Dr. Anne Speckhard - Advisor
Radicalization and Terrorism
Anne Speckhard, Ph.D. is Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry in
the School of Medicine, Georgetown University, and Director of the
International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE). Dr.
Speckhard has been working in the field of counter-terrorism and
psychology since the 1980’s and has extensive experience working in
Europe, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union. Dr. Speckhard has
interviewed over 500 terrorists, their family members and supporters in
various parts of the world including Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Gaza, West
Bank, Chechnya, and many countries in Western Europe. In 2007, she was
responsible for designing the psychological and Islamic challenge
aspects of the Detainee Rehabilitation Program in Iraq to be applied to
20,000 + detainees and 800 juveniles. She is a sought after
counter-terrorism expert and has consulted to NATO, OSCE, foreign
governments and to the U.S. Senate & House, Departments of State,
Defense, Justice, Homeland Security, Health & Human Services, CIA
and FBI and frequently appearing on CNN, BBC, NPR, Fox News, MSNBC, CTV,
and in Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, London Times and
many other publications. She frequently lectures on subjects related to
her books and research. She is the author of seven books including:
Talking to Terrorists: Understanding the Psycho-Social Motivations of
Militant Jihadi Terrorists, Mass Hostage Takers, Suicide Bombers and
“Martyrs”, Fetal Abduction: The True Story of Multiple Personalities and
Murder, Bride of ISIS, and co-author of ISIS Defectors: Inside Stories
of the Terrorist Caliphate, Undercover Jihadi: Inside the Toronto 18—Al
Qaeda Inspired, Homegrown Terrorism in the West and Warrior Princess: A
U.S. Navy SEAL’s Journey to Coming out Transgender. Website:
www.AnneSpeckhard.com and www.icsve.org