Events & Opportunities

Events

The University of Maryland is deeply involved in a variety of technical, scientific and behavioral global and homeland security and intelligence-related research and education. In addition to individual projects and academic programs, the University is also home to a number of nationally-recognized research centers.

Disciplines, Departments, & Programs

  • Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
  • Department of Communication
  • Government and Politics, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
  • The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program
  • Program on Global and Security Disarmament

    Schools
  • Maryland School of Public Policy
  • A. James Clark School of Engineering
  • College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
  • College of Information Studies

    Centers
  • Center for the Advanced Study of Languages (CASL)
  • Center for Information Policy
  • Center for International Development and Conflict Management
  • Center for International and Security Studies
  • Center for Research on Military Organization
  • Center for Risk Communication Research
  • Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies
  • National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and the Responses to Terrorism (START)

    Projects
    The School of Public Policy is pursuing the following projects:
  • The Project on the Future of Intelligence Analysis, which is investigating the requirements for training, educating, recruiting and retaining future intelligence analysts.
  • The Project on Science, Technology and Public Policy, which taps into a wide range of nongovernmental experts from various disciplines to explore the policy implications of technological developments.
  • The Landscapes Project, which conducts research about emerging trends that might affect the future international security environment.

    In addition, the School recently coordinated and hosted the Intelligence Community Summer Seminar on Teaching Intelligence in America's Universities, a three-and-a-half day event attended by over 30 professors from colleges and universities selected to develop the Intelligence Community's Centers of Academic Excellence. The program included presentations by executives from intelligence agencies addressing the community's requirements for new analysts and the best methods to educate and train them.

    Opportunities

    Customized Intelligence Programs for Agencies
    The School, though the Office of Executive Programs and the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, enjoys a proven record of success in the development and management of executive education, and therefore, has the necessary resources in place to work with your agency to develop and deliver an intelligence-related program of the highest quality and greatest value. The School will work with you to tailor the existing degree and certificate programs or will develop, in collaboration, additional courses to effectively address the needs of your agency or organization.

    Please contact Tom Kennedy, Director of the Office of Executive Programs and Director of the Center for Leadership and Organizational Excellence at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership, at 301-405-6753, or via email at tkennedy@umd.edu for additional information on executive educational opportunities in intelligence-related scholarship.

    Graduate Assistantships
    Students enrolled in intelligence analysis programs will have the opportunity to serve as graduate assistants for the School's research project's related to advancing intelligence scholarship and national security policy.

    If interested in a graduate assistantship in this field of study, please contact William Nolte, Professor at the School of Public Policy, at 301-405-3331, or via email at wnolte@umd.edu.

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