national security Experts

Grace Pownall

Professor Emerita of AccountingEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Paddy McGuinness

Senior Advisor, LondonBrunswick Group

Paddy McGuinness advises on crisis and resilience issues, providing senior counsel to clients on ever-evolving business and political risk.

Dennis Whyte

Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, Head, Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Director, Plasma Science and Fusion CenterMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Dennis Whyte is an expert in fusion research using the magnetic confinement of plasmas for energy production.

Robert Rabil, Ph.D.

ProfessorFlorida Atlantic University

Robert Rabil is an expert in political Islam, terrorism, U.S. foreign policy, and U.S.-Arab relations.

Laura Madokoro

Assistant Professor, History and Classical StudiesMcGill University

Laura's research focuses on the history of race, refugees and religious and secular humanitarianism.

Jane Bambauer

DirectorUniversity of Florida

Jane Bambauer's research analyzes how regulation of new technologies will affect free speech, privacy, and government accountability.

Comila Shahani-Denning

Senior Vice Provost for Academics and Professor of PsychologyHofstra University

Expert in workplace issues and behavior, hiring practices, leadership development, human resource management

Haleigh Bartos

Associate Professor of the PracticeCarnegie Mellon University

Haleigh Bartos’s area of research is Africa and the Middle East.

Robert S. Young

ProfessorWestern Carolina University

Robert S. Young is a licensed professional geologist in three states (FL, NC, SC).

Paul Kramer

Associate Professor of HistoryVanderbilt University

Expert in modern U. S. history, with an emphasis on transnational histories, American social thought and the politics of inequality.