A Department of Homeland Security Emeritus Center of Excellence led by the University of Maryland

Kathleen Smarick

Kathleen Smarick

Former Investigator

Lead Investigator on START Research Projects

Border Crossings and Terrorist Attacks in the United States: Lessons for Protecting Against Dangerous Entrants

March 2010 to August 2012

Community-level Indicators of Radicalization: A Data and Measurement Workshop

September 2009 to February 2010

Preparedness for Catastrophic Events

November 2008 to November 2010

Radicalization Clusters? Geographic Concentrations of Violent Extremism and Terrorism in the United States

October 2010 to December 2011

The Terrorism and Extremist Violence in the United States (TEVUS) Database

March 2009 to September 2019

Selected Publications

Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the United States: Research Highlight (Research Brief)

Bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon (Background Report)

Border Crossings and Terrorist Attacks in the United States: Lessons for Protecting against Dangerous Entrants (START Reports)

START Research Brief: Law Enforcement Efforts to Counter Violent Extremism (Research Brief)

ETA Ceasefires by the Numbers (Background Report)

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

Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the United States (PPT‐US): Data Collection and Descriptive Analysis (START Reports)

Interfaith Programs on College Campuses: Lessons Learned (Research Brief)

Power Play: Mediation in Symmetric and Asymmetric International Crises (Journal Article)

News References

New brief analyzes terrorist groups in the United States (Featured Research)

Database Spotlight: Update on Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the US (Featured Research)

Border Crossings and Terrorist Attacks in the US (Featured Research)

Database spotlight: Profiles of Perpetrators of Terrorism in the United States (PPT-US) (Featured Research)

START participates in risk communication conference (News)

START Releases 2011 Research Review (Featured Research)

Various: START Investigators comment on 9/11 ten year anniversary (START in the News)

START Research Team to Develop Risk Communication Training Program (News)

START responds to White House report on preventing violent extremism (Featured Research)

New START Project to Focus on Extremist Violence in U.S. Counties (Featured Research)

Now Hiring: Researcher/Project Manager (News)

United Press International: DHS funds study of U.S. social networks (START in the News)