Present | Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Sociology and Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences | |
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Present | Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ College of Arts and Sciences | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Terrorism as Political Violence, Al-Qaeda Tactical Propaganda, US Government Counterterrorism Policy and Strategy, US Government Terrorist Counter-Messaging, Anti-American Global Terrorism, Classical Social Theory, Contemporary Social Theory, Political Islam, Al Qa’ida Organization, Islamic State Organization, and Counterterrorism
Honors and Awards
- 1992 - Jewell Friend Memorial Lecturer
- 1993 - Research Development Committee Grant Recipient
- 1993 - Presidential Grant-in-Aid
- 1993 - Teacher of the Year Award Recipient (Greek/Pan Hellenic)
- 1995 - National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Fellow, University of Chicago
- 1999 - Presidential Grant-In-Aid
- 1999 - Research Development Committee Small Grant Recipient
- 1999 - Non-Instructional Assignment (for Sabbatical, Spring 2000)
- 2006 - Non-Instructional Assignment (for Sabbatical, Spring 2007)
- 2007 - Recipient. Pioneer Fund Grant, $36,000.00
- 2008-09 - Academic Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, June 9-20, 2008, Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2010-11 - External Research Associates Program (ERAP) ($12,500.00)
- 2012 - ETSU Research Development Committee (RDC) Small Grant ($1450.00)
- 2012-13 - External Research Associates Program (ERAP) ($15,000)
- 2014 - Non-Instructional Assignment (for Sabbatical, Fall 2014)
- 2014 - Appointment, Senior Member of the Graduate Faculty, ETSU. Expiration, 2021
- 2014-15 - External Research Associates Program (ERAP) ($26,250.00)
Courses
- Countering Al Qaeda's Global Terrorism
- Families in Transition
- Counterinsurgency Warfare
- The Terrorist Mind
- Sociology of Global Terrorism
- Contemporary Social Theory
- Modern Social Theory
- Introduction to Sociology
December 1990 | PhD, Philosophy, Florida State University | |
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May 1987 | MS, Sociology, Florida State University | |
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August 1983 | BS, Political Science, Florida State University | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 70644
Johnson City, Tennessee 37614
Office: 223A Rogers-Stout Hall
Phone: 423-439-6652
Fax: 423-439-5313
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