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Risk Management

Project Title Investigators Project Period
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Acceleration Erin Miller January, 2019 to January, 2020
Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Erin Miller, Gary LaFree, Laura Dugan June, 2001 to January, 2020
Dissuading Adversaries and their Radiological/Nuclear Pathways: Integrating Deterrence Theory and Analytics in the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA) Amy Pate, Brandon Behlendorf, Gary Ackerman, John Sawyer, Steve Sin, Hamid Mohtadi, Marcus A. Boyd October, 2013 to September, 2018
A Toolkit for Preventing Targeted Violence on College Campuses Gary LaFree July, 2017 to July, 2018
Managing Chaos through Crisis Communication Leadership Brooke Liu June, 2017 to May, 2018
Country Reports on Terrorism - Statistical Annex Gary LaFree, Erin Miller May, 2012 to May, 2018
Violent Non-state Actors and Contested Space Operations Amy Pate, Barnett S. Koven August, 2017 to April, 2018
Towards an Understanding of Explosive Detection Technology Adoption: Results from Two Surveys Brooke Liu May, 2016 to June, 2017
Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (THIRA) Process John Sawyer, Steve Sin September, 2014 to June, 2015
PRND Capability Development Framework Mapping John Sawyer, Marcus A. Boyd December, 2012 to June, 2015
Integration of International Architecture Analysis Brandon Behlendorf, Emily Iarocci, Gary Ackerman, John Sawyer September, 2013 to March, 2015
Consensus Framework for Informing Decision-Making in the Biological Threat Characterization Program Gary Ackerman September, 2013 to September, 2014
Training in Risk and Crisis Communication (TRACC) Brooke Liu, Elizabeth Petrun Sayers, Katherine Worboys Izsak August, 2011 to October, 2013
Building Resilience to Violent Extremism Among Somali-Americans in Minneapolis-St. Paul Stevan Weine August, 2010 to August, 2012
Organizational Factors in the Successful Application of 'Community Engagement' Principles for Bioterrorism Preparedness Monica Schoch-Spana June, 2008 to December, 2011
Quantitative Index of the Public Health Impacts of Terrorism Fran Norris June, 2008 to October, 2011
Preparedness for Catastrophic Events Hamilton Bean, Kathleen Smarick, Monica Schoch-Spana, Paul Harwood November, 2008 to November, 2010
Radicalization of U.S. Prisoners Bert Useem, Obie Clayton June, 2005 to May, 2009
Communicating Risk of Mass Casualty Terrorism in Diverse Communities Elaine Vaughan May, 2005 to May, 2009
Developing Community Resilience for Children and Families Betty Pfefferbaum, Fran Norris June, 2005 to May, 2008
Project Title Publication Date START Authors Publication Type
Assessing Hospital System Resilience to Disaster Events Involving Physical Damage and Demand Surge July 2019 Miller-Hooks, Elise Journal Article
Balancing Pre-disaster Preparedness and Post-disaster Relief January 2016 Zhuang, Jun Journal Article
Common Sense or Gun Control? Political Communication and News Media Framing of Firearm Sale Background Checks after Newtown November 2015 Sell, Tara Journal Article
Community Resilience April 2016 Pfefferbaum, Betty; Pfefferbaum, Rose Book Chapter
Counter-terrorism Strategies in the Balkans: Risk Assessment of the Regional Conflict Potential and Recommendable Counter-terrorism Policies June 2008 Mincheva, Lyubov Book Chapter
Cry Wolf Effect? Evaluating the Impact of False Alarms on Public Responses to Tornado Alerts in the Southeastern United States April 2019 Liu, Brooke; Egnoto, Michael Journal Article
CVE Field Principles for Local Government Agencies December 2016 Beutel, Alejandro Discussion Point
Decisions in disaster recovery operations November 2013 Zhuang, Jun Book Chapter
Defensibility and Risk Management October 2017 Bier, Vicki Journal Article
Developing Risk Metrics to Estimate Risks of Catastrophic Biological and Bioterrorist Events: Applications to the Food Industry March 2009 Mohtadi, Hamid Book Chapter
Explosive Detection Technology Adoption: Findings from a General Population Survey October 2017 Liu, Brooke; Iles, Irina A.; Egnoto, Michael Research Brief
Foreshadowing Targeted Violence: Assessing Leakage of Intent by Public Mass Murderers December 2017 Horgan, John Journal Article
From the Periphery and toward a Centralized Model for Trust in Government Risk and Disaster Communication June 2020 Liu, Brooke Journal Article
How communication theory can help counter-terrorism stakeholders September 2017 Bean, Hamilton Journal Article
How Mobile Home Residents Understand and Respond to Tornado Warnings April 2019 Liu, Brooke; Egnoto, Michael Journal Article
Implementing Disaster Policy: Exploring Scale and Measurement Schemes for Disaster Resilience May 2019 Cutter, Susan Journal Article
Keeping Hospitals Operating During Disasters Through Crisis Communication Preparedness June 2018 Liu, Brooke; Herovic, Emina; Roberts, Holly Journal Article
Modeling Public-Private Partnerships in Disaster Management via Centralized and Decentralized Models October 2015 Zhuang, Jun Journal Article
Our Hazardous Environment: Four Decades of Progress or Retrenchment? January 2016 Cutter, Susan Journal Article
Preparing for the Worst: Public Perceptions of Risk Management Innovations March 2016 Liu, Brooke; Smith, Daniel; Petrun Sayers, Elizabeth; Ackerman, Gary; Roberts, Holly; Iles, Irina A. Journal Article
Resilience to What? Resilience for Whom? April 2016 Cutter, Susan Journal Article
Risk in Extreme Environments: Preparing, Avoiding, Mitigating, and Managing January 2018 Bier, Vicki Book
Security Screening Queues with Impatient Applicants: A New Model with A Case Study August 2017 Zhuang, Jun Journal Article
Social Media Use during Disasters: A Review of the Knowledge Base and Gaps December 2012 Liu, Brooke; Fraustino, Julia; Jin, Yan START Reports
Taking Effective Risk and Crisis Communication for Granted? August 2013 Liu, Brooke; Petrun, Elizabeth Discussion Point
Terrorism-Centric Behavior Recognition and Adversarial Threat Forecasting January 2016 Regens, James Journal Article
Terrorism-Centric Behaviors and Adversarial Threat Awareness January 2016 Regens, James Journal Article
The Frontiers of Uncertainty Estimation in Interdisciplinary Disaster Research and Practice May 2019 Sutton, Jeannette Journal Article
The Risk of Catastrophic Terrorism: An Extreme Value Approach March 2009 Mohtadi, Hamid Journal Article
Training in Risk and Crisis Communication Modules: Project Fact Sheet December 2013 Liu, Brooke; Petrun, Elizabeth Project Fact Sheet
Understanding Community Responses to Authority/Law Enforcement Minority-Outreach Intergroup Communication Frames July 2016 Glasford, Demis Research Brief
Understanding Tornado Warnings, False Alarms, and Complacency September 2016 Liu, Brooke; Roberts, Holly; Egnoto, Michael Fact Sheet
Universal Preventive Interventions for Children in the Context of Disasters and Terrorism April 2014 Pfefferbaum, Betty Journal Article
Image Title Job Title Institution
Devin Ellis

