About

Dr. Antonia Boadi, CO-PI

Dr. Boadi is a member of the CSUDH Physics Department where she serves as Director of the CSUDH node of the CSU Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence. The Center's projects explore vulnerabilities in the intelligence, instrumentation, processes and policies that protect the United States from terrorist attacks. Dr. Boadi has served as Principal Investigator on federal grants that apply systems science to the modeling and analysis of homeland defense and security threats, especially those related to nuclear counter-terrorism and clandestine communications. She directs the Defense and Homeland Security Research Team.

Dr. Boadi has more than 30 years of industry experience as both a staff engineer as well as a consulting Subject Matter Expert to projects involving defense and homeland security applications of systems engineering. Her professional experience includes the Air Force Space and Missile Station, Logicon, Inc. (subsumed by Northrup Grumman), the Aerospace Corporation, NASA Glenn Research Center and The RAND Corporation.

Dr. Boadi has served as Principal Investigator on grants from Verizon, the U.S. Department of Education, the US Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Dr. Boadi is a graduate of CSUDH, having completed a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science. Her graduate degrees include a Master of Science in Computer Engineering, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, all from the University of Southern California. Dr. Boadi was awarded a Career Development Grant from the Department of Homeland Security's Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorist Events (CREATE) to pursue a second Doctorate in Policy, Planning and Development with an emphasis in Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism.

Dr. Ali (Ashkan) Jalooli, Co-PI

Ali Jalooli (Ashkan) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at California State University, Dominguez Hills. His service extends to numerous committees, including the Master of Science in Cybersecurity and the Colloquium Committees. Prior to his role at CSUDH, Ashkan was affiliated with Michigan Technological University, where he contributed as a researcher and instructor. In addition to his roles at CSUDH, Ashkan has held various positions in academic settings, including steering committee member, advisory member, technical program committee member, track chair, session chair, and general session contributor. He has also contributed as a reviewer for various journals and conferences. He has secured funding of over $500,000 from prestigious institutions, including the National Science Foundation (NSF). Ashkan is a member of ACM, IEEE, and ComSoc.

Dr. Qiyuan (Roger) Jin, PI

Roger Qiyuan Jin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration. He received a PhD in Public Administration and Policy from the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. His research interests include government performance, organizational reputation, public personnel management, and E-governance. His work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals like International Public Management Journal and Governance. His recent work focuses on using social media analytics to improve government emergency messaging.

Dr. Jian-yu (Fisher) Ke, Co-PI

Dr. Jian-yu (Fisher) Ke is a Tenured Associate Professor of the Department of Information Systems & Operations Management at the California State University Dominguez Hills. He received his Ph.D. in supply chain management from University of Maryland, College Park, MD and an MBA degree from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA and was a fellow of the Advanced Study Program at M.I.T., Cambridge, MA. He worked in the international express industry as a managerial position for many years. His recent studies were published by Production and Operations Management, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, and Transportation Journal. His research interests have focused on global supply chain management and manufacturing strategies.

Dr. Gus Martin, Co-PI

Gus Martin is a Professor and Department Chair of Criminal Justice Administration in the Department of Public Administration, first appointed in 2001. He served as the founding Director of the School of Public Service and Justice. He also served for nearly ten years in academic administration at CSU Dominguez Hills as Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs, Acting Associate Dean of the College of Business Administration and Public Policy, and Associate Vice President for Human Resources Management.

Dr. Martin’s research and professional interests are terrorism and extremism, homeland security, and administration of justice. He is author of a number of books on the subjects of terrorism and homeland security, including Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues, Understanding Homeland Security, Essentials of Terrorism: Concepts and Controversies, The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism, Second Edition, Terrorism and Homeland Security, and The New Era of Terrorism: Selected Readings. He is also author of Juvenile Justice: Process and Systems.

Dr. Martin began his academic career as an Administration of Justice professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining academia, Dr. Martin served as Managing Attorney for the Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Legislative Assistant to Congressman Charles B. Rangel of New York.

Dr. Martin received his A.B. degree from Harvard College, J.D. from Duquesne University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, and Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Fynn Prager, Co-PI

Dr. Prager is Director & Associate Professor of Public Administration and Co-Director of the South Bay Economics Institute at CSU Dominguez Hills. He received his PhD from—and undertook a Postdoc at—the USC Price School of Public Policy and the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events. His research and publications in journals such as Risk Analysis, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Transportation Research Part A, Contemporary Economic Policy, Transport Policy, Research in Transportation Business and Management, and The World Economy have focused on the policy and economics of disasters, particularly environmental and terrorism policy, as well as regional economies and transportation systems

Dr. Prager has published two books: Terrorism: An International Perspective with Professor Gus Martin at CSUDH and Economic Consequence Analysis of Disasters with Professor Adam Rose and colleagues at USC. Dr. Prager is committed to teaching, research, and service at CSUDH, and interconnects his classroom teaching and mentoring with research for numerous regional and national organizations, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. National Biosurveillance Integration Center, World Trade Center, Los Angeles, South Bay Workforce Investment Board, and the CSU Transportation Center.

Dr. Zheng Yang, Co-PI

Dr. Zheng Yang serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Her specialized areas of research and teaching include public and nonprofit management, organizational theory and behavior, network governance, inter-organizational collaboration, and volunteering behavior, with a nuanced focus on incorporating social psychology perspectives to explain organizational behavior in public and nonprofit sectors.

Before joining CSUDH, Dr. Yang earned her doctoral degree in Public Administration from North Carolina State University. Her research work has appeared in Public Management Review, International Public Management Journal, The American Review of Public Administration, Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, and the Social Science Journal, among others. Besides her English publications, Dr. Yang has authored a well-received introductory book on research methods, "The Fun of Becoming a Researcher: Your First Book on How to Conduct Social Research," which is written in Chinese.

Tanya Cook, Mentorship Advisor

Bio coming soon.