Homeland Security Education and Training

Filter on Investigator Name

Project Title	Investigators	Project Period
Communicating Risk of Mass Casualty Terrorism in Diverse Communities	Elaine Vaughan	May, 2005 to May, 2009
Comparing Failed, Foiled, Completed and Successful Terrorist Attacks	Erik Dahl, Margaret Wilson, Martha Crenshaw	July, 2012 to December, 2017
Empirical Assessment of Domestic Radicalization (EADR)	Michael Jensen, Gary LaFree	January, 2013 to December, 2016
Factors Impacting the U.S. Intelligence Process	David L. Carter, Jeremy G. Carter, Steven Chermak	July, 2012 to December, 2013
Massive Online Open Course: Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat	Gary LaFree, William Braniff, Katherine Worboys Izsak	January, 2014 to March, 2014
Mental Models of Intelligence Collectors and Analysts for Characterizing Adversarial Threats		July, 2012 to December, 2014
Police Responses to Terrorism: Lessons from the Israeli Experience	David Weisburd	June, 2009 to May, 2010
Preparedness for Catastrophic Events	Hamilton Bean, Kathleen Smarick, Monica Schoch-Spana, Paul Harwood	November, 2008 to November, 2010
Risk and Rehabilitation: Supporting the Work of Probation Officers in the Community Reentry of Extremist Offenders	Gary LaFree, Michael Jensen, Elizabeth Yates	January, 2020 to December, 2022
Terrorist Attacks on the Homeland	Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan, Erin Miller	July, 2012 to December, 2017
Training in Risk and Crisis Communication (TRACC)	Brooke Liu, Elizabeth Petrun Sayers, Katherine Worboys Izsak	August, 2011 to October, 2013

Project Title	Publication Date	START Authors	Publication Type
A Homeland Security Net Assessment Needed Now!	October 2015	Dahl, Erik	Journal Article
Community-Focused Best Practices to Prevent Violent Extremism	September 2015	Weine, Stevan; Braniff, William	Research Brief
Creating Positive Policing Narratives for Countering Violent Extremism	October 2019	Weine, Stevan	Book
Cross-Agency Evaluation of DoD, VA, and HHS Mental Health Public Awareness Campaigns	February 2020	Petrun Sayers, Elizabeth	Report
Government Agency-Focused Best Practices to Prevent Violent Extremism	September 2015	Weine, Stevan; Braniff, William	Research Brief
Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Analysis Virtual Information Packet	November 2018		Project Fact Sheet
Law Enforcement-Focused Best Practices to Prevent Violent Extremism	September 2015	Weine, Stevan; Braniff, William	Research Brief
Massive Online Open Course: Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat	January 2014	LaFree, Gary; Braniff, William	Project Fact Sheet
Paradoxes of Professionalism: Rethinking Civil-Military Relations in the United States	April 2020	Brooks, Risa	Journal Article
Partner Selection in Disaster Relief: Partnership Formation in the Presence of Incompatible Agencies	September 2017	Zhuang, Jun	Journal Article
Program Fact Sheet: START's CVE Education and Training Initiatives	February 2015	Braniff, William	Project Fact Sheet
Report: U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism Before and After the April 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings	October 2013	Adamczyk, Amy; LaFree, Gary; Tourangeau, Roger; Presser, Stanley	START Reports
Research Highlight: U.S. Attitudes toward Terrorism and Counterterrorism Before and After the April 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings	October 2013	Adamczyk, Amy; LaFree, Gary; Tourangeau, Roger; Presser, Stanley	Research Brief
Rethinking Security Education	December 2016	Izsak, Katherine Worboys	Book Chapter
Situational Crime Prevention and Terrorism: An Assessment of 10 Years of Research	October 2018	Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua	Journal Article
Speaking Foreign Languages in the United States: Correlates, Trends, and Possible Consequences	November 2006	Brecht, Richard D.	Journal Article
START Training Program Overview	September 2015		Project Fact Sheet
Surveying CVE Metrics in Prevention, Disengagement and De-Radicalization Programs	March 2016	Szmania, Susan	START Reports
Suspicious Preoperational Activities and Law Enforcement Interdiction of Terrorist Plots	November 2018	Smith, Brent; Gruenewald, Jeff	Journal Article
That's a Myth! Teaching about Disaster Myths through Experiential Learning	November 2018	Sutton, Jeannette	Journal Article
The Maryland Academy for Innovation in National Security	September 2016		START White Papers
The Politics of Terror	May 2018	Chenoweth, Erica	Book
The Role of Community Policing in Countering Violent Extremism	February 2015	Weine, Stevan	Research Brief
The Role of Homeland Security Information Bulletins within Emergency Management Organizations	February 2008	Bean, Hamilton; Keranen, Lisa	Research Brief
Training in Risk and Crisis Communication Modules: Project Fact Sheet	December 2013	Liu, Brooke; Petrun, Elizabeth	Project Fact Sheet
Understanding Communities’ Attitudes towards CVE	February 2015	Weine, Stevan	Research Brief
Understanding Law Enforcement Intelligence Processes	July 2014	Carter, David L.; Carter, Jeremy G.; Chermak, Steven	START Reports
Validation of the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative: Identifying Suspicious Activities from the Extremist Crime Database (ECDB) and the American Terrorism Study (ATS)	February 2015	Smith, Brent; Gruenewald, Jeff; Freilich, Joshua; Roberts, Paxton; Chermak, Steven; Parkin, William	START Reports
Why Inter-Agency Operations Break Down: U.S. Counterterrorism in Comparative Perspective	July 2016	Foley, Frank	Journal Article

