— Volume VI No. 3: September 2010 —

AUTHOR:
Patricia H. Longstaff
Patricia H. Longstaff is the David Levidow Professor of Communication Law and Policy at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications, and specializes in the business and public policy issues affecting the communications industry. She is a research associate at Harvard University's Center for Information Policy Research, where she works on issues of global communications policy. She is also a member of the U.S. State Department Advisory Committee on International Communications Policy, a member of the board of directors of the International Telecommunications Society, research associate of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism at Syracuse University, and an associate of the Community and Regional Resilience Institute (CARRI), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Her most recent book, The Communications Toolkit: How to Build or Regulate Any Communications Business, was published by MIT Press in 2002. She is a graduate of Harvard University (MPA) and Iowa University (JD, MA-Communications). Ms. Longstaff may be contacted at phlongst@syr.edu.

AUTHOR:
Nicholas J. Armstrong
Nicholas J. Armstrong is a research fellow at the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) at Syracuse University. His current research centers on post-conflict security sector reform and institutional resilience. Before joining INSCT, Armstrong served for eight years as a U.S. Army officer, holding several leadership and staff assignments, including aide-de-camp to the deputy commanding general and speechwriter to the commanding general in the 10th Mountain Division. Armstrong’s military experience includes combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and peacekeeping duty in Bosnia. He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the Maxwell School of Syracuse University (MPA, CAS-Security Studies). In addition to working full time for INSCT as a research fellow, Armstrong is pursuing a security-focused PhD in the Maxwell School's interdisciplinary social science doctoral program. Mr. Armstrong may be contacted at narmstro@maxwell.syr.edu.

AUTHOR:
Keli Perrin
Keli Perrin is the assistant director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) at Syracuse University. She also serves as an adjunct professor at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. Before joining INSCT, she served for two years as law clerk to the Honorable David N. Hurd, United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York. Perrin and co-instructor, Maxwell Dean Mitchell Wallerstein, recently developed an interdisciplinary course, “Homeland Security: Federal Policy and Implementation Challenges,” which draws students pursuing degrees in international relations, public administration and law. She is a member of the New York State Emergency Manager's Association and has completed ICS-400 training. She is a graduate of SUNY Institute of Technology, Syracuse University College of Law (JD, magna cum laude) and the Maxwell School of Syracuse University (MPA). Ms. Perrin may be contacted at kaperrin@law.syr.edu.

AUTHOR:
Whitney May Parker
Whitney May Parker is a research fellow at the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) at Syracuse University. Prior to joining INSCT, Parker spent four years in Washington, DC, working for non-profit international security research institutions. Most recently, she was director of business relations for the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a cutting-edge think tank recognized as the premier source for pragmatic national security policy recommendations. Prior to joining CNAS, she was director of communications at the Center for Defense Information (CDI) and World Security Institute (WSI). Parker holds a master’s degree in international relations from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, specializing in intercultural communication and negotiation, and a bachelor’s in political science, with a specialization in international relations and certification as a professional mediator, from Boise State University. Ms. Parker may be contacted at whitneyparker@gmail.com.

AUTHOR:
Matthew A. Hidek
Matthew A. Hidek is assistant professor in the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Cazenovia College. He is an Army veteran and former antiterrorism analyst, with extensive leadership and management experience from assignments in the military, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security. He holds a PhD in social science from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and a master’s degree in community and regional planning from Temple University. His recently completed doctoral dissertation, funded by the National Science Foundation, examines the impact of military-based doctrine and technologies on post-9/11 urban security and governance systems. Dr. Hidek may be contacted at mahidek@cazenovia.edu.