Counterterrorism: A Multidisciplinary Analysis

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Lecture Schedule

1. Class Orientation (01/15)
2. The Roots of Domestic Terrorism (01/17)
3. Defining Terrorism: Rhetorical Club or Empirical Concept (01/22)
4. The Road to Oklahoma City: How Some Americans Have Come to Hate Their National Government (01/24)
5. What Makes a Religious Fanatic? (01/29)
6. Bioterrorism - Living in the A.D. (01/31)
7. Historical Dimensions of Islamist Extremism (02/05)
8. Information Systems as a Counterterrorism Tool (02/07)
9. Mapping the Terrorist Threat (02/12)
10. Infrastructure Protection (02/14)
11. Chemical Warfare: History, Chemistry, and Detection (02/19)
12. State of the State—Background, Current Status, and Future of South Carolina's Preparedness for a Terrorist Incident (02/21)
13. Infrastructure Protection, Part 2 EXAM (02/26)
14. Challenge & Response (02/28)
15. The Armed Services (03/05)
16. The Federal Response Plan (03/07)
17. Terrorist Warfare (03/19)
18. Public Health and Service Providers in Crisis Response (03/21)
19. The State Law Enforcement Role in Counterterrorism (03/26)
20. Nuclear Concerns in a Terrorist Environment (03/28)
21. Student Presentations (04/02)
22. Roles of the Intelligence Community & Intelligence Analysis in Counterterrorism (04/04)
23. International Treaties, Conventions, and Military Justice EXAM (04/09)
24. Cybersecurity: Pay Now or Pay Later (04/11)
25. The Media (04/16)
26. The Economy (04/18)
27. Terrorism and the Constitution (04/23)
28. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (04/25)
29. Class Wrap-up (04/30)

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• Class 1: Tuesday, January 15
  Class Orientation
  Dodge Frederick and John Johnson, LTC USA (Ret.)
  Course Facilitators
  USC Advanced Solutions Group
  

  Mr. Frederick, consultant for Dr. Joseph E. Johnson's USC research and development team Advanced Solutions Group (ASG), was employed with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 29 years, with five years as the Special-agent-in-charge for the Columbia, S.C. division. He also was an interim Director for the S.C. Department of Corrections during its reorganization in 2001.
  
  Lieutenant Colonel Johnson is a program analyst with Advanced Solutions Group. He retired from the U.S. Army following 24 years of active duty service culminating in assignment to the Pentagon in training program development. He subsequently worked as a contracts representative and manager in the Defense industry.

• Class 2: Thursday, January 17
  "The Roots of Domestic Terrorism"
  Special Agent Mike Anders
  SC Law Enforcement Division, Criminal Intelligence Section
  
  
• Class 3: Tuesday, January 22
  "Defining Terrorism: Rhetorical Club or Empirical Concept"
  Peter C. Sederberg, Ph.D.
  USC Professor of Political Science, Department of Government and International Studies
  Dean, South Carolina Honors College

  Dr. Sederberg is recognized nationally for his expertise on terrorism. He is the author of Fires Within: Political Violence and Revolutionary Change (1994);Terrorist Myths: Illusion, Rhetoric, and Reality (1989); and Nuclear Winter, Deterrence and the Prevention of Nuclear War (1986).

  Dr. Sederberg will also be lecturing in the class on Feb. 28th on "Terrorism: Challenge and Response."

• Class 4: Thursday, January 24
  "The Road to Oklahoma City: How Some Americans Have Come to Hate Their National Government"
  Dan T. Carter, Ph.D.
  USC's Educational Foundation Professor Of History

  Dr. Carter recently won an Emmy for the PBS documentary, "George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire," based on his book The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, The Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics (1995). He is writing a book on American terrorism, a phenomenon that began in the 1950s and climaxed with the Oklahoma bombing.

• Class 5: Tuesday, January 29
  "What Makes a Religious Fanatic?"
  Hal W. French, Ph.D.
  USC Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies

  Dr. French has lectured internationally. He has authored or edited several books on Asian religion, including A Study of Religious Fanaticism and Responses to It: Adversary Identity (1990). His newest book, Zen and the Art of Anything (1999), was selected by the journal Spirituality and Health as one of the fifty "Best Spiritual Books of 2001."

• Class 6: Thursday, January 31
  "Bioterrorism - Living in the A.D."
  Dan Drociuk, MT, MSPH
  Epidemiologist
  Head of Bioterrorism, Surveillance and Response Program
  SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)
  
  
• Class 7: Tuesday, February 5
  "Historical Dimensions of Islamist Extremism"
  Kenneth J. Perkins, Ph.D.
  USC Professor of History
  

  Dr. Perkins is a specialist in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Middle East and North Africa, with a particular interest in how people in the Arab world dealt with colonialism. He has written several books on this topic and has traveled throughout the Middle East and Africa. Dr. Perkins is currently working on a history of Tunisia since the 1880s, as well as a history of the impact of western tourism on North Africa from the 1870s to World War II.

