Damien Van Puyvelde - Utep - University of Texas at El Paso

Damien Van Puyvelde
The University of Texas at El Paso
National Security Studies Institute
500 W. University Ave., Kelly Hall 413
El Paso, TX 79968
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +1 915 747 6133
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in International Politics, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, UK, 2013
MSc. Econ. (with distinction), Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, UK, 2009
Diploma in European Studies, Sciences-Po Strasbourg, France 2008
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014-today
Assistant Professor of Security Studies, National Security Studies Institute - An Intelligence
Community Center for Academic Excellence, The University of Texas at El Paso
2013-2014
Visiting Assistant Professor of Security Studies, The University of Texas at El Paso
2012-2013
Research Assistant in Intelligence Studies, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth
University
2008
Intern, French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Challenging Accountability: Contractors and the U.S. Intelligence Community (Revise and Re-submit)
2017. U.S. National Cyber Security: Politics, Concepts and Organization, edited volume, with Aaron
Brantly (forthcoming with Routledge 2017)
Journal Articles (Peer Reviewed)
2017. “The Science of Interrogation: What Research Tells Us about ‘Enhanced Interrogation’.” International
Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence 31(1), with Misty Duke. (in press)
2016. “‘Standing on the Shoulders of Giants’: Diversity and Scholarship in Intelligence Studies,” Intelligence
and National Security 31(7): 1040-1054, with Sean Curtis.
2016. “Fusing Drug Enforcement: A Study of the El Paso Intelligence Center,” Intelligence and National
Security 31(6): 888-902.
2015. “L’évolution de l’analyse du renseignement aux Etats-Unis,” Sécurité et Stratégie 20: 25-31.
2014. “Intelligence, democratic accountability and the media in France,” Democracy and Security 10(3): 287305.
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2014. “Sécurité de l’information et partenariats public-privé dans le renseignement américain,” Sécurité et
Stratégie 17: 25-30.
2013. “Intelligence accountability and the role of public interest groups in the US,” Intelligence and National
Security 28(2): 139-158.
2012. “Quelles leçons tirer de la privatisation du renseignement aux États-Unis?,” La Revue Internationale et
Stratégique 87(3): 42-52.
2011. “Médias, responsabilité gouvernementale et secret d’Etat: l’affaire WikiLeaks,” Le Temps des
Médias 16(1): 161-172.
Book Chapter (Peer Reviewed)
2017. “From Information to Cyber Security: Bridging the Public-Private Divide,” in Damien Van Puyvelde
and Aaron Brantly (eds) US National Cybersecurity: International Politics, Concepts, and Organization (New
York: Routledge, in press)
2017. “The Privatization of Intelligence,” in Robert Dover, Huw Dylan and Michael S. Goodman (eds),
Palgrave Handbook of Intelligence and Security (London: Palgrave, in press).
Encyclopaedia Entries
2017. “Drug Enforcement Administration,” in Lauria A. Schintler and Connie L. McNeely (eds), The
Encyclopedia of Big Data (Springer, in press).
2015. “University of Texas at El Paso: National Security Studies,” in Gregory Moor (ed.), Encyclopedia of
U.S. Intelligence (CRC Press).
2014. “ECHELON,” in Kerric Harvey (ed.) Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics (Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage), 425-427.
Book Reviews
2016. “Le renseignement occidental entre partenariat transatlantique et européen,” Sécurité et Stratégie 21: 7577.
2015. In Spies We Trust. The Story of Western Intelligence, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones (Oxford: Oxford University
Press 2013), H-Diplo Essay No.125, February 27.
2015. Le Renseignement Américain. Entre Secret et Transparence, 1947-2013, Gildas Le Voguer (Rennes :
Presses Universitaires de Rennes 2014), Politique Américaine 25: 166-169.
2014. De L’Espionnage au Renseignement: Le France à l’Âge de l’Information, Franck Bulinge (Paris:
Vuibert 2012), Intelligence and National Security 29(5): 789-791.
2013. No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden: The Autobiography
of a Navy SEAL, Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer (New York: Dutton/ London: Michael Joseph
2012), Intelligence and National Security 28(3): 449-452.
2011. Private Security, Public Order. The Outsourcing of Public Services and Its Limits, edited by S.
Chesterman and A. Fisher (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2009), Intelligence and
National Security 26(2-3): 436-438.
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Opinion pieces
2017. “Can Colleges Teach Intelligence?,” Washington Post, January 9.
2016. “Edward Snowden, traître ou héros?,” Les Echos, September 19.
2016. “The Intelligence Community Must Remove Barriers to Minority Recruitment,” Defense One, January
24, with Stephen Coulthart.
2015. “What Crisis? Scholarship and National Security,” War on the Rocks, November 19, with Stephen
Coulthart.
2015. “Loi sur le renseignement: plaidoyer pour une meilleure supervision,” The Conversation France,
October 1.
2015. “Hybrid War – does it even exist?,” NATO Review, May.
2015. “We can’t expect intelligence services to prevent every terrorist attack,” The Conversation US, January
26.
2014. “The Next Big Gun Debate: 3-D Printed Firearms,” The National Interest, October 30.
