Carter Smith, senior lecturer in MTSU's Department of Criminal Justice Administration, has assembled a panel of national experts for “A Historic Perspective on Domestic Extremists in the U.S. Military” at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at https://mtsu.zoom.us/j/82507909655.
Joining Smith will be:
• George Reed, dean of the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, and former director of Command and Leadership Studies at the U. S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania;
• Jonathan Dean, former Fort Bragg, North Carolina, military police investigator who has taught classes at Fort Bragg on gangs and extremist groups, and;
• Hunter Glass, private investigator, consultant and military-trained expert on security threat groups in the military and their threat to national security.
According to a Jan. 21 report by National Public Radio, nearly 20% of defendants in cases stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are either active-duty military personnel or retired from the military. By comparison, the U.S. Census Bureau states that only about 7% of American adults are veterans of the armed forces.
This is the second in a series of web panels discussing fallout from the events of Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol. A Feb. 8 virtual panel titled “The Trump Impeachment: Round 2” was moderated by Dr. Mary Evins, research professor of history and coordinator of the American Democracy Project‘s MTSU chapter.
For more information, contact Cathy Sgambati, public relations specialist, at 615-202-0991 or cathy.sgambati@mtsu.edu.
