{"id":2,"date":"2010-05-26T00:37:48","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T00:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:33:30","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JForest-BW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-405 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 3px; border: 0px none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JForest-BW-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JForest-BW-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JForest-BW-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JForest-BW.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/a><strong>James J.F. Forest, Ph.D.<\/strong> is a Professor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uml.edu\/fahss\/criminal-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">School of Criminology and Justice Studies<\/span><\/a> at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is also a Visiting Professor at the <a href=\"http:\/\/fletcher.tufts.edu\/ISSP\/Faculty\/Forest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Fletcher School of Law &amp; Diplomacy<\/span><\/a> at Tufts University, and Editor-in-Chief of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/ftpv20\/about-this-journal#editorial-board\">Terrorism &amp; Political Violence<\/a>, an internationally-acclaimed journal of peer-reviewed scholarly analysis. Dr. Forest has published over <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/James-JF-Forest\/e\/B000APG69Y\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20 books<\/a><\/span> on terrorism, counterterrorism, influence warfare, weapons of mass destruction, homeland security and other topics. You can follow him on social media:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>X: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JJFForest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/X.com\/JJFForest<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>BlueSky: <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jjfforest.bsky.social\">https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/jjfforest.bsky.social<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CTProfessor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CTProfessor<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jjfforest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jjfforest\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dr. Forest is the former Director of Terrorism Studies at the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usma.edu\/SitePages\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States Military Academy<\/a><\/span>, and the recipient of several Department of the Army civilian service awards. During his tenure at West Point (2001-2010) he taught courses on international relations, terrorism, counterterrorism, information warfare, comparative politics and sub-Saharan Africa. He also directed a series of research initiatives and education programs for the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctc.usma.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Combating <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctc.usma.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terr<\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ctc.usma.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">orism Center at West Point<\/span><\/a> (CTC), covering topics such as terrorist recruitment, training, and organizational knowledge transfer. For much of this time, BG (ret.) Russell Howard was the Director of the CTC, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qd5P9r7X1Uw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">General (ret.) Wayne Downing<\/span><\/a> was the Center&#8217;s Distinguished Chair. Later, BG (ret.) Michael Meese was the CTC Director, and General (ret.) John Abizaid was the Distinguished Chair. Dr. Forest also served as an assistant dean at West Point, under BG (ret.) Daniel Kaufman. He also served (2010-2019) as a Senior Fellow at the <a title=\"New book: The Terrorism Lectures\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socom.mil\/JSOU\/Pages\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">U.S. Joint Special Operations <\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"New book: The Terrorism Lectures\" href=\"https:\/\/jsou.socom.mil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University<\/a><\/span>, and authored several research reports on terrorist groups in Africa (JSOU Monographs #12-5, #14-1, and #14-4).<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Forest is an editorial board member of several journals, including <em>Terrorism and Political Violence<\/em>, the <em>Journal of Strategic Security<\/em>, and the <em>Journal of Transportation Security,<\/em> and has published\u00c2\u00a0dozens of articles in journals such as <em>Terrorism and Political Violence,<\/em> <em>Contemporary Security Policy,<\/em> <em>Crime and Delinquency,<\/em> the <em>Journal of Strategic Security<\/em>, the <em>Cambridge Review of International Affairs,<\/em> the <em>Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, <\/em>the <em>Journal of Political Science Education,<\/em> and <em>Democracy and Security<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Over the past 20 years he has given talks at the FBI Academy (Quantico), the National Defense Intelligence University, the DoD&#8217;s Marshall Center (Germany), the NATO Center of Excellent on Counterterrorism (Turkey), the Asia Pacific Center for Strategic Studies, SOCOM, Joint Forces Staff College, The JFK School for Special Warfare (Ft. Bragg, NC) and several other military bases, National Defense University and dozens of colleges and universities. He has also consulted on counterterrorism strategies, research projects, and training initiatives, and has testified as a subject matter expert for terrorism-related court trials and for committee hearings of the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Forest received his graduate degrees from Stanford University and Boston College, and undergraduate degrees from Georgetown University and De Anza College. He was born and raised in Idaho, and lives in New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p>Download a one-page printable Bio (PDF): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Forest-Bio-2026.pdf\">Forest Bio 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or for a longer version you can download the complete <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JForest-CV-2026.pdf\">JForest CV 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contact info:\u00a0 <strong>Dr. James J.F. Forest, School of Criminology and Justice Studies, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 113 Wilder St., Suite 400, Lowell, MA 01854-3060<\/strong>.