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David Schanzer
Associate Professor of the Practice, Public Policy at Duke University
David H. Schanzer is a Professor of the Practice at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University and serves as the Director of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.123 He has been affiliated with Duke University in various capacities since 2005, including roles as a Visiting Associate Professor and Associate Professor of the Practice.4 Schanzer's academic focus includes counterterrorism strategy, counterterrorism law, and homeland security, and he has been involved in public dialogue on these topics.1
Before his academic career, Schanzer held several significant positions in the U.S. government. He was the Democratic staff director for the House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005 and served as legislative director for Senator Jean Carnahan, counsel to Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., and counsel to Senator William S. Cohen.1 In the executive branch, he worked as special counsel in the Department of Defense and as a trial attorney at the Department of Justice.1
Schanzer is a Harvard College graduate with an A.B. cum laude in government and earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.1 He has authored numerous studies on terrorism prevention and has appeared in various media discussing terrorism and homeland security issues.1 Additionally, he has created online courses related to 9/11 and writes about modern democracy challenges on his Substack newsletter, "Perilous Times".1
