{"id":25977,"date":"2016-12-13T10:40:25","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T15:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/?p=25977"},"modified":"2021-02-03T16:53:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T21:53:57","slug":"pardee-faculty-speak-at-sph-research-symposium-on-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2016\/12\/13\/pardee-faculty-speak-at-sph-research-symposium-on-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Pardee Faculty Speak at SPH on Terrorism Research"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professors Joseph Wippl (left), Jessica Stern (top right)
and John Woodward (bottom right) speaking at “Fear,
Violence and Trauma: Combating Terrorism Through
Research.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Faculty members from the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies participated in a December 12, 2016 research symposium hosted by the Boston University Office of the Provost and the School of Public Health on combating terrorism through research.<\/p>\n

The conference, entitled “Fear, Violence and Trauma: Combating Terrorism Through Research,” was introduced by Vice President and Associate Provost for Research Gloria Waters and School of Public Health Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor Sandro Galea.<\/p>\n

Joseph Wippl<\/a>, Pardee School Professor of the Practice of International Relations, delivered a research presentation on intelligence and counterterrorism. Wippl is a former Central Intelligence Agency officer who spent a 30 year career as an operations officer in the National Clandestine Service.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jessica Stern<\/a>, Research Professor at the Pardee School, delivered a research presentation on students challenging violent extremism. Stern’s research focuses on\u00a0perpetrators of violence and the possible connections between trauma and terror.\u00a0 She has written on terrorist groups across religions and ideologies, among them neo-Nazis, Islamists, anarchists, and white supremacists.\u00a0 She has also written about counter-radicalization programs for both neo-Nazi and Islamist terrorists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

John Woodward<\/a>, Pardee School Professor of the Practice of International Relations, delivered a research presentation entitled “Rapid DNA Will Quickly Pose Challenges.”\u00a0\u00a0Woodward is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer.\u00a0During his twenty-year CIA career, John served as an operations officer in\u00a0the Clandestine Service and as a technical intelligence officer in the Directorate of Science and Technology, with assignments in Washington D.C.,\u00a0East Asia, Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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