GTD Data Collection Manager, START
8400 Baltimore Ave. Suite 250, College Park, MD 20740
Dr. Michael Jensen joined START in 2012 as the data collection manager for the Global Terrorism Database (GTD). He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Arizona State University. Prior to joining START, Dr. Jensen was a post-doctoral fellow in the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and the Associate Director of the Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods (CQRM). He is the co-editor (with Colin Elman) of The Realism Reader (Routledge, forthcoming) and a recipient of the Smith Richardson Foundation’s World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship. Dr. Jensen’s areas of research include counterinsurgency and counterterrorism, international relations theory and qualitative research methods. He teaches courses on terrorism and international security for the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland and the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.
Background
- Arizona State University, Ph.D., Political Science
- University of Maryland, Data Collection Manager, Global Terrorism Database (GTD), 2012-present
- University of Maryland, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Instructor, 2012-present
- George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs, Adjunct Professor, 2012-present
- Syracuse University, Associate Director, Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods (CQRM), 2009-2011
- Syracuse University, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, Post-doctoral Fellow, 2009-2011