2014. “We need to fix the way we talk about national intelligence” The Conversation, October 10.
2013. “Espionnage américain: (fausse) indignation européenne,” La Libre Belgique, October 31.
Projects in progress
“Le renseignement géospatial américain dans les frappes contre Daech: une arme à double tranchant” (Under
review)
“Big Data Analytics for National Security Decision-Making,” with Stephen Coulthart and Shahriar Hossain
(Journal article)
TEACHING
Intelligence and National Security Studies Program, University of Texas at El Paso
Contemporary Security Studies (Graduate)
Cyberspace and National Security (Undergraduate and Graduate)
Intelligence, Ethics and Democratic Accountability (Undergraduate and Graduate)
Future Warfare (Graduate, also taught at the United States Army Sergeant Major Academy)
Seminar in Intelligence and National Security (Undergraduate and Graduate)
Thesis (Graduate)
US Intelligence and National Security Policy, Structure, and Process (Graduate)
Teaching Assistant, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Intelligence and International Security (Undergraduate)
The Past and Present of US Intelligence (Undergraduate)
War, Strategy and Intelligence (Undergraduate)
Language Tutor, Department of European Languages, Aberystwyth University
Extended Essay (Undergraduate)
French Grammar (Undergraduate)
French Conversation (Undergraduate)
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AWARDS & GRANTS
2016. Science for Peace and Security Advanced Research Workshop Grant, North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (€ 40,000)
2016. Grant Proposal Enhancement Program Award, University of Texas at El Paso ($5,000)
2015. Interdisciplinary Fellow to the Offices of the Provost and Sponsored Research Projects,
University of Texas at El Paso ($15,000)
2015. Travel Grant, International Studies Association ($300)
2015. Information Literacy Course Enhancement Grant, University of Texas at El Paso ($3,000)
2013. University Research Fund, Aberystwyth University (£3,000)
2012. Founders Fund Award, British International Studies Association (£400)
2012. Outstanding Postgraduate Teaching Award, Aberystwyth University (£300)
2012. Travel Grant, International Studies Association ($400)
2010. Caroline Adams Travel Bursary, Aberystwyth University (£400)
2009. Postgraduate Research Studentship, Aberystwyth University (£48,000)
2006. Erasmus Bursary, European Commission (€800)
2006. Travel Grant, Région Alsace (€400)
CONFERENCES
Organized
2017. Intelligence Studies Section Program, 58th ISA Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD, February 22-25 (coorganized with Dr. Julian Richards).
2016. Symposium: “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cyber Security,” The University of Texas at El Paso, El
Paso, TX, October 31.
2016. Panel: “Big Data and National Security,” Chair, 57th ISA Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, March 19.
2015. Colloquium, “Cyber Threats to U.S. Government and Private Sectors,” Annual NSSI Colloquium, The
University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, March 18-19.
2015. Panel: “Global Health and Intelligence,” Chair, 56th ISA Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA,
February 21.
2013. Conference: “The Past, Present and Future of Intelligence,” Centre for Intelligence and International
Security Studies, Gregynog Hall, Powys, UK, May 23-25.
2012. Conference: Joint BISA-ISA Conference, Edinburgh, UK, June 20-22, (co-organized with Prof. Colin
McInnes and Gail Birkett).
2012. Symposium: “British Intelligence, Spooks, and James Bond: A Diverse Approach to the Secret World,”
Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK, May 4-5 (co-organized
with Chikara Hashimoto and Christopher Smith).
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2012. Panel: “Intelligence and the Private Sector: Origins, Evolution and Implications,” 53rd ISA Annual
Convention, San Diego, CA, April 3.
2011. Conference: “A Decade of Intelligence Beyond 9/11, Security, Diplomacy and Human Rights,” Centre
for Intelligence and International Security Studies, Gregynog Hall, Powys, UK, May 12-14 (coorganized with Dr. Kristan Stoddart and Chikara Hashimoto).
2010. Symposium: “Methodologies of Intelligence Studies,” Department of International Politics,
Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK, October 29-30 (co-organized with Chikara Hashimoto).
Talks
2017. “Mapping Big Data Analytics to the Intelligence Process,” 57th ISA Annual Convention, Baltimore,
MD, February 22.
2016. “Le GEOINT et les frappes contre Daech, une perspective américaine,” Colloque Annuel de
l’Association pour les Etudes sur la Guerre et la Stratégie, Paris, France, December 14 (invited).
2016. “Implementing Structured Analytical Techniques,” Belgian Standing Intelligence Agencies Review
Committee, Brussels, Belgium, June 28, with Stephen Coulthart (invited).
2016. “Workforce Diversity in the U.S. Intelligence Community,” Belgian Standing Intelligence Agencies
Review Committee, Brussels, Belgium, June 28, with Stephen Coulthart (invited).
2016. Roundtable: “Information and Library Sciences and Intelligence Education,” Annual Conference of the
International Association for Intelligence Education (IAFIE), Breda, The Netherlands, June 24.
2016. “UTEP’s Cyber-Security Community,” 4th Annual IDRE Symposium, The University of Texas at El
Paso, El Paso, TX, April 25.
