A consortium of researchers dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism
Investigators
Within the START website, "Investigators" are defined as those who have served as Principal Investigators on START funded projects. "Affiliated Researchers" are defined as those who have served as a Principal Investigator or Researcher on START funded projects.
Name Sort ascending | Job Title Sort ascending | Role | Research Areas | |
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Peter Simi | Associate Professor, Chapman University Director, Earl Babbie Research Center |
Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Individual Behavior, Crime and Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism, Radical Beliefs and Behavior, Deradicalization, Disengagement | |
Nathan Meehan | Director of Research and Development, Second Sight Training Systems, LLC | Investigator | Resilience | |
Michael Jensen | Research Director and Senior Researcher, START | Investigator, Staff | Terrorism and Society, Individual Behavior, Crime and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Countering Violent Extremism, Radical Beliefs and Behavior, Deradicalization, Disengagement | |
Michael Egnoto | Affiliated Faculty, Clinical Informaticist at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research | Investigator | Resilience, Risk Communication | |
Martha Crenshaw | Researcher, Political Science/International Relations | Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements | |
Markus Binder | Project Manager/Researcher, START | Investigator, Staff | Individual Behavior, Chemical and Biological Threats | |
Margaret Wilson | Affiliated Faculty, Course Director of the MSc in Forensic Psychology | Investigator | ||
Marcus A. Boyd | Geospatial Research Unit (GRU) Director, START Director of Graduate Studies, START |
Investigator, Staff | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Crime and Terrorism, Radiological and Nuclear Threats, Radical Beliefs and Behavior | |
Laura Dugan | Ralph Mershon Professor of Human Security and Professor of Sociology | Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Crime and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Countering Violent Extremism, Disengagement | |
Katherine Worboys Izsak | Academic Director, UMD College of Information (iSchool) | Investigator | Countering Violent Extremism, Resilience |