About
AT A GLANCE:
Professor and Director, Intelligence Analysis Program, James Madison University
RESEARCH AREAS:
鈥� Intelligence Analysis & Tradecraft
鈥� Intelligence Studies & Theory
鈥� National Security & Foreign Policy
鈥� Counterterrorism
鈥� Intelligence Education & Professionalization
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Stephen Marrin is a Professor in the School of Integrated Sciences at James Madison
University, where he directs the Intelligence Analysis Program. His work centers on
improving intelligence analysis, understanding the role of intelligence in national
security decision-making, and strengthening the education and professional development
of analysts.
He previously served as a Lecturer at Brunel University London, where he directed the MA in Intelligence and Security Studies, and earlier taught at Mercyhurst College. Before entering academia, Dr. Marrin worked as an intelligence analyst at the CIA, at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, and at TRW/Northrop Grumman.
He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and a B.A. in Political Science from Colgate University.
PUBLICATIONS:
Editor. Developing Intelligence Theory: New Challenges and Competing Perspectives.
Routledge. 2018. (with M Phythian, P Gill)
Guest Editor. Developing Intelligence Theory. Special Issue: Intelligence and National Security. Vol. 33. Issue 4. (2018).
Guest Editor. 鈥淯nderstanding and Improving Intelligence Analysis by Learning from Other Disciplines.鈥� Special Issue: Intelligence and National Security. Vol. 32, Issue 5. (2017).
Editor Revisiting Intelligence and Policy: Problems with Politicization & Receptivity Routledge 2014
Guest Editor. 鈥淩evisiting Intelligence and Policy: Problems with Politicization and Receptivity.鈥� Special Issue: Intelligence and National Security. Vol.28. No. 1. 2013. 3
Editor. ISA鈥檚 Intelligence Studies Section Contribution (11 peer-reviewed articles) to the International Studies Encyclopedia. Blackwell Publishers. 2010. (with Larry Lamanna).
Editor. Intelligence Theory: Key Questions and Debates. Routledge. 2008. (with M Phythian, P Gill)