A consortium of researchers dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism
All Affiliated Researchers
All Affiliated Researchers
Within the START website, "Investigators" are defined as those who have served as Principal Investigators on START funded projects. "Affiliated Researchers" are defined as those who have served as a Principal Investigator or Researcher on START funded projects.
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Job Title | Role | Research Areas | |
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Gary LaFree |
Founding Director, START; Chair, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice |
Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Crime and Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism, Radical Beliefs and Behavior |
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Gina Scott Ligon |
Director of National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE); Jack and Stephanie Koraleski Professor of Collaboration Science, UNO |
Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements |
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Herbert Tinsley |
Analyst, Government Accountability Office |
Researcher | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Counterterrorism, Chemical and Biological Threats, Radiological and Nuclear Threats, Radical Beliefs and Behavior |
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Jacob Loewner |
Researcher, START |
Researcher, Staff | Terrorism and Society |
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Jeff Gruenewald |
Associate Professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center, University of Arkansas |
Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Individual Behavior, Crime and Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism, Radical Beliefs and Behavior |
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Jonathan Wilkenfeld |
Founding Director, ICONS Project, START Research Professor |
Investigator, Staff | |
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Joseph Oudin |
Data Collection Manager Global Terrorism Database (GTD) Researcher, START |
Researcher, Staff | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Crime and Terrorism |
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Joshua Freilich |
Professor |
Investigator | Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Individual Behavior, Crime and Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism |
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Karina Panyan |
Research Assistant, Global Terrorism Database (GTD), START |
Researcher, Staff | Terrorism and Society, Crime and Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism, Chemical and Biological Threats, Radiological and Nuclear Threats |
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Katherine Worboys Izsak |
Academic Director, UMD College of Information (iSchool) |
Investigator | Countering Violent Extremism, Resilience |