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