
- Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
- Certified Healthcare Safety Professional (CHSP)
- Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator (CHPA)
- Certified Hazard Control Manager (CHCM)
- State of Wisconsin Fire Inspector I
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Healthcare Safety
- Disaster Management
- Occupant Protection
- National Fire Protection Association Member
- American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP)
- Advisory Board Member, University of Illinois at Chicago Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety Education and Research Center (Illinois ERC)
- Review Editor, Editorial Board of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Frontiers in Public Health
- Educational Representative, Walworth County Traffic Safety Commission
Published Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Buchman, T., Kashian, R. (2026). Financing Hospital Emergency Preparedness: A Leadership Framework for Sustained Readiness. Healthcare Management Forum. https://doi.org/10.1177/08404704261478133
Buchman, T., Kashian, R., Drago, R., (2025) Trends in Seat Belt Utilization Among Commercial and Non-Commercial Vehicle Occupants in Wisconsin: A Comparative Analysis of 2018–2019 and 2023–2024 Data, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 45, Issue 4, pp. 2129-2142.
Kashian, R., Buchman, T., & Drago, R. (2025). The Relationship Between Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Applications and Approvals, Socio-Economic Status, and Race/Ethnicity. Journal of Insurance Issues, 48(1), pp. 1–34.
Kashian, R.D., Buchman, T. and Drago, R. (2022), Tornadoes, poverty and race in the USA: A five-decade analysis, Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 49 No. 7, pp. 1304-1319. https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-06-2021-0287
Buchman, T. (2021) Does driver seat belt use increase usage among front seat passengers? An exploratory analysis, Journal of Safety Research. Vol. 78, pp. 170-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2021.05.005
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