300 About the Contributors -Eugenie de SilvaholdsaBachelor’sdegreeandMaster’sdegreeinIntelligenceStudieswithacon centrationinIntelligenceAnalysisfromtheAmericanMilitaryUniversity.ShealsoholdsaMaster’sin LiberalArtswithaconcentrationinLegalStudiesfromtheHarvardUniversityDivisionofContinuing Education.SheisalsoacurrentPh.D.studentinthedepartmentofPoliticsandInternationalRelations attheUniversityofLeicesterinEngland.Shehasgiveneightoralpresentationsatacademicconferences infieldssuchasteachingphysicsandchemistry,onlinesoftwareprograms,biometrics,intelligence studies,andDenialandDeception(D&D).Herresearchismainlymultidisciplinaryinnature.Shealso holdsseveralacademicworldrecords,andhasbeenfeaturedinthemediaaroundtheglobeduetoher -achievementsintheacademicarena.Sheisthefounderofanon-profitknownastheInternationalAs sociationofChildProdigies.Sheisalsothewinnerofseveralawards,includingtheLuceLeaderof2015 .forgloballeadershipfromtheJamesJayDudleyLuceFoundation *** Galit Margalit Ben-IsraelservesasChiefScientistforprojectofIdentity,TerrorandCyber,in theInstituteofIdentityResearch(IDmap).Dr.GalitBen-Israelisalsoananalystofterroractivityand counter-terrorismtrainingconsultant.ShelecturesasseniorlecturerofPoliticalScienceatthePublic AdministrationandPolicy,attheFacultyofSocietyandCultureinBeit-BerlAcademicCollege.Her lecturingincludescoursesof:WorldPoliticsandGlobalization;TerrorintheDigitalEra;andVirtual -CommunitiesandCyber-Terrorism.Dr.Ben-Israelextendsherresearchtospecificissuesofhostage ;(barricadeterrorism(HBT);suicideterrorism;disastermanagementthroughsocialmedia(Web2.0 .anddiasporaandInternetnetworks Amanda Sue Birchisamechanicalengineerwith20yearsofexperienceinUSgovernmentleadership andpolicy.ShehasanM.S.inMechanicalEngineeringfromtheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology -andanM.A.inInternationalRelationsfromTheFletcherSchoolatTuftsUniversity.Herundergradu atestudieswereattheUSAirForceAcademy.Sheisalicensedprofessionalengineerwithexperience inbothcutting-edgeresearchanddevelopmentaswellasinfrastructureandfacilitiesconstructionand management.Sheisalsoacertifiedpartnershipbroker,speaksseverallanguages,andhasdomestic andinternationalexperienceinthenon-profitsector.Hercurrentdutiesincludenational-leveltraining .policyfortheUSmilitary   About the Contributors Tianxing CaijoinedLamarUniversityintheSpringof2011.Hehasanin-depthworkingexperience asheservedastheseniorengineerinthesemiconductorindustryatAmkorTechnologyfrom2006to Dr.CaiholdsaB.S.inChemistryfromShanghaiUniversity,Chinaandisamemberofseveral.2010 ,associations,suchastheShanghaiSemiconductorAssociation,ShanghaiElectroPlatingAssociation ShanghaiIndoorEnvironmentalControlAssociation,ShanghaiChemicalAnalysisAssociation,andthe .ShanghaiESDControlAssociation Joseph H. Campos IIistheAdministratoratUniversityHealthServicesManoaandisanAffiliate ProfessorforthePeaceInstituteandAssociateGraduateFacultyfortheDepartmentofPoliticalScience attheUniversityofHawaiiatManoa.Hisinterestliesininterrogatingthewaystatistformationsgive voicetosomeissueswhilesilencingotherissues.Specifically,heasked:Howisterrorismmadepart ,ofthenationalsecurityapparatus?Howdoesthenationalsecuritydiscourseconceptualize,constitute andproduceunderstandingsofterrorism?Howdoestheconceptofsecurityinfluenceandconstitutea ?discursivesitethatconditionsresponsestoterrorism ,Eugene de Silvahasbeenaneducatorforover25years.Asaprofessorofphysicsandchemistry -hedevelopedonlinecoursesinthefieldsofphysics,chemistry,ecology,environmentalscience,intel ligence,security,terrorismstudies,research,etc.HeestablishedtheNationalAccreditingCommission forMartialArts(NACMA)-aregisteredcharity-andVirginiaResearchInstitute(VRI)–anon-profit -organizationintheUnitedStatesin2004.Thesefoundationsweresetinplacetosparktheyoungergen eration’sinterestinfurtheringtheireducationandresearch.HehasbeenthePresidentoftheTennessee ScienceDepartmentChairsAssociationsince2008.HeisalsotheChairofInstituteofPhysicsUK/USA Branch(SouthEasternUSA).HeisanExecutiveMemberoftheTennesseeAcademyofSciences.De Silvahaswrittenseveralbooksincludingtextbooksinphysicsandchemistryandisaninternationally