John Noftsinger Ed.D.

Dr. John B. Noftsinger, Jr. serves as Vice Provost for Research and Public Service, Executive Director of the Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance, and Associate Professor of Integrated Science and Technology and Education at James Madison University. He has primary responsibility for facilitating external grant and contract funding, homeland security research programs, economic development, technology transfer, and academic public relations and service programs for JMU. He has led the development of an innovative bachelors program in Information Analysis at JMU and is actively engaged in developing economic acceleration policy and programs within the mid-Atlantic region through the Accelerating Innovation Foundation, Virginia Technology Alliance, and Shenandoah Valley Technology Council, all of which he co-founded.

He is a founding member of the Executive Committee of the Virginia Institute for Defense and Homeland Security and Deputy Chairman of the University of Virginia’s Critical Incident Analysis Group (CIAG) Steering Committee. Dr. Noftsinger is also a member of the Critical Infrastructure Roundtable at the National Academy of Sciences. He serves as a Senior Fellow at the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI).

In 2002, Dr. Noftsinger’s state-wide leadership was recognized when he was appointed co-chair of the Virginia Research and Technology Advisory Commission (VRTAC), which advises the governor and General Assembly of Virginia on appropriate research and technology strategies. He was also appointed by the Governor of Virginia as Deputy Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Public Administration from James Madison University, a Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs from The Ohio State University, and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of Virginia. His latest book, Understanding Homeland Security: Policy, Perspectives, and Paradoxes, was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2007.