John Woodward, MS, JD

Professor Woodward’s areas of expertise include intelligence, counterterrorism, national security, homeland security, East Asia, and biometrics. As a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, he served as an operations officer in the Clandestine Service and as a technical intelligence officer in the Directorate of Science and Technology, with assignments in Washington D.C., East Asia, Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. He has also served as Director of the US Department of Defense Biometrics Management Office, where he received the US Army’s third-highest civilian award for his work on using biometric technologies to identify national security threats. Woodward is an active member of the Virginia State Bar and a licensed emergency medical technician (EMT). Professor Woodward’s focus at CEID is bioterrorism, intentional release of pathogens, and international law.