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.
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Gina Scott Ligon | Director of National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE); Jack and Stephanie Koraleski Professor of Collaboration Science, UNO | Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements |
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Brooke Liu | Professor of Communication and START Affiliated Faculty Member | Investigator | Resilience, Risk Communication |
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Clark McCauley | Professor of Psychology | Investigator | Individual Behavior, Radical Beliefs and Behavior |
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Nathan Meehan | Director of Research and Development, Second Sight Training Systems, LLC | Investigator | Resilience |
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Prabhakar Misra | Professor of Physics | Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Crime and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Chemical and Biological Threats, Radiological and Nuclear Threats, Radical Beliefs and Behavior |
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Sophia Moskalenko | Postdoctoral Research Fellow for START | Investigator | |
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Amy Pate | START Executive Director and Research Director | Investigator, Staff | Violent Groups and Movements, Crime and Terrorism, Counterterrorism |
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Elizabeth Radziszewski | Associate Research Scientist, START | Investigator, Staff | Violent Groups and Movements, Counterterrorism, Countering Violent Extremism |
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R. Karl Rethemeyer | Associate Professor of Public Administration & Policy | Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Counterterrorism, Chemical and Biological Threats, Radiological and Nuclear Threats |
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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 |