  Suggested Reading: Karen Armstrong, Islam: A Short History (2000), especially Chapter 5, pp. 141 - 187.

• Class 8: Thursday, February 7
  "Information Systems as a Counterterrorism Tool"
  Joseph E. Johnson, Ph.D.
  USC Associate Professor of Physics

  Dr. Johnson, director of USC's new Counterterrorism course, has long had an interest in preparedness for terrorist attacks and other emergencies. His company developed a computer system to manage information and response during emergency incidents, used by the S.C. Emergency Preparedness Division. Currently he is researching attacks on computer networks and methods to improve security through Department of Defense grants. He leads two groups at the university involved in this research and other software development projects.

• Class 9: Tuesday, February 12
  "Mapping the Terrorist Threat"
  Susan L. Cutter, Ph.D.
  USC Carolina Distinguished Professor of Geography
  

  Dr. Cutter is a nationally recognized scholar and advisor in the hazards field. She directs the Hazards Research Lab at USC, a center that integrates geographical information processing techniques with hazards analysis and management. She has co-founded an interdisciplinary journal, Environmental Hazards, and has authored many books and articles in this field. Her most recent book, American Hazardscapes (2001), chronicles the increasing frequency of disaster events in the United States.
  

• Class 10: Thursday, February 14
  "Infrastructure Protection"
  Special Agent Mike Sineath
  Federal Bureau of Investigation
  
  
• Class 11: Tuesday, February 19
  "Chemical Warfare: History, Chemistry, and Detection"
  Stephen L. Morgan, Ph.D.
  USC Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

  Dr. Morgan’s research interests include development of rapid methods of analysis using chromatography and mass spectrometry and the application of statistics to chemistry. Dr. Morgan has authored more than 100 publications and four books. He is currently collaborating with researchers at the Forensic Science Research & Training Center of the FBI Academy (Quantico, VA), and with the SC State Law Enforcement Division Forensic Laboratory, to improve the speed and reliability of forensic analytical methods. More information can be found on his web pages at http://www.chem.sc.edu/faculty/morgan.

  Suggested Reading: http://www.chem.sc.edu/faculty/morgan/cw/index.html
  

• Class 12: Thursday, February 21
  "State of the State—Background, Current Status, and Future of South Carolina's Preparedness for a Terrorist Incident"
  James Davis, Ph.D.
  Chief, Critical Incident Management Group
  S.C. Emergency Preparedness Division (SCEPD)
  

  Dr. Davis brings both field emergency service experience and technical expertise to prepare South Carolina for large-scale terrorist incidents. As Chief of SCEPD's Critical Incident Management Group, he develops plans and procedures to be used in catastrophic casualty events. He has advanced degrees in Microbiology and Immunology and more than 20 years experience in State and Federal emergency services.

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• Class 13: Tuesday, February 26
  "Infrastructure Protection" (continuation of Class 10 lecture)
  Special Agent Mike Sineath
  Federal Bureau of Investigation
  There will be an exam in class today.
  
  
• Class 14: Thursday, February 28
  "Challenge & Response"
  Peter C. Sederberg, Ph.D.
  USC Professor of Political Science, Department of Government and International Studies
  Dean, South Carolina Honors College

  Please see Dr. Sederberg's listing for the Class 3 lecture.

• Class 15: Tuesday, March 5
  "The Armed Services"
  USC Professors of Military Science from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force
  

  Colonel Christopher M. Campbell, U.S. Air Force, is USC Professor of Aerospace Studies and Commander of Detachment 775, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps. He is a command pilot with more than 2,400 hours flight time in tactical fighter aircraft and has served in key staff positions at squadron and theater level.

  Captain Richard L. Dick, U.S. Navy, is USC Professor of Naval Science and Commander of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Unit at the University. He is a career rotary wing pilot with assignments to various Naval air commands and has served in key staff assignments at squadron level and with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

• Class 16: Thursday, March 7
  "The Federal Response Plan"
  Representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Secret Service, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF)

Spring Break: No class on March 12 and 14

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• Class 17: Tuesday, March 19
  "Terrorist Warfare"
  James Motley, COL USA (Ret.)
  

  Colonel Motley is an academic, government, and private consultant specializing in political-military affairs, arms control, counterterrorism, low intensity conflict, and intelligence, with a current interest in weapons proliferation and the Third World. He has directed assessments for national security and public policy issues. His numerous publications include Beyond the Soviet Threat: The U.S. Army in a Post-Cold War Environment (1991).

