Integrated Homeland Security Management

Faculty Biography

Dr. William Lahneman

Assistant Professor of Political Science

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Email:     wlahneman@towson.edu
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Dr. Lahneman was hired in 2006 at Towson University to teach courses in national security policy, homeland security, and intelligence analysis. He received his Ph.D. from the School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University. He comes to Towson University with a wealth of experience. He served for over 20 years in the U.S. Navy and retired with the rank of Commander. Most recently, Dr. Lahneman worked at the Center for International and Security Studies (CISSM) at the University of Maryland where he served as the executive director of the Project on Science, Technology, and Public Policy and as the program coordinator for the National Intelligence Council Project. He has taught courses on intelligence analysis, homeland security policy, military intervention and nation building, and national security policy at many universities including American University, the Naval Postgraduate School, the University of Maryland College Park, and the United States Naval Academy. He has published many papers and articles and recently published an edited volume entitled Military Intervention: Cases in Context for the Twenty-First Century. Dr. Lahneman will teach IHSM 640 Comparative National Security Policy and IHSM U.S. National Security Policy.