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NCITE Welcomes Three Research-to-Practice Fellows

NCITE is bringing on three research-to-practice (R2P) fellows to ensure its research is relevant and ready for government partners.

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Members of the R2P team, from left to right: Russ Porter, Jenna Hopkins, and Matt Wein.

NCITE is bringing on three research-to-practice (R2P) fellows to ensure its research is relevant and ready for government partners.

Modeled after positions at NCITE’s peer center, the Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) in the U.K., the NCITE R2Ps will work directly with NCITE’s researchers and scientific review team to translate findings for government audiences. R2Ps are experts in taking highly technical literature and identifying policy implications and individuals positioned to implement findings.

“I am thrilled to have found these experts to shepherd our research into practice,” said NCITE Director Gina Ligon, Ph.D. “As NCITE has matured, so too has the need to have partners who can find the best stakeholders to guide our work to transition into policy and practice.”

NCITE R2Ps

Russ Porter served as a director at the Iowa Department of Public Safety before working for more than a dozen years in various executive roles at the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). He’s advised and helped develop programs for the DNI, the Attorney General of the United States, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and countless other senior executives and organizations across all levels of government.
Jenna Hopkins is a national security expert with a decade of experience in policy, research, and strategic communications across nonprofits, government, and academia, including serving as a professional staff member on homeland security-focused committees within the U.S. Congress. She holds a master’s degree in Terrorism, Security & Society from the War Studies Department at King’s College London.
Matthew Wein worked at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in the private sector, and as a congressional staffer on national security issues. As an international expert in the government application of emerging technology, Wein has worked with partners from Afghanistan, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and others.