Samuel Hunter, Ph.D.
Regents-Foundation Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Head of Strategic Initiatives - NCITE
Sam Hunter is an expert in counterterrorism and prevention with an emphasis industrial and organizational psychology.
Biography
Sam Hunter, Ph.D., Regents-Foundation Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, is an expert in leadership and innovation, exploring their positive and negative applications.
He is Director of Academic Research at the National Counterterrorism, Innovation, Education and Technology (NCITE) Center at UNO.
His research, funded by entities like the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has been featured in Fortune, Fast Company, and The Washington Post.
He has published over 120 peer-reviewed works and consulted organizations like the Johnson & Johnson, Epic Games, and Lockheed Martin.
He is a fellow at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and the National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI).
In the News
“’Why Omaha?’: DHS bets on Nebraska as the future of terrorism research” - The Washington Post
“Human nature can steer people away from new things – and that can blind them to novel threat” - The Conversation
“UNO team considers how 'Metaverse' tech could be used by terrorists; heads to D.C. to share findings” - KMTV
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