A small, invitational workshop on the need for a coherent, systematic knowledge base about disaster recovery theory took place in mid November in Chapel Hill, N.C. Close to 30 specialists in the field of disaster recovery were invited. The workshop was organized by the Public Entity Risk Institute ( PERI) and was funded by the National Science Foundation. A report is available at https://training.fema.gov/hiedu/11conf/presentations/hubbard-peri%20-%20teaching%20recovery(2).pptx.