A Department of Homeland Security Emeritus Center of Excellence led by the University of Maryland

A consortium of researchers dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism

Investigators


Investigators

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.

Last Names Starting With:

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Name Job Titlesort ascending Role Research Areas
Amy Pate Amy Pate

START Executive Director and Research Director

 Investigator, Staff Violent Groups and Movements, Crime and Terrorism, Counterterrorism
Michael Jensen

Senior Researcher, START

 Investigator, Staff Terrorism and Society, Individual Behavior, Crime and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Countering Violent Extremism, Radical Beliefs and Behavior, Deradicalization, Disengagement
Martha Crenshaw Martha Crenshaw

Researcher, Political Science/International Relations

 Investigator Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements
Laura Dugan Laura Dugan

Ralph Mershon Professor of Human Security and Professor of Sociology 

 Investigator Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Crime and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Countering Violent Extremism, Disengagement
Elizabeth Yates

Radicalization and Disengagement (RaD) Researcher, START

 Investigator, Staff Violent Groups and Movements, Individual Behavior, Crime and Terrorism, Radical Beliefs and Behavior, Deradicalization, Disengagement
Markus Binder

Project Manager/Researcher, START

 Investigator, Staff Individual Behavior, Chemical and Biological Threats
Joshua Freilich

Professor

 Investigator Terrorism and Society, Violent Groups and Movements, Individual Behavior, Crime and Terrorism, Countering Violent Extremism
Clark McCauley Clark McCauley

Professor of Psychology

 Investigator Individual Behavior, Radical Beliefs and Behavior
Stevan Weine Stevan Weine

Professor of Psychiatry

 Investigator Terrorism and Society, Counterterrorism, Countering Violent Extremism, Resilience
Prabhakar Misra Prabhakar Misra

Professor of Physics

 Investigator Terrorism and Society, Crime and Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Chemical and Biological Threats, Radiological and Nuclear Threats, Radical Beliefs and Behavior

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