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Timothy Ward Nichols is a Visiting Professor of Practice at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. With a background as an intelligence officer in the Marine Corps spanning 21 years, he possesses extensive experience in special operations, intelligence, and counterterrorism. His overseas assignments have included deployments in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and various regions across the Middle East and Africa. Nichols has served as a Regional Affairs Officer for East Africa and played a pivotal role in directing a joint interagency task force aimed at tracking foreign extremists in Iraq. In addition to his military career, he has taught courses in Leadership, Ethics, and Management at Duke, UNC, and NC State for four years. Currently, he is also the Executive Director of the Counterterrorism Public Policy Fellowship Program and a Faculty Representative for the Master of National Security Policy Program. His research interests encompass policy analysis, intelligence, interagency coordination, national security, and homeland security with a focus on counterterrorism policy.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)