NEW ALBANY, IN (Nov. 17, 2010) –Author and national security expert Dean Alexander will visit Indiana University Southeast this week to speak about terrorism in the United States.

Alexander will present “Al Qaeda Inspired Terrorists on U.S. Soil” at 8:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 19, in Stem Auditorium at the Paul W. Ogle Cultural and Community Center.

An author of eight books and numerous articles, Alexander has consulted with the U.S. State Department, the World Bank, the Organization of American States, and many homeland security firms and investment companies.  In 2007, Security Magazine designated him as one of the Top 25 Influential Persons in the Security Industry.

He is a professor of homeland security enforcement and justice administration at Western Illinois University. Alexander earned law degrees from Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. in International and Comparative Law) and American University Washington College of Law (J.D.). He is a graduate of Georgetown University and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

This event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by IU Southeast and the World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana. 

For more information please contact, Cliff Staten, Professor of Political Science and International Studies at IU Southeast, at (812) 941-2691.