Richard White, Ph.D.
Rick White is an Assistant
Research Professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. His Ph.D.
is in Engineering Security. He has published works on critical infrastructure
risk management. Rick’s interest in homeland security stems back to 9/11 when
he was teaching at the Air Force Academy and watched together with his cadets
as the hijacked aircraft crashed into the Twin Towers. A retired Air Force
officer, Rick has developed and taught homeland security courses for colleges,
universities, and various government agencies over the years. Other textbooks
include Homeland Defense: An Overview (Pearson 2007), Introduction to
Joint and Coalition Warfare (FastPlanet 2005), and United States
Military Power (FastPlanet 2004).
Tina Bynum , DM
Tina Bynum is the University
Program Director for the College of Security Studies at Colorado Technical
University where she develops and manages the curriculum for homeland security,
criminal justice, and public administration programs at the undergraduate,
graduate, and doctoral levels. She is an editorial review board member for the
Journal for Homeland Security Education and is a member of the International
Society for Preparedness, Resilience and Security (INSPRS). A retired
firefighter and emergency medical technician, Dr. Bynum also plays key roles in
local emergency planning and exercising under the Homeland Security Exercise
and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) protocols and teaches courses in criminal
justice, emergency and fire management services, public administration, and
homeland security. While serving as the Associate Director for the University
of Colorado's Trauma, Health and Hazards Center, she developed a peer support
program to build resilience and assist recovery from high-risk occupational
traumatic experiences that was implemented in local police and fire
departments. This program has gone on to serve the needs of military personnel
returning from combat. Dr. Bynum also co-authored The United States
Department of Homeland Security, An Overview (2Ed, 2010).
Stan Supinski, Ph.D.
Stan Supinski is the Deputy
Director of Partnership Programs and faculty member for the Naval Postgraduate
School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security. He has taught and directed
Homeland security courses for a variety of institutions, to include Long Island
University, the University of Denver and the University of Massachusetts. He
also founded and formerly directed the Homeland Security/Defense Education
Consortium on behalf of NORAD/US Northern Command. Dr. Supinski is a retired US
Air Force officer, having served as a professor of Russian at the US Air Force
Academy and as an intelligence officer in various locations worldwide.