Austin Doctor
- Director of Strategic Initiatives
- NCITE
- Assistant Professor, Political Science
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Bio
Austin Doctor is a political scientist at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the director of strategic initiatives at the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE), a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence. He has held additional appointments as a non-resident fellow with the Modern War Institute at the United States Military Academy at West Point, as well as the National Strategic Research Institute, a Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Center. Doctor earned his Ph.D. from the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia.Doctor’s expertise lies in the fields of national and homeland security with more than a decade of experience in the study of emerging threats, domestic and international terrorism, irregular warfare, and violent non-state actors. In addition to advanced quantitative data analysis, he conducts fieldwork in fragile and hostile environments with experience in Africa and the Middle East. He has been awarded more than $6 million in externally funded research projects in close collaboration with partners across federal law enforcement, the U.S. military, and the U.S. intelligence community.
His research is published in Terrorism and Political Violence, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Studies Quarterly, Civil Wars, Parameters, the CTC Sentinel, and other leading peer-reviewed academic journals. His work is also featured in a number of media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Lawfare, The Conversation, War on the Rocks, and the Washington Post. As a faculty member, he teaches courses in national security, terrorism, global security, and international affairs.
Research Interests
Emerging threats, domestic and international terrorism, irregular warfare, and violent non-state actorsEducation
B.A., History; Covenant College
Ph.D., Political Science and International Affairs; University of Georgia
Selected Publications
The Coercive Logic of Militant Drone Use, US Army War College Quarterly, 2021
The Future of Terrorist Use of Improvised Explosive Devices: Getting in Front of an Evolving Threat, CTC Sentinel, 2023
Militant Leadership and Terrorism in Armed Conflict, Terrorism and Political Violence, 2023
Fighters, Rebel Command Structure, and Civilian Targeting in Civil War, Terrorism and Political Violence, 2020
Additional Information
Bio
Austin Doctor is a political scientist at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the director of strategic initiatives at the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE), a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence. He has held additional appointments as a non-resident fellow with the Modern War Institute at the United States Military Academy at West Point, as well as the National Strategic Research Institute, a Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Center. Doctor earned his Ph.D. from the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia.Doctor’s expertise lies in the fields of national and homeland security with more than a decade of experience in the study of emerging threats, domestic and international terrorism, irregular warfare, and violent non-state actors. In addition to advanced quantitative data analysis, he conducts fieldwork in fragile and hostile environments with experience in Africa and the Middle East. He has been awarded more than $6 million in externally funded research projects in close collaboration with partners across federal law enforcement, the U.S. military, and the U.S. intelligence community.
His research is published in Terrorism and Political Violence, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Studies Quarterly, Civil Wars, Parameters, the CTC Sentinel, and other leading peer-reviewed academic journals. His work is also featured in a number of media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Lawfare, The Conversation, War on the Rocks, and the Washington Post. As a faculty member, he teaches courses in national security, terrorism, global security, and international affairs.
Research Interests
Emerging threats, domestic and international terrorism, irregular warfare, and violent non-state actorsEducation
B.A., History; Covenant College
Ph.D., Political Science and International Affairs; University of Georgia
Selected Publications
The Coercive Logic of Militant Drone Use, US Army War College Quarterly, 2021
The Future of Terrorist Use of Improvised Explosive Devices: Getting in Front of an Evolving Threat, CTC Sentinel, 2023
Militant Leadership and Terrorism in Armed Conflict, Terrorism and Political Violence, 2023
Fighters, Rebel Command Structure, and Civilian Targeting in Civil War, Terrorism and Political Violence, 2020