Title	Byline
Americans more likely to think about terrorism than violent crime	Andres Feijoo
Braniff offers Congressional testimony
Discussion Point: 'Keep Wicked Calm and Carry the Hell On': Boston, Terrorism and the Rhetorical Power of Resilience	Hamilton Bean, Lisa Keranen
ICONS simulations help professors move instruction online quickly	Erin Copland, Jessica Rivinius
Recommendations to counter violent extremism	Jessica Rivinius
Risk Communication Research Roundtable: Methodology and Impact	Mary Beck
START accepting applications for new scholarship program	Claire Simon
START Announces Fellowships for 2005-06
START collaborators contribute to important CVE work	Jessica Rivinius
START Director's China visit opens door for future scholarly collaboration	Laura Walker
START graduate student earns IALEIA honors	Lindsay Sanderson
START Hosts conference on mental health, education and countering violent extremism	Beth Schwartz
START launches new training course on understanding and preventing radicalization to violence and violent extremism	Jessica Rivinius
START recognized for expanding access for underrepresented students	Beth Schwartz
START report identifies new ways to train risk communication skills	Mary Beck
START research director ranked among top-rated faculty	Jessica Rivinius
START research informs Senate report on Chesser
START researcher travels to Ghana to help develop CT and CVE training	Erin Copland
START seeking 2014 Outstanding Article Award nominations	Jessica Rivinius
START students embark on international opportunity	Emily Smith
START study examines U.S. attitudes, beliefs before and after the Boston Marathon bombings
START Symposium showcases impactful research, datasets	Mary Beck, Jessica Rivinius
START teams up with UMD’s ICONS Project	Jessica Rivinius
START to conduct training for fire intel officers in National Capital Region	Jessica Rivinius
START to offer Massive Open Online Course	Jessica Rivinius
START welcomes 109 students to spring internship cohort	Erin Copland
START's training events help others understand terrorism	J.R. Taylor
START’s GTD to be featured at First Responder Technology Demonstration

Title	Job Title	Institution
Barnett S. Koven	Training Director Near-peer Competition Lead Researcher Counterterrorism Lead Researcher	University of Maryland
Devin Ellis	Policy & Research Program Director, ICONS Project	University of Maryland
Elizabeth Petrun Sayers	Associate Behavioral and Social Scientist	RAND Corporation
Erik Dahl	Associate Professor of National Security Affairs	Naval Postgraduate School
Jeremy G. Carter	Associate Professor and Director of Criminal Justice, School of Public and Environmental Affairs	Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Joshua House	GIS Coordinator, START	University of Maryland
Julia Fraustino	Assistant Professor	West Virginia University
Katherine Worboys Izsak	Academic Director, UMD College of Information (iSchool)	University of Maryland
Marcus A. Boyd	Senior Researcher, GIS, START Director, Graduate Studies, START	University of Maryland
Obie Clayton	Researcher of Sociology	Morehouse College
Prabhakar Misra	Professor of Physics	Howard University
R. Karl Rethemeyer	Associate Professor of Public Administration & Policy	University at Albany, State University of New York
Rose Pfefferbaum	Faculty Emeritus	Maricopa County Community College
Sarah Fishering	Research Transition Manager, START	University of Maryland
Stevan Weine	Professor of Psychiatry	University of Illinois at Chicago
Steve Sin	Director, Unconventional Weapons and Technology (UWT) Subject Matter Expert Instructor, National Center for Security & Preparedness	University of Maryland
Susan Szmania	Research Affiliate, START	University of Maryland
Victor Asal	Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of Public Administration	University at Albany, State University of New York