Terrorism: An International Perspective

About Fynnwin PragerGus Martin

C. Augustus Gus Martin is Director of the School of Public Service and Justice at California State University Dominguez Hills. He is also a Professor of Criminal Justice Administration where he regularly teaches a course on the subject of terrorism and extremism. He has served as Associate Vice President for Human Resources Management Acting Associate Dean of the College of Business Administration and Public Policy Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs and Chair of the Department of Public Administration. He began his academic career as a member of the faculty of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs University of Pittsburgh where he was an Administration of Justice professor. His current research and professional interests are terrorism and extremism homeland security the administration of justice and juvenile justice.  Dr. Martin is author of several books on the subjects of terrorism and homeland security including Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts and Controversies (SAGE Publications 2022); Understanding Terrorism: Challenges Perspectives and Issues (SAGE Publications 2021); Understanding Homeland Security (SAGE Publications 2020); Terrorism: An International Perspective (with Fynnwin Prager; SAGE Publications 2019); The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism Second Edition (SAGE Publications 2011); Terrorism and Homeland Security (SAGE Publications 2011); and The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings (SAGE Publications 2004). He is also author of Juvenile Justice: Process and Systems (SAGE Publications 2005).   Prior to joining academia Dr. Martin served as Managing Attorney for the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh where he was also director of a program created under a federal consent decree to desegregate public and assisted housing. He was also Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands on the island of St. Thomas. As Special Counsel he occupied a personal and confidential position in the central office of the Department of Justice; sat as hearing officer for disciplinary hearings and departmental grievances; served as chair of the Drug Policy Committee; served as liaison to the intergovernmental Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee as well as to the Narcotics Strike Force; and provided daily legal and policy advice to the Attorney General. Prior to serving as Special Counsel he was a floor Legislative Assistant to Congressman Charles B. Rangel of New York. As Legislative Assistant he researched evaluated and drafted legislation in areas of foreign policy foreign aid human rights housing education social services and poverty; he also drafted House floor statements Congressional Record inserts press releases and news articles; and he composed speeches briefing materials and legislative correspondence. Fynnwin Prager is Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Co-Director of the Economics Institute at CSU Dominguez Hills College of Business Administration and Public Policy. Previously he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at USCs Price School of Public Policy and Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) and he remains affiliated with the Center. He received his PhD in Policy Planning and Development from the Price School and his research and publications have focused on the policy and economics of disasters particularly environmental and terrorism policy and the impacts to regional economies and transportation systems. Dr. Pragers dissertation focused on climate policy and used Computable General Equilibrium modeling to analyze the economic and distributional impacts of US federal emissions trading policy. He has also published on similar assessments of Californias Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32) and co-founded Carbon Retirement an innovative London-based carbon offsets company. Fynnwin has worked on studies for numerous organizations including U.S. Customs and Border Protection U.S. National Biosurveillance Integration Center World Trade Center Los Angeles and South Bay Workforce Investment Board on the economic impacts of trade facilitation airport wait times influenza epidemics foreign business investments and new technologies.