The Fletcher School

A Graduate School of International Affairs

Brigadier General (Ret.) Russell D. Howard

Russell Howard

BG (Ret.) Russell Howard

russell.howard@tufts.edu

Phone: (617) 627-5719

Office: Jebsen Center for
Counter Terrorism Studies
Cabot 505

Address:
The Fletcher School
Tufts University
160 Packard Ave
Medford, MA 02155

Director, Jebsen Center for Counter Terrorism Studies


Education:

BS, Industrial Management, San Jose State University;
BA, Asian Studies, University of Maryland;
MA, International Management, the Monterey Institute of International Studies;
MPA, Harvard University.

Professional Activities:

Founding Director, Jebsen Center for Counter Terrorism Studies, The Fletcher School (2005-present; Over 30 years with the U.S. Army, retiring as a Brigadier General. Positions within the U.S. Army included: Head and Deputy Head, Department of Social Sciences and Founding Director of the Combating Terrorism Center, United States Military Academy, West Point; Army Chief of Staff Fellow, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Commander, 1st Special Forces Group (airborne), Ft. Lewis, Washington; Assistant to the Special Representative to the Secretary General during UNOSOM II In Somalia; Deputy Chief of Staff for I corps; Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander for the Combined joint task force, Haiti/Haitian Advisory Group.

Biography:

Programs & Centers:

2007-2008 Academic Year:

Fall 2007

Recent Publications:

  • Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism,(co-author) (2007);
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism, BG (Ret.) Russell D. Howard and Reid L. Sawyer, (2006);
  • Homeland Security and Terrorism, BG (Ret.) Russell D. Howard, James D. Forest, and Joanne Moore, (2006);
  • Defeating Terrorism, BG (Ret.) Russell D. Howard, Reid L. Sawyer, (2004);
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism, BG (Ret.) Russell D. Howard and Reid L. Sawyer, (2004).