Homeland Security and the University Of Maryland

 

Dr. Robert H. Sprinkle


Robert H. Sprinkle

Associate Professor
School of Public Policy
University of Maryland, College Park

M.D., University of Cincinnati
Residency in Family Medicine, University of Virginia
Residency in Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ph.D. (International Affairs), Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Expertise
The psychology of self-sacrificial political violence
Moral and political-psychological dimensions of national-security policy
Disease, disaster, and international development
Non-governmental initiatives to enhance biosecurity (e.g., "The Biosecurity Trust")
Biosecurity education for biologists-in-training
Risks of the inadvertent renewal of the biological-weapons arms race
Prospect of the biosabotage of the food supply or agribusiness

Credentials

Dr. Sprinkle is a physician with a PhD in international affairs. He is Editor-in-Chief of POLITICS AND THE LIFE SCIENCES. He is also the author of PROFESSION OF CONSCIENCE: THE MAKING AND MEANING OF LIFE-SCIENCES LIBERALISM (Princeton University Press); "Two Cold Wars and Why They Ended Differently": "The Realist Illusion and a Patriarchal Reality"; "The Biosecurity Trust"; and "A Century against the Cults" (in review)

Phone
301-405-0184 (Office)

Address
School of Public Policy
Van Munching Hall
University of Maryland
College Park MD 20742

Email
Click here to contact Dr. Sprinkle

For more information
Dr. Sprinkle's home page
 


Faculty

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Faculty Expertise Areas

Critical Infrastructure Protection

Biological and Chemical Countermeasures

Emergency Preparedness & Response

Domestic and Foreign Policy

Borders and Transportation

Standards and State / Local Government

Nuclear and Radiological Countermeasures

Linguistics and Languages

High Explosives Countermeasures

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