The Art of Attribution
Lecture/presentation. Noel Yucuis This lesson helps students work through the pitfalls of summarizing, quoting, and paraphrasing, which often lead to inadvertent plagiarism.
CHDS Master’s Theses: June 2019 Graduation
The Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School graduates students with a Masters degree in Security Studies every March, September and December (with occasional June graduates). Find all 900+ theses...
The Human-Machine Interface: Promise and Peril
Play the audio: The human-machine interface found in today’s complex machines introduces unprecedented opportunities for promise and peril. Jackie Lindsey (Masters 1601), currently the Cabinet Secretary at the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security...
FEMA PrepTalks: Building a Mission-Driven Culture
Brian Fennessy is the Fire Chief of the Orange County Fire Authority in California. This position is his latest of many executive leadership and management experiences in both the wildland fire and metropolitan fire service. In his...
Out of the Classroom – Putting the Lean Startup Model into Practice
In this episode of Out of the Classroom, NPS-CHDS master’s program participant from cohort 1803/1804 Ryan Monaghan discusses how a project from his Strategic Planning course was implemented by his agency. Monaghan is...
In-Focus at the HSDL: Current Issues in Homeland Security
Each HSDL In Focus brings together short lists of resources in the HSDL collection that are highly relevant to current events. Recent lists include: Extreme Heat, Violence against Indigenous Peoples, Soft Targets for Terrorism,...
FEMA PrepTalks: Storytelling to Promote Action
The Big One: Your Survival Guide is a nine-episode podcast series released in early 2019. The Big One Podcast Team includes host, Jacob Margolis; producers, Arwen Champion Nicks and Misha Euceph; and editor, Megan Garvey. They...
FEMA PrepTalks: Visual + Effective Communication for Emergency Information
Claudine Jaenichen is an information designer specializing in the relationship between design and cognition. In her PrepTalk, Jaenichen describes the cognitive biases that impede our ability to make the right decision when confronted with...
Ep 13: An Origin Story with Andy Mitchell
Listen to audio: Many of our episodes have featured those leaders of today and visionaries of tomorrow, but in this episode, we’re having a conversation with one of yesterday’s pioneers, Mr. Andy Mitchell. But...
Homeland Security Affairs – May Issue
The May 2019 Issue of Homeland Security Affairs features an essay which examines shortcomings in FEMA’s ability to manage civil defense and wartime defense mobilization missions which could seriously hinder the ability of the...
Social Identity Theory and Intergroup Conflict in Israel/Palestine
In this NPS-CHDS Viewpoints, NPS-CHDS master’s graduate Stephen Felty, discusses his Master’s thesis, Social Identity Theory and Intergroup Conflict in Israel/Palestine. Intergroup dynamics have been a central vector in long-lasting identity conflicts around the...
The Effects of Climate Change on Homeland Security
In this NPS-CHDS Viewpoints, CHDS alumni Dr. Michael Larranaga and Dr. John Comiskey discuss the results of their examination of the potential threats that climate change could have on the nation’s homeland security...
21st Century Crime: How Malicious Artificial Intelligence Will Impact Homeland Security
In this NPS-CHDS Viewpoints, NPS-CHDS master’s graduate Kevin Peters discusses his Master’s thesis, 21st Century Crime: How Malicious Artificial Intelligence Will Impact Homeland Security. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a field of research with the...
Information Laundering
Play the audio: How is it that fringe stories and counterfeit narratives get traction, enter mainstream media, and are accepted as fact? Intelligence expert Samantha Korta (Masters 1605/1606 aka 1611) studied information laundering to...
CHDS Booklist
Full book list for every course These are some of the text books assigned to Master’s students at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security in 2015-2017 courses. See the list for all current courses:...
Punching above Their Weight: The Homeland Security Contributions of the U.S. Pacific Territories
In this NPS-CHDS Viewpoints, NPS-CHDS master’s graduate Colby Stanton, discusses her Master’s thesis, Punching above Their Weight: The Homeland Security Contributions of the U.S. Pacific Territories. While the U.S. Pacific territories were brought into...
