Meet Our Faculty & Staff

  • Neil Shortland III, Ph.D.
    Neil Shortland III, Ph.D.
    Director, Center for Terrorism and Security Studies, Associate Professor
    School of Criminology and Justice Studies

    Terrorism, Security, malevolent creativity & innovation, decision-making.

  • Arie Perliger, Ph.D.
    Arie Perliger, Ph.D.
    Professor
    School of Criminology and Justice Studies, Climate Change Initiative

    Political Violence and Extremism, Security Policy and Politics, Far-Right Politics (Europe, US and Israel), Political Socialization, Middle Eastern Politics, Research Methodology (SNA).

  • James Forest
    James Forest
    Professor; Director of Security Studies
    School of Criminology and Justice Studies

    International security studies, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, homeland security.

  • Emily Greene-Colozzi, Ph.D.
    Emily Greene-Colozzi, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor
    School of Criminology and Justice Studies, Center for Terrorism & Security Studies

    Mass and school shootings; terrorism; situational crime prevention; threat assessment; open-source methodology

  • Claire Lee, Ph.D.
    Claire Lee, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor, Co-director of Center for Asian American Studies
    School of Criminology and Justice Studies, Center for Asian American Studies (CAAS), Center for Terrorism and Security Studies (CTSS)

    Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Cyberterrorism, Technologies & Society, Social Media, Immigration

  • Christopher Linebarger
    Christopher Linebarger
    Associate Professor
    School of Criminology and Justice Studies

    Civil wars, political violence, terrorism and security studies

Staff

Jennifer Kawaguchi, Program Manager
Patricia Arnold, Administrative Assistant
Andrew Dewing, Budget and Grants Manager