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Access the Experts: Sam Hunter

In this installment, Hunter answers: "Are terrorists creative and why do counterterrorism researchers care?"

  • published: 2022/03/02
Professor Sam Hunter.

Access the Experts is an innovative partnership between the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) and News Channel Nebraska (NCN), where viewers submit their questions to be answered by UNO faculty members.

In This Installment of Access the Experts

Sam Hunter, Ph.D., professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, answers the question: “Are terrorists creative and why do counterterrorism researchers care?”

About Hunter

Sam Hunter is the lead of Strategic Operations in the National Counterterrorism, Innovation, and Education Center (NCITE) and is a professor in the Department of Psychology. He was awarded $85,000 from the Department of Homeland Security for his research in hindering malevolent creativity in 2020. Currently he serves as an Associate Editor of the Creativity Research Journal, and on the Editorial Boards of both Leadership Quarterly and The Journal of Creative Behavior.

Access the Experts

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