Rate My Professor Randy Borum

Dr. Randy Borum, Psy.D., is Professor and Director of the School of Information in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Florida (USF), as well as Director of Intelligence and National Security Studies. He earned his Psy.D. and M.S. from Florida Institute of Technology, B.A. from James Madison University, served as NIMH Research Fellow at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Duke University Medical Center, and as Post-Doctoral Fellow at University of Massachusetts Medical Center. Board certified and fellowship-trained in forensic psychology, Dr. Borum's career spans academia, government, and law enforcement. From 2017 to 2019, he held a joint appointment as Senior Behavioral Scientist in the National Security Directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Previously, he was full-time faculty at Duke University School of Medicine, Forensic Coordinator for a regional state psychiatric facility, and a sworn police officer.

Dr. Borum has authored or co-authored over 175 professional publications, including Psychology of Terrorism (2004), Radicalization into Violent Extremism I: A Review of Social Science Theories (2011), Radicalization into Violent Extremism II: A Review of Conceptual Models and Empirical Research (2011), Evaluating Competencies: Forensic Assessments and Instruments (2003), and Violent Extremism: A Handbook of Risk Assessment and Management (2023). His research focuses on psychology of terrorism, intelligence analysis, threat assessment, protective intelligence, criminal psychology, violent extremism, and risk management. He has taught courses in these areas at USF and instructed at the FBI Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, CIA, Joint Special Operations University, and U.S. Army Intelligence Center. Dr. Borum supported three Directors of National Intelligence on the Intelligence Science Board, served on the Defense Science Board Task Force on Understanding Human Dynamics and the National Academy of Sciences Steering Committee for Sociocultural Data to Accomplish Department of Defense Missions. An instructor with the Bureau of Justice Assistance State & Local Anti-Terrorism Training Program since 1999 and Senior Consultant to the U.S. Secret Service for over a decade, he advises the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit-1, National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, and FLETC Behavioral Science Division, and is on the United Nations Roster of Experts in Terrorism. A Past-President of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology, he serves as Senior Editor for the Journal of Strategic Security and Military Cyber Affairs.