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Biography:

Russell Lundberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Security Studies at Sam Houston State University. He received his PhD in policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School where he was awarded the 2011-2012 Harold Brown fellowship from RAND's Center for Global Risk and Security. Prior to joining RAND, he worked for the U.S Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General and contributed to several reports, including the Hurricane Katrina review that won an Award for Excellence from the President's Council for Integrity and Efficiency. As a policy analyst, he has contributed to projects on risk and the perception of risk, aviation and postal security effectiveness, analyses of terrorist events, the link between crime and drugs, law enforcement intelligence, and corrections.