recognizededucatorwithhisnameenteredintheWho’sWhointheWorld,Who’sWhoinAmerican Education,andWho’sWhoinAmerica.HedevelopedthefirstMartialArtseducationaldegreeinthe worldin1993whenhewasintheUK.HeholdsthehighestDangradeinmartialartsandisthefounder ofaninternationalcharityknownasTheSocietyofMartialArts,UK.He,asapractitionerofmartial arts,introducedasyllabusofteachingphysicsthroughmartialartsin2007.HeintroducedPhysicsDay intheUSA,whichhasbeeninplacesince2005forhighschoolstudentswheremechanicssectionof physicsistaughtthroughmartialarts.Hehasalsowonthe“InnovativeTeachingAward,”“Aboveand BeyondAward,”andhasreceivedrecognitionawardsfromtheTennesseeAcademyofSciences,USA andtheInstituteofChemistry,SriLanka.Heisacharteredchemist,charteredscientist,andchartered -physicist;hewasalsoelectedasafellowoftheRoyalSocietyfortheencouragementofArts,Manufac tures,andCommerceinrecognitionofhisoutstandingworkinthefieldofeducation.TheWorldHead ofFamilySokeshipCouncilalsoinductedhimtotheHallofFamein2001inFlorida,USA.Hisnovel -teachingmodel,“START,”isnowbeingintroducedintheteachingofsciencethroughtheVirginiaRe .searchInstitute.Healsoholdstwoworldrecordsinbreakingcinderblocksondifferentpartsofhisbody 301 About the Contributors Nicole DrumhillerjoinedtheAmericanPublicUniversitySystemin2012andiscurrentlyProgram DirectorandAssociateProfessorintheIntelligenceStudiesprogram.Previoustothis,sheservedasan instructoratWashingtonStateUniversity.SheservesasaneditorialboardmemberfortheJournalof GlobalSecurityandIntelligenceStudies.In2012shecarriedoutresearchinBelfast,NorthernIreland .whichwasrecentlypublishedinaco-authoredworkwithElenaMastorsinthejournalofPeace&Change Nicoleiscurrentlyworkingonacollaborativeprojectwhichfocusesonextremistgroupbehaviorwithin .theanimalrightmovement -Neal Duckworthservednearly23yearsintheU.S.MarineCorps,retiringastheheadofcounterintel ,ligenceandhumanintelligenceplansandpolicy.Heservedinmultipleconflicts,includingconducting leading,anddirectingintelligenceoperationsinBosnia-Herzegovina,Afghanistan,andIraq.Following hisretirement,heservedasaManagingDirectorinanintelligenceconsultingfirmbeforeenteringfederal .servicewiththeDirectorofNationalIntelligence’sOfficeoftheNationalCounterintelligenceExecutive -Heleftgovernmentservicein2014andiscurrentlyemployedasaSeniorDirectorofExecutiveEduca tionProgramsattheHarvardKennedySchoolinCambridge,Massachusetts.NealreceivedaBachelor ofArtsinInternationalServicefromTheAmericanUniversityandaMasterofArtsinNationalSecurity .andStrategicStudiesfromTheNavalWarCollege Latoya N. JohnsonreceivedherPhDfromtheInterdisciplinaryPrograminMolecularandCellular BiologyfromTulaneUniversityinAugust2006.Shecompletedherpostdoctoralresearchappointment atEmoryUniversitySchoolofMedicine’sAlcoholandLungBiologyProgram.SheworkedasaScience Writer/EditorwiththeNationalHomeOfficeoftheAmericanCancerSociety,asaProgramCoordinator intheDean’sOfficeoftheSchoolofMedicine,andasanAdjunctFacultyMemberforGrandCanyon UniversityandGeorgiaGwinnettCollege.Dr.JohnsonpresentlyworksintheCollegeofHealthSciences atWaldenUniversityteachingPublicHealthBiologyandintheGeneralStudiesdepartmentatBeulah .HeightsUniversityteachingPrinciplesofScience David Martin Jones’researchonpoliticaltheoryhasfocusedontwoareas:theevolutionofEnglish -politicalthinkingonideasofconscienceandallegianceandsomewhatdifferentlytheimpactoftradi tionalunderstandingsofpoliticalobligationuponstatecraftinEastandSoutheastAsia.Inthecontextof EnglishpoliticalthoughthisworkresultedinabookConscienceandAllegianceinSeventeenthCentury EnglishPoliticalThought(UniversityofRochester1999).Morerecentlyhehasturnedhisattentionto theproblemofmodernideologyandpoliticalreligionwhichresultedinavolumeonSacredViolence PoliticalReligioninaSecularAge(Palgrave2014).Inadditiontopublishingseveralacademicpieces onterrorisminSoutheastAsiainthehighestqualityvenues,DavidMartinJoneshasmadeahighprofile -contributiontopublicdebatethroughpiecesinTheAustralianFinancialReview,TheWeekendAustra .lian,TheNationalInterestandTheWorldToday Hans Ingvar Jörgen BengtssonhasaM.A.inInternationalRelationsfromtheFletcherSchoolat