Undergraduate Assistants

Shamus Brennan will graduate from The College of William and Mary in May 2006 with a B.A. in (both) International Relations and Public Policy. His interests include nationalism, political violence, and crisis simulation.

Suzan Edwards will graduate from The College of William and Mary in May 2006 with a B.A. in (both) Government and Philosophy. Her interests include public affairs, international politics, political ideologies, and conflict resolution.


Program Directors

Gregory’s Bio:

Gregory is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of William & Mary. He earned BAs (1996) in Political Science and History from the University of California, Los Angeles, and began studying terrorism as a graduate student at the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where he received an MA (1998) in Security Policy Studies with a minor in Political Violence and Terrorism. During the Fall 2001 quarter he began teaching courses on terrorism at the Ohio State University, where he earned an MA (2000) and Ph.D. (2004) in Political Science.

Gregory regularly teaches courses in International Security, Terrorism, and National Security Policy. He has published in Security Studies and currently has one terrorism article under review and a second terrorism-project underway.


Stephen’s Bio:

Effective May 2005, Stephen will be an assistant professor in the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia. Before that, he was Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of William & Mary. He earned his BA (1997) from the University of Georgia and MS (2000) and Ph.D. (2003) degrees from Florida State University.

Stephen regularly teaches courses on political violence and terrorism, international politics, and research methods. He was also recently awarded a National Science Foundation grant to fund Project Civil Strive, which analyzes conflict-cooperation processes among domestic and transnational insurgent groups and governments in Southeast Asia. He is author of several articles in journals such as Journal of Conflict Resolution, Comparative Political Studies, International Interactions, Political Analysis, and Conflict Management and Peace Science.