Policy & Research Program Director, ICONS Project

 University of Maryland
Egle Murauskaite

Senior Researcher & Simulation Developer, ICONS Project, START

 University of Maryland
Elise Miller-Hooks Elise Miller-Hooks

Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering 

 University of Maryland
Elizabeth Petrun Elizabeth Petrun Sayers

Associate Behavioral and Social Scientist

 RAND Corporation
Holly Roberts

Senior Communications Consultant, Enterprise Resource Performance Inc (ERPi)
Irina A. Iles

Researcher, National Cancer Institute

 University of Maryland
Julia Fraustino, START Julia Fraustino

Assistant Professor

 West Virginia University
Jun Zhuang

Associate Professor of Engineering

 University of Buffalo
Marcus A. Boyd

Senior Researcher, GIS, START

Director, Graduate Studies, START

 University of Maryland
Michele Wood

Assistant Professor of Health Science, Director CA-NV Public Health Training Center - Fullerton

 California State University, Fullerton
Michelle Jacome Michelle Jacome

Operations Officer, World Bank
Roberta Belli

Security Information Analyst, United Nations Department of Safety and Security

 United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS)
Sarah Spalding Sarah Spalding

Research Associate
Stephanie Madden Stephanie Madden

Assistant Professor

 Pennsylvania State University
Steve Sin

Director, Unconventional Weapons and Technology (UWT)

Subject Matter Expert Instructor, National Center for Security & Preparedness

 University of Maryland
Yan Jin Yan Jin

Professor of Public Relations

 University of Georgia

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