• Class 18: Thursday, March 21
  "Public Health and Service Providers in Crisis Response"
  Charles E. Feigley, Ph.D.
  USC Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
  

  Dr. Feigley's career has been devoted to evaluating and controlling human exposure to hazardous environmental agents. His teaching and research have focused on industrial hygiene, air pollution, and exposure assessment.

• Class 19: Tuesday, March 26
  "The State Law Enforcement Role in Counterterrorism"
  Robert M. Stewart
  Chief, S.C. Law Enforcement Division
  

  Chief Stewart oversees all law enforcement activities at the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED), including its counterterrorism effort. He also represents SLED on Governor Hodge's Homeland Security Council.
  

• Class 20: Thursday, March 28
  "Nuclear Concerns in a Terrorist Environment"
  Courtney E. Apperson, Ph.D. and Matthew Lewis, MAJ USA
  Westinghouse Safety Management Solutions (WSMS)
  

  Dr. Apperson, Senior Principal with WSMS, provides program management for criticality safety, radiological engineering, and pharmaceutical projects. He has 29 years' experience in applied research and analysis in nuclear criticality safety, nuclear reactor physics, radiation transport, and nuclear engineering, and has been responsible for the safety of plutonium and uranium in a variety of physical forms.

  Major Lewis, a Nuclear Research and Operations Officer for WSMS through a U.S. Army program, has advanced degrees in Nuclear Physics and has served in numerous positions as a commander and nuclear weapons effects analyst. His next assignment is the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in Washington, DC.

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• Class 21: Tuesday, April 2
  Student Presentations
  
  
• Class 22: Thursday, April 4
  "Roles of the Intelligence Community & Intelligence Analysis in Counterterrorism"
  Matthew R. DeZee, Ph.D.
  Chief Information Officer, Office of the State CIO
  

  Dr. DeZee directs the S.C. Office of the State CIO, which manages statewide information technology plans and operations. He is a former director of the Agency Technology Services division of the Central Intelligence Agency.

• Class 23: Tuesday, April 9
  "International Treaties, Conventions, and Military Justice"
  Craig Mason, CPT USA
  Fort Jackson Office of the Judge Advocate General
  There will be an exam in class today.
  

  Captain Mason is a military lawyer in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps. Assigned as a Military Magistrate, he ensures proper conduct and discipline according to the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, military laws authorized by Congress and executed by the President.

• Class 24: Thursday, April 11
  "Cybersecurity: Pay Now or Pay Later"
  Duncan A. Buell, Ph.D.
  USC Professor of Computer Science
  Chair, Department of Computer Science and Engineering
  Director, South Carolina Information Technology Institute
  

  Dr. Buell's research focuses on computational problems and computer architectures. From 1986-2000, he was a member of the research staff at the Center for Computing Sciences of the Institute of Defense Analyses. As director of the S.C. Information Technology Institute, he is involved in several research initiatives at USC, including a project in computer security.

• Class 25: Tuesday, April 16
  "The Media"
  Larry Audas
  News Director, WLTX-TV
  
  
• Class 26: Thursday, April 18
  "The Economy"
  Douglas P. Woodward, Ph.D.
  USC Associate Professor of Economics
  Director, Division of Research, Moore School of Business
  

  Dr. Woodward, chief economist at USC, is an expert in domestic and global economies, globalization, and foreign investment.

  The PowerPoint slides from this lecture are available online at http://research.moore.sc.edu. Click on the link labeled "Economics of Terrorism" to download the presentation.
  
  
• Class 27: Tuesday, April 23
  "Terrorism and the Constitution"
  William S. McAninch, LL.M.
  USC Solomon Blatt Professor of Law
  

  Professor McAninch played a prominent role in the shaping of the S.C. Legislature's homeland security legislation as an advisor to select legislative committees. He also shares his knowledge of Constitutional law through an opinion article and comments published in The State newspaper. Professor McAninch has a distinguished teaching career in criminal and Constitutional law and is the author or co-author of three books on criminal law. Other professional experiences, including serving as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and as a member of the national board of directors for the American Civil Liberties Union, give him a unique perspective on legal issues in the war on terrorism.

• Class 28: Thursday, April 25
  "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder"
  Clyde H. Flanagan Jr., M.D.
  USC Professor of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine
  Director, Division of Psychoanalysis, University Specialty Clinics
  

  Dr. Flanagan is a psychiatrist and expert in post-traumatic stress disorder. His expertise provides perspective on the September 11 terrorist attacks and their effects on Americans months afterward. He has published and lectured on the topics of abuse and grief in coping with loss. In addition to his USC faculty position, Dr. Flanagan's career includes distinguished positions in psychiatry for the U.S. Army Medical Corps, from which he retired in the rank of Colonel after twenty-three years.

• Class 29: Tuesday, April 30
  Class Wrap-up
  Dodge Frederick and John Johnson

 

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