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Master of Professional Studies in Homeland Security Webinar

March 24, 2021 / 11:00 am (EDT)12:00 pm (EDT)

Explore the diverse range of options you can study as part of Penn State World Campus’ Master of Homeland Security degree program. In this one-hour webinar you will hear from each of the program’s seven option leads, including those from public health preparedness, counterterrorism, geospatial intelligence and more. There will be time at the end of the webinar to ask your own questions, too. Make plans to join us!

Register for the webinar to learn about:

  • The benefits of choosing Penn State to continue your education
  • The Homeland Security master’s degree program options and graduate certificates
  • The program’s courses and curriculum
  • What to expect as an online student in the program
  • Important requirements and deadlines for anyone applying to the program
  • The application process and recommendations for next steps
  • Alexander Siedschlag, Ph.D.

    Alexander Siedschlag

    Program Chair

    Dr. Alexander Siedschlag is a professor of homeland security and chair of homeland security programs. His expertise includes comparative homeland security, security cultures, disaster and crisis management, scenario foresight, and NATO and European Union security policies.

  • Alison Shuler

    Alison Shuler

    Program and Internship Coordinator

    Master of Professional Studies in Homeland Security

  • Lesa Stanford

    Lesa Stanford

    Program Office Assistant

    Master of Professional Studies in Homeland Security

  • Robin Qiu

    Robin Qiu

    Professor

    Dr. Robin G. Qiu is a professor of information science at Penn State. His research includes smart service systems, IoT, big data, data/business analytics, information systems and integration, supply chain and industrial systems, and analytics.

  • Gretchen Kuldau

    Gretchen Kuldau

    Associate Professor

    Dr. Gretchen Kuldau's work focuses on understanding mycotoxin development in grain and forage crops, with an emphasis on Fusarium toxins. Her approaches include fungal molecular genetics, greenhouse, growth chamber and field studies, use of chromatography for mycotoxin analysis, and general microbiology. She teaches courses in agricultural biosecurity and co-teaches a General Education course on fungi, titled "The Fungal Jungle."

  • Andrew Vitek

    Andrew Vitek

    Assistant Teaching Professor

    Dr. Andrew Vitek is the director of the Counterterrorism Option and an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Political Science. His research focuses on terrorism, political violence, security studies, and pedagogy. He teaches courses on terrorism, homeland security, and comparative politics.

  • Edward Glantz

    Edward Glantz

    Teaching Professor

    Dr. Edward J. Glantz, P.E., has been with the College of IST faculty since 2009. Prior to joining IST, Dr. Glantz served 10 years as a faculty member of Penn State's Smeal College of Business. His career spans more than 20 years of managing technology, research, and marketing in the manufacturing and telecommunication industries, including startup work.

  • Eugene Lengerich

    Eugene Lengerich

    Professor, Faculty Director

    Dr. Eugene Lengerich is a professor of public health sciences and faculty director of the public health preparedness option. He teaches epidemiology and outbreak investigation and mentors students in independent research. He has led community and preparedness assessments for medical and public health students in international settings. Prior to joining Penn State, he conducted outbreak investigations as an epidemic intelligence service officer and preventive medicine resident at the CDC.

  • Gregory Thomas

    Gregory Thomas

    Associate Teaching Professor

    Dr. Gregory Thomas has experience developing intelligence for decision-makers, supervising the analytical process, and providing team guidance. He also has experience teaching intelligence and analytical techniques to college students as well as intelligence analysts and law enforcement personnel. He has developed operational intelligence to support criminal investigations and anti-terrorism activities, and has selected, trained, and supervised analysts in a criminal intelligence center.

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