Brett D. Steele, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Institute for International and Civil Security at Khalifa University. He has previously taught in the electrical engineering and history departments at UCLA, and in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. Dr. Steele has also held research positions at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology, the RAND Corporation, and the Homeland Security Institute.

Tamera Dorland, a publications and intellectual-property consultantfor Deloitte, has taught literature and writing courses at UCLA.