Ep 12: FEMA Building a Culture of Preparedness
Listen to audio: In today’s episode, I had the opportunity to speak with the Director of FEMA’s National Integration Center, Mr. Dan Alexander. Our conversation centered on the direction and changes that have been...
How to Organize an Effective Academic Paper
Lecture/presentation — video. Marianne Taflinger Do you wonder where to start when sitting down to write your first paper in homeland security? This course teaches you how to write the introduction, body, and conclusion...
Unbounded Risk
Play the audio: Providing perfect security in an era of unbounded risk is impossible. In my interview with Jack Anderson (Masters 1401), we talk about caribou scapula divination among Canadian nomadic tribes, jazz standards,...
Annotated Worldwide Threat Assessment 2019
The Worldwide Threat Assessment has been presented to Congress annually by the Director of National Intelligence; and before that office was created, it was presented by the CIA Director in his position as...
Grad Skills
Resources to help improve your reading, writing, thinking, learning, and research skills.
Homeland Security @ medium.com
Medium.com/Homeland-Security is an App Store of Homeland Security Ideas. CHDS participants are publishing new stories every few weeks. Edited by Rodrigo Nieto Gomez
K-12 School Shooting Database
A database which contains each and every instance a gun is brandished, is fired, or a bullet hits school property for any reason, regardless of the number of victims, time, day of the week,...
Timeline of Homeland Security Events and Milestones
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) has resleased a new timeline. This timeline includes a variety of events and milestones related to homeland security and emergency management. New events will be considered and added as...
FEMA PrepTalks: Youth Safety
Leaders and experts in school safety, youth safety and preparedness came together in summer 2018 to talk about Rethinking School Safety, Safety is Personal: Lessons Learned as a Survivor of the Virginia Tech Tragedy,...
The Syrian Refugee Crisis
Dr. Anne Marie Baylouny, Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School and an expert in the Middle East, Refugees, Islam, and Social Welfare, talks about the Syrian refugee crisis in this four part series....
HSx Collection: Advanced Thinking in Homeland Security
A collection of presentations and resource lists across a broad range of topics and categorized into Homeland Security and Core Competencies. Topics include Machine Learning, Drought, Aging Infrastructure, Terrorism & Transnational Criminal Organizations, Challenges in Infrastructure Funding, Asymmetric...
Critical Infrastructure Higher Education Initiative
The Critical Infrastructure Higher Education Initiative (CI HEI) was a highly successful five year partnership between the Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (CIP/HS) at George Mason University and the U.S. Department of...
Featured Topics in Terrorism
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) has updated its Featured Topics in Terrorism to include: Domestic (U.S.) Terrorism Global Terrorism Active Shooters Lone Wolf Terrorism Suicide Bombers HSDL Featured Topics are a curated collection of...
Self-Study Course: Social Network Analysis
Course — website/web application. Developed in conjunction with Sean Everton, Co-Director and Michael Aspland, Faculty Associate for Research at the CORE Lab in the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School This course is...
Self-Study Course: The Global Jihadi Threat
Course — website/web application. Nadav Morag. [Updated Dec 2016] Islam is a faith of richness and complexity that has manifested itself over time in a broad variety of ways. Unfortunately, it is also used...
FEMA PrepTalks: Forging Resilient Community Through Imperfect Relentless Progress
Sonoma County Supervisor James Gore shares his experience supporting his community in the aftermath of the 2017 Tubb’s Fire in Sonoma County. “Everything is different, every priority that was before is off the table,”...
CHDS Master’s Theses: March 2019 Graduation
The Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Postgraduate School graduates students with a Master’s degree in Security Studies every March, September and December (with occasional June graduates). Find all 900+ theses...
FEMA PrepTalks: Using Complex Adaptive Systems Thinking to Understand Community Interdependencies
Dr. “Chick” Macal’s PrepTalk “Using Complex Adaptive Systems Thinking to Understand Community Interdependencies,” urges emergency managers to apply the principles of systems thinking to their work in preparedness and response. “We find that what...