Newswise — The following faculty members from The University of Texas at Austin are available to the media for interviews concerning terrorism.
Robert Helmreich, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology
Helmreich is an expert in aviation psychology, human error in aviation and small group behavior. He is principal investigator of The University of Texas Human Factors Research Project.
Ami Pedahzur, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Government
Pedahzur is a terrorism expert and has closely studied suicide bombers. He is a senior fellow at the National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa, Israel and serves as an associate editor of the journal Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. Pedahzur has written several books on terrorism and violence in the Middle East, the most recent titled "Suicide Terrorism: Root Causes of the Culture of Death."
Michael Telch, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology
Telch is the director of the Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders and his areas of interest are in panic disorder, anxiety disorders, cognitive processes in fear reduction.
Eric Williamson, College of Engineering
Williamson is formulating design guidelines for making bridges more resistant to terrorist attacks.
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