EDUCATION

• Ph.D. - London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), 1997 – 2000
• M.A. - University of Southern California (USC), 1994 – 1996
• B.A. - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1990 – 1993

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Associate Professor, Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, 2008
• Visiting Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2002 – 2007
  • Islam and World Politics
  • Politics of Middle East
  • Terrorism and Political Violence
  • Religion and Politics
  • Arab-Israeli Conflict
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California, 1996-1997
• Director of Speech & Debate, Polytechnic School in Pasadena, CA, 1996-1997

PUBLICATIONS

Books

• Suicide Bombers in Iraq: The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom (Washington, DC: The United States Institute of Peace, 2007)
• Manufacturing Human Bombs: The Making of Palestinian Suicide Bombers (Washington, DC: The United States Institute of Peace, 2006)
• Why Muslims Rebel: Repression and Resistance in the Islamic World (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2003)

Book Chapters

• “Radical Islam” in Robert Wuthnow, ed. Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, 2nd ed. (Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2006)
• “Moral Agents, Immoral Violence: Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement in Palestinian Suicide Terrorism,” Jeffrey Victoroff, ed. Tangled Roots: Social and Psychological Factors in the Genesis of Terrorism (Amsterdam, Netherlands: IOS Press, 2006)
• “Dying to be Martyrs: The Symbolic Dimension of Suicide Terrorism” in Ami Pedahzur, ed. Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism: The Globalization of Martyrdom (NY and Oxford: Routledge, 2006)
• “Political Repression and Violent Rebellion in the Muslim World” in James JF Forest, ed. The Making of a Terrorist: Recruitment, Training, and Root Causes (Westport, CT: Greenwood/Praeger: 2005)
• “A Tragedy of Errors: Thwarted Democratization and Islamist Violence in Algeria” in William Crotty, ed. Democratic Development and Political Terrorism (Northeastern University Press, 2005)
• “From Marginalization to Massacres: Explaining GIA Violence in Algeria” in Qunitan Wiktorowicz, ed. Islamic Activism: A Social Movement Theory Approach (Indiana University Press, 2004)
• “Violence as Contention in the Egyptian Islamic Movement” (co-authored with Quintan Wiktorowicz) in Islamic Activism: A Social Movement Theory Approach (Indiana University Press, 2004)

Journal Articles

• “Martyrdom Mythology in Iraq: How Jihadists Frame Suicide Terrorism in Videos and Biographies” Terrorism and Political Violence 19 (Spring 2007), pp. 95-115
• “Suicide Terrorism in Iraq: A Preliminary Assessment of the Quantitative Data and Documentary Evidence” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 29, 8 (December 2006), pp. 591-619
• “Do Targeted Assassinations Work? A Multivariate Analysis of Israel's Controversial Tactic during Al-Aqsa Uprising” (co-authored with Joseph M Hatfield) Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 29, 4 (June 2006), pp. 359-382
• “Rationality, Culture, and Structure in the Making of Suicide Bombers: A Preliminary Theoretical Synthesis and Illustrative Case Study” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 29, 2 (March-April 2006), pp. 165-185
• “Armed Islamist Movements and Political Violence in Algeria” Middle East Journal 54 (Autumn 2000), pp. 572-591
• “Explaining the Origins of Islamic Resurgence: Islamic Revivalism in Egypt and Indonesia” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies 22, 3 (Fall 1997)

MEDIA APPEARANCES

• C-SPAN TV, "Center for American Progress discusses Suicide Terrorism," August 25, 2005.
• NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, "The Suicide Bomber," November 14, 2005.
• NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, "Iraq: On the Brink of Civil War," March 7, 2006.
• NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, "Checking Up on Iraq," April 26, 2006.
• NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, "U.S., Iraqi Leaders Hail al-Zarqawi Death," June 8, 2006.
• MSNBC, "Terrorists in Drag," August 18, 2006.
• KCPW Midday Metro (Salt Lake City), "Myth of Martyrdom," September 5, 2006.
• NPR All Things Considered, "Experts Question Connection of Two Al-Qaidas," March 26, 2007.
• NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, "Suicide Bombers Span World, Classes of Potential Terrorists," April 13, 2007.
• C-SPAN TV, "U.S. Institute of Peace Panel Discussion on Suicide Bombers," July 10, 2007.
• NPR Day to Day, "Iraq Leads in Rate of Suicide Bombings," July 20, 2007.
• NPR Fresh Air, "Suicide Bombers in Iraq," July 23, 2007.
• ABC News, "What Suicide Bombers Think," August 1, 2007.
• NPR Radio Times (Philadelphia), "Suicide Bombers in Iraq," August 28, 2007.
• NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, "New Bin Laden Video Released Ahead of 9/11 Anniversary," September 7, 2007.