Staff

Director

Gary LaFree
301-405-6600
infostart@start.umd.edu
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Executive Director

Bill Braniff
301-405-6600
braniff@umd.edu
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Communications Director, Assistant Director for External Relations

Jessica Rivinius
301-405-6632
rivinius@start.umd.edu

Associate Director for Education

Katherine Worboys Izsak
301-405-6786
kizsak@start.umd.edu
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Education Coordinator

Sarah Fishering
301-405-8504
sfishering@start.umd.edu

Director of Administrative Services

Grace Sewlall
301-405-6671
sewlallg@umd.edu

Director for Special Projects

Gary Ackerman
301-405-6656
gackerman@start.umd.edu
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IT Program Manager

Eamon Diab
301-405-6983
ediab@start.umd.edu
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Web Developer

Aisya Aziz
301-405-6600
aisyaziz@start.umd.edu

Special Advisor to the Director

Kathleen Smarick
301-405-6600
kjsmarick@start.umd.edu
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Special Projects Program Manager

John Sawyer
301-405-6721
jsawyer@start.umd.edu
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Program Manager

Amy Pate
301-405-7019
apate@start.umd.edu
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Researcher

Brandon Behlendorf
301-405-6952
bbehlend@umd.edu
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Senior Researcher

Jonathan Kennedy
301-405-6821
jkenned2@umd.edu
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Researcher

Lauren Pinson
301-405-6721
lpinson@start.umd.edu
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News

Researcher spotlight: Hamilton Bean

5/10/2012

Al-Qaida’s fatal terrorism under Osama bin Laden

5/1/2012

April 2012 e-newsletter available now

4/27/2012

The Formation of Unholy Alliances: How violence threatens international security

4/27/2012

‘Working with al-Qaeda Documents: An Analyst’s View before 9/11’

4/27/2012

START’s website proves valuable, well-used resource

4/26/2012

Job Posting: Data Collection Manager

4/25/2012

Job Posting: Research Software Architect

4/25/2012

Researcher Spotlight: Erica Chenoweth

4/24/2012

START intern to be featured in Seventeen Magazine

4/24/2012

Significant Terrorism Events in the News: March 26 - April 23, 2012

4/24/2012

START researcher participates in homeland security panel

4/24/2012

LaFree recognized as field leader by American Society of Criminology

4/23/2012

START intern makes a difference at START and in the UMD community

4/23/2012

START students discuss job opportunities with Lockheed Martin executives

4/23/2012

START, Centers of Excellence leaders visit Capitol Hill

4/6/2012

March 2012 e-newsletter available now

3/29/2012

Summer courses for credit through START

3/28/2012

Earn a graduate certificate through START

3/28/2012

Researcher spotlight: Brandon Behlendorf

3/28/2012

New study shows alliances and not religious ideology are key to forecasting CBRN pursuit

3/28/2012

UMD president chairs inaugural DHS Academic Advisory Panel

3/28/2012

Significant Terrorism Events in the News: Feb. 21 - March 25, 2012

3/27/2012

Terrorism studies program takes students to tour the Pentagon

3/27/2012

START investigator and former TRA recipient publish book on the mobilization of right-wing extremism

3/21/2012

Research Roundtable features expert on policing terrorism

3/14/2012

The tradeoffs between protecting against man-made and natural disasters

3/12/2012

February 2012 e-newsletter available now

3/7/2012

January 2012 e-newsletter available now

3/7/2012

UMD President Loh named chair of DHS Academic Advisory Council

3/1/2012

START research informs Senate report on Chesser

2/27/2012

Top-ranked criminology journal features START research

2/22/2012

Ballots instead of bullets

2/22/2012

START accepting applications for new scholarship program

2/22/2012

Significant Terrorism Events in the News: Jan. 24 - Feb. 20, 2012

2/21/2012

START participates in risk communication conference

2/21/2012

START interns get vital career preparation

2/20/2012

START researchers fight cybercrime with old school criminology

2/20/2012

START’s spring seminar features internationally recognized terrorism scholar

2/20/2012

START teams up with the University of Oklahoma to study effective counterterrorism strategies