\u00a0 Tel: +1-978-934-4773 \/ Email: james_forest at uml.edu<\/p>\n<p>Social Media (LinkedIn, X, BlueSky, Threads, etc.): @jjfforest<\/p>\n<h6>Photo above by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adrienbisson.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adrien Bisson Photography<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3>Photo Gallery<\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Viola-event.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Viola-event-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-190\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-190'>\n\t\t\t\tJames Forest, Vincent Viola and Jarret Brachman\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/SASC-Hearing-JF2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/SASC-Hearing-JF2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18'>\n\t\t\t\tCongressional Testimony 2010\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Paul-James-Alex.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Paul-James-Alex-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-187\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-187'>\n\t\t\t\tPaul Wilkinson, James Forest and Alex Schmid\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Nigeria1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Nigeria1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Working in Nigeria on my Boko Haram project\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-259\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-259'>\n\t\t\t\tIn Nigeria for Boko Haram project\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/MLevitt_JF_SoRourke.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/MLevitt_JF_SoRourke-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-189\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-189'>\n\t\t\t\tMatt Levitt, James Forest, Simon O&#8217;Rourke\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Koppel_interview1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Koppel_interview1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-17\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-17'>\n\t\t\t\tJames Forest, Bruce Hoffman, Ted Koppel\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JP_JF_2012.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JP_JF_2012-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-256\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-256'>\n\t\t\t\tIn my office with John Prendergast\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JF-Ug13.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JF-Ug13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JF-Ug13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JF-Ug13-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JF-Ug13.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-289'>\n\t\t\t\tIn Uganda for C\/LRA project\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JF-JB-2013.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/JF-JB-2013-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-288\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-288'>\n\t\t\t\tAt ISA with Jarret Brachman\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Fox-news-interview.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Fox-news-interview-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-188\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-188'>\n\t\t\t\tFox News debate about bin Laden photos\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3ED3-WWE-JamesForest.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/3ED3-WWE-JamesForest-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-300\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-300'>\n\t\t\t\tCNBC interview about Boston\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Fox25-JF1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Fox25-JF1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-310\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-310'>\n\t\t\t\tFox News Oct 2012\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Kudlow.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Kudlow-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-301\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-301'>\n\t\t\t\tCNBC interview #2 about Boston\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/CBS-JF1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/CBS-JF1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-309\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-309'>\n\t\t\t\tCBS Evening News 4\/28\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cnbc-apr22-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/cnbc-apr22-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-304\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-304'>\n\t\t\t\tCNBC interview #3 about Boston\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arise-JF2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Arise-JF2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/CTSS_Sept24.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/CTSS_Sept24-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-330\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-330'>\n\t\t\t\tCTSS Launch: John Horgan, Mia Bloom, Roger Cressey, Me, Joshua Dyck, John Kaag, Bryan Carter\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JF-Editor-BW-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JF-Editor-BW-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JF-Editor-BW-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JF-Editor-BW-720x720.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-713'>\n\t\t\t\tEven on vacation . . .\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James J.F. Forest, Ph.D. is a Professor in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Fletcher School of Law &amp; Diplomacy at Tufts University, and Editor-in-Chief of Terrorism &amp; Political Violence, an internationally-acclaimed journal of peer-reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/about\/\" class=\"btn btn-link continue-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jamesforest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}