Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Biodefense student
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About
B.A., Miami University: International Relations (1993)
M.A., Georgetown University: National Security Studies (2002)
Research Interests
Terrorism; Homeland Security; Weapons of Mass Destruction; Intelligence Analysis
Dissertation
Pick Your Poison: Explaining Terrorist Selection of Chemical and Biological Agents
Dissertation Chair
Koblentz
Publications
“Dead Sheep Tell No Tales: Aum Shinrikyo’s Alleged Sarin Tests in Australia Never Happened,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, April 2025.
“Applying Counterfactual Analysis to the Study of Terrorism,” Georgetown Security Studies Review, Volume 12, Issue 2, March 2025
“The Analytic Challenges of Shifting to Domestic Terrorism,” Journal of Policing, Intelligence, and Counter Terrorism, Volume 18, Number 4, April 2023 (Reprinted in Ryan Shaffer and Jeffrey Kaplan, eds., The Legacy of 9/11: Transformations of Policing, Intelligence, and Counter-Terrorism)
“King of the War Gases: Examining the Military History of Mustard Gas,” Georgetown Security Studies Review, Volume 9, Number 2, Spring 2022
“The Use of Chemical Weapons by Arab States,” Middle East Journal, Volume 71, Number 2, Spring 2017
“The Islamic State’s Evolving Chemical Arsenal,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Volume 39, Issue 11, November 2016
“Regime Change in Nuclear Weapon States,” Comparative Strategy, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2016
“A Historical Analysis of Mass Casualty Bombers” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Volume 25, Number 5, September-October 2002 (Reprinted in Gus Martin, ed., The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings)
“Mass Casualty Bombings Chronology,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Volume 25, Number 5, September-October 2002
“Iranian Nuclear Weapons Policy: Past, Present, and Possible Future,” Middle East Review of International Affairs, Volume 6, Number 2, Summer 2002
“Posse Comitatus and Nuclear Terrorism,” Parameters: The U.S. Army War College Quarterly, Volume 32, Number 1, Spring 2002, doi:10.55540/0031-1723.2083
“Terrorism with Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Congressional Response,” Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume 13, Number 1, Spring 2001