Thomas Guarrieri

Dr. Tom Guarrieri is an Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland. Additionally, he is the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Global Terrorism Studies Minor program and the Director of Graduate Studies for the MPS in Security and Terrorism Studies and Graduate Certificate programs. Previously, he was an Associate Research Scientist in the Unconventional Weapons and Technology (UWT) Division at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), where he was principal investigator for funded research from DoD and DHS agencies, including DARPA, DTRA, and DNDO. He has also been the lead researcher on projects sponsored by TSA and NSF. Prior to joining START, Dr. Guarrieri taught undergraduate courses on terrorism, American foreign policy, and international relations at the University of Missouri. Additionally, he has taught seminars in quantitative methods and statistical computing using R, Stata, and SPSS, and is EITM certified. In 2016, he served as the Program Assistant for the 57th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA) in Atlanta, Georgia. He earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Missouri and a B.A. in political science and philosophy from Rutgers University.

Faculty Member

Summer/Winter Courses – START offers fully online summer and winter courses each year, which are open to any current degree seeking student or non-degree seeking individual.

Global Terrorism Studies Minor – This University of Maryland undergraduate program is designed to train the next generation of terrorism analysts, including students who plan to pursue graduate study related to terrorism as well as employment in the federal, state, local, non-profit, and/or private sectors.

Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Analysis – This online graduate program provides participants with advanced education on the causes, dynamics and impacts of international and domestic terrorism.