2016. Roundtable: “Cyber Security and Data Safety as it Applies to Civil Aviation: The Synergy Between
Government and Private Sectors,” Texas FreshAIR, Big Data & Data Analytics Conference, The
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, March 30 (invited).
2016. “The Evolution of Intelligence Studies: 30 Years of INS,” 57th ISA Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA,
March 18.
2016. Roundtable: “Unredacted: shaping perceptions, dispelling myth, and creating a well-informed citizenry,”
57th ISA Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, March 18.
2015. “Interviews as a research method in Intelligence Studies,” Centre for Intelligence and Security
Research, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, October 30.
2015. “Intelligence Fusion from the War on Drugs to the War on Terror: The Case of EPIC,” ISAC-ISSS
Conference, Springfield, MA, October 10.
2015. “Information security and intelligence contractors: bridging the public-­‐private divide,” 7th Centre for
Intelligence and International Security Studies Biennial Conference, Gregynog Hall, Powys, UK, June 7.
2015. Hybrid Warfare Working Group, NATO Young Professional Day, Atlantic Council, Washington D.C.,
March 24.
2015. “From Information to Cyber Security,” Annual NSSI Colloquium, The University of Texas at El Paso,
El Paso, TX, March 19.
2015. “Fusing Intelligence to Counter Narcotics: The El Paso Intelligence Center,” 56th ISA Annual
Convention, New Orleans, LA, February 20.
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2014. “The US intelligence community and the private sector: how rational are privatization rationales?,”
ISAC-ISSS Conference, Austin, TX, November 15.
2014. “Information Security in the US Intelligence Enterprise: Bridging the Public-Private Divide,” Five Eyes
Analytic Training Workshops, Pentagon City, VA, November 5.
2014. “Intelligence and the press in France: the case of the fadettes,” 55th ISA Annual Convention, Toronto,
Canada, March 29.
2013. “Le secteur privé et la supervision du renseignement aux Etats-Unis, ” Belgian Standing Intelligence
Agencies Review Committee, Brussels, Belgium, July 9 (invited).
2013. “La communauté américaine du renseignement et le secteur privé : défis et perspectives,” Séminaire
METIS – Le renseignement et les sociétés démocratiques, Sciences-Po, Paris, France, June 25 (invited).
2012. Roundtable: “Opportunities for Studying Intelligence in the 21st century,” IIHA Annual Conference,
Paris, France, June 1-3.
2012. “Public-private intelligence relations during the presidency of George W. Bush: the Politics of Reactive
Regulation,” 53rd ISA Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, April 3.
2011. “Challenging accountability: US Intelligence, the Private Sector and the Global War on Terrorism,”
paper presented at the International Politics Research Seminar, Department of International Politics,
Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK, November 24.
2011. “Intelligence accountability and public-private intelligence cooperation in the US Global War on
Terror,” 5th Centre for Intelligence and International Security Studies Biennial Conference, Gregynog
Hall, Powys, UK, May 13.
SERVICE
2016-2017. Program co-chair, Intelligence Studies Section, International Studies Association
2015-today. Member of the editorial board, Sécurité et Stratégie, La documentation française
2014-2016. Faculty Senator, The University of Texas at El Paso
2014-2016. Associate Director for Research, National Security Studies Institute – An Intelligence Community
Center for Academic Excellence
2014-2015. Faculty Advisor for Students in Intelligence and National Security
2013-2014. Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee, The University of Texas at El Paso
2012-2013. Assistant Editor, Intelligence and National Security, Taylor & Francis
2012-2014. Co-editor for H-Intel, Network on intelligence Studies and History (http://www.h-net.org/~intel/)
Ad hoc reviewer for Democracy and Security, Intelligence and National Security, International Studies
Perspectives, Journal of Intelligence History, The International Journal of Press/Politics, Sécurité et Stratégie,
Oxford University Press (textbook).
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LANGUAGES
French: Native language
English: Full professional proficiency
Spanish: Conversational
Flemish: Basic
TRAINING
Ongoing. Certified Cyber Intelligence Professional (CCIP), McAfee Institute
2016. Foresight Structured Analytic Techniques, Globalytica
2016. IBM i2 Analyst’s Notebook Essentials, Avnet Academy
2016. International Policy Summer Institute, Bridging the Gap project, American University (invited).
2016. Make your Case With Compelling Analysis, Globalytica
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT & IMPACT
Senior Analyst (European Desk) at the crowdsourced consultancy Wikistrat, Inc. – Client project on the Future
of NATO
Consulting for the International Spy Museum, Washington D.C. (700,000 visitors annually)
Media interventions: ABC7, CBS4, De Morgen, De Standaard, El Diario de El Paso, El Paso Herald-Post,
intelNews, KDBC, KFOX 14, KTSM, KVIA, La Libre Belgique, Les Echos, TechNewsWorld, Univision,
Washington Post.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association pour les Etudes sur la Guerre et la Stratégie (AEGES)
American Political Science Association (APSA)
International Association for Intelligence Education (IAFIE)
International Studies Association (ISA)
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