2/15/2012

Interns extend growing relationship between START and State Department

2/15/2012

START researcher to publish book on suicide bombings

2/9/2012

2/8/2012

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Senior Research Associate

2/7/2012

Terrorism studies minor now accepting applications

2/6/2012

Urban U.S. counties hot spots of terror, but rural areas are not exempt

1/31/2012

START names new executive director

1/31/2012

Seeing Sydney: Katharine Sobotka and her study abroad experience

1/30/2012

START study abroad sheds light on pacific-rim counterterrorism strategies

1/30/2012

Exposed to new perspectives - Katiria Ortiz’s Australian Experience

1/30/2012

Significant Terrorism Events in the News: Jan. 1 - Jan. 23, 2012

1/30/2012

Leading terrorism expert discusses mobilization of women into terrorist networks

1/30/2012

Terrorism studies graduate certificate application deadline is quickly approaching

1/30/2012

LaFree named Distinguished Scholar-Teacher

1/30/2012

New research examines financial crime and political extremism

1/30/2012

START researcher invited to discuss terrorists’ motivations

1/27/2012

DHS renews support for START terrorism research for next five years

12/20/2011

LaFree comments on terrorist imprisonment

12/12/2011

Violent extremism in the U.S.

12/9/2011

START seminar lecturer receives top honors

12/1/2011

Prevention and Protection in an Age of Terror

11/29/2011

START seeks spring 2012 communication interns

11/21/2011

START students take advantage of exclusive CIA opportunity

11/17/2011

START Investigators Present Research at National Conference

11/15/2011

Terroism expert discusses new research during START Seminar

11/14/2011

LaFree Discusses Terrorism Myths and Realities

11/11/2011

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Project Manager/Senior Researcher for Special Projects

10/31/2011

START researchers brief Swedish delegation

10/27/2011

Fahey discusses political instability, state capacity and terrorism

10/25/2011

Background Report: ETA Ceasefires by the Numbers

10/21/2011

DHS Awards Career Development Grant to START

10/14/2011

START Director LaFree to Moderate Discussion with Secretary Napolitano and Governor O'Malley

10/7/2011

Background Report: Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Anwar al-Awlaki, and Samir Khan

9/30/2011

START Partner Center for Biosecurity Launches

9/27/2011

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Director of Administrative Services

9/22/2011

JOB OPPORTUNITY: START Executive Director

9/20/2011

START Releases 2011 Research Review

9/19/2011

Summer 2011 START Bulletin Now Available

9/19/2011

START Affiliate Releases Report on Al-Awlaki

9/13/2011

START Assesses Impact of 9/11

9/6/2011

START Researchers Present at American Political Science Association Annual Conference

9/5/2011

START Researchers Participate in Session on Psychology of Terrorism

9/5/2011

START Investigators Participate in 2011 American Sociological Association Annual Conference

8/20/2011

START Research Team to Develop Risk Communication Training Program

8/18/2011

Internship: Communication

8/4/2011

START Announces 2011-2012 Terrorism Research Award Participants

8/4/2011

START Responds to White House Report on Preventing Violent Extremism

8/3/2011

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Events and Transition Coordinator

8/2/2011

START Director Gary LaFree Comments on Terrorism Research Before and After 9/11

7/14/2011

START Affiliate Offers Master's Degree in Counter Terrorism and Security Studies

7/11/2011

START Researchers Featured in Journal of Homeland Security

7/7/2011

Background Report: Suicide Attack on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan

6/29/2011

START Releases New Data Collections

6/23/2011

New START Project to Focus on Extremist Violence in U.S. Counties

6/10/2011

START Congratulates its Graduating Seniors

5/19/2011

START Response to Death of bin Laden

5/4/2011

Spring 2011 START Bulletin Now Available

4/29/2011

Background Report: Suicide Attack at Moscow Airport

1/25/2011

Background Report: Incendiary Devices in Packages

1/7/2011

Fall 2010 START Bulletin Now Available

12/2/2010

Background Report on Package Bombs on Cargo Planes

11/1/2010

Materials Available from START Seminar, "The Role of Academia in Homeland Security"

10/25/2010

Follow the START Seminar, "The Role of Academia in Homeland Security" Live on Twitter

9/15/2010

START Releases First Research Review

10/21/2009

Staff

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Communications Director, Assistant Director for External Relations

Associate Director for Education

Education Coordinator

Director of Administrative Services

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Special Advisor to the Director

Special Projects Program Manager

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