The Intelligence Review | volume 1 | issue 2 |

CASEY MALLON, from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is double-majoring in Intelligence and
National Security Studies and Political Science, and minoring in Statistics, Religious Studies,
and Geographic Information Systems at Coastal Carolina University. Her research primarily
focuses on the change and evolution of terrorist groups. In May 2016, she was appointed to
serve as Chief Financial Officer in the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief’s Executive Team, and has
since served as the head of the Cybersecurity Desk (fall 2016) and the Alternative Topics Desk
(spring 2017). She is also the Communications Officer for the National Security Club and an
officer in Women in Intelligence and National Security, of which she is a founding member.
STEPHANIE NELSON is a senior from Berryville, Virginia, majoring in Intelligence and National
Security with a minor in Criminology at Coastal Carolina University. Her interests include terrorism
and espionage. She served as an Analyst in the Middle East Division of the Chanticleer
Intelligence Brief, where she focused on the conflict within the Palestinian territories of Israel.
MADISON NOWLIN is a sophomore from Concord, North Carolina majoring in Intelligence and
National Security Studies and minoring in Biology at Coastal Carolina University. She is a
member of the Executive Team of the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief, where she focuses on
Russian security issues. She is also Vice President of the National Security Club and a founding
member and officer in Women in Intelligence and National Security at Coastal Carolina University.
In the fall of 2016 Madison received the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief Best Intelligence Essay Award
by the Intelligence and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University.
MATTHEW SERENITA is a senior from Clarksburg, New Jersey, majoring in Intelligence and
National Security Studies and minoring in French at Coastal Carolina University. He is also
studying toward a certificate in Geospatial Information Systems. During his academic studies at
Coastal, he has focused on Europe and Africa, paying particular attention on France’s security
policies, both domestically and abroad.
PATRICK SULLIVAN is from Middletown, Connecticut, and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of
Arts in Intelligence and National Security Studies with a minor in Political Science. In the fall of
2016 he received the Chanticleer Intelligence Brief Best Intelligence Essay Award by the Intelligence
and National Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University. He has a strong interest
in homeland security and domestic terrorism, and has recently studied active-shooters and
lone actor terrorism.
JOSEPH FITSANAKIS, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Politics in the Intelligence and National
Security Studies program at Coastal Carolina University. Before joining Coastal, Dr. Fitsanakis
founded the Security and Intelligence Studies program at King University, where he also directed
the King Institute for Security and Intelligence Studies. He has written extensively on subjects
such as international espionage, intelligence tradecraft, counterintelligence, wiretapping, cyberespionage,
transnational crime and intelligence reform. He is a frequent media commentator
and senior editor at intelNews.org, an ACI-indexed scholarly blog that is cataloged through the
United States Library of Congress.
JOHN NOMIKOS, PhD, is Director at the Research Institute for European and American Studies
(RIEAS), Chairman of the Mediterranean Council for Intelligence Studies (MCIS), Chairman of the
Greek Intelligence Studies Association (GISA), Chairman of the European Intelligence Academy (EIA),
and Founding Editor of the Journal of Mediterranean and Balkan Intelligence (JMBI). He is Assistant
Professor at Webster University (Athens Campus), and Visiting Scholar at the John Naisbitt
University in Serbia and the University of Rome (Tre) in Italy. He was previously Adjunct Professor
at the Department of International Relations at the University of Indianapolis (Athens Campus).
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