MAGERS NAMED ACADEMIC FELLOW BY POLICY INSTITUTE
Posted on April 12, 2012
Dr. Jeffrey Magers, an assistant professor in the
Professional Studies Department at California University of Pennsylvania, has
been named a 2012-2013 Academic Fellow by the Foundation
for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), a non-partisan policy institute
headquartered in Washington, D.C. Under the auspices of the
FDD, Magers will travel to Israel May 27 for an intensive course in terrorism
studies that focuses on how democracies can defeat the worldwide terrorist
threat. A former police officer and
member of the U.S. Army Military Police, Magers teaches in the Master of
Science in Legal Studies program, homeland security track, including courses in
homeland security, terrorism, intelligence practice and weapons of mass destruction.
He also teaches graduate courses in law and criminal conduct, law and police processes,
and criminal justice organization and management. The FDD Academic Fellows
program provides a 10-day learning experience for U.S.-based teaching and
research professionals to provide them with cutting-edge information about
defeating terrorist groups. The 2012 program, which will
be conducted at Tel Aviv University from May 27-June 6, includes lectures by
academics, military and intelligence officials, and diplomats from Israel,
Jordan, India and the United States. Participants also will visit police
agencies, customs and immigration facilities, military bases, and border zones
to learn the practical side of deterring and defeating terrorists. “Terrorism
is the greatest threat today to the world’s democracies, including the United
States and our allies around the globe,” said Clifford May, president of
FDD. “To win the war against terrorism, we must win the war of ideas by
promoting democracy and defeating the totalitarian ideologies that drive and
justify terrorism.”
