Stephen Marrin
Assistant Professor
Intelligence Studies Dept
Mercyhurst College
501 E. 38th St.
Erie, PA 16546
smarrin@mercyhurst.edu; 814-824-3249

EDUCATION
PhD. Candidate. Department of Politics, University of Virginia (expected 2008)
M.A., Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia, Department of Politics, 2002.
B.A., Political Science, Colgate University, 1995.

• Phi Beta Kappa; Magna Cum Laude; Honors in Political Science 

EMPLOYMENT
2006-2008: Assistant Professor. Intelligence Studies Dept. Mercyhurst College. Erie, PA.

1998-2004: University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA.

• Grading Assistant, Department of Politics, Sept 2004-Dec 2004. Course titled "Terrorism and Intelligence" taught by former CIA inspector general Frederick Hitz.
• Instructor, Department of Politics, Jan 2003 - May 2003: Supervised graduating senior’s independent study addressing many aspects of national security intelligence.  
• Grading Assistant, Department of Politics, Jan 2001-May 2001: Course titled “The Cold War and Intelligence” taught by Frederick Hitz.

2003-2004: Analyst, Defense Capabilities and Management Team, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Washington DC.

• Key participant in the design and production of a GAO report evaluating the effectiveness and adequacy of the military’s reserve retirement program. (“DOD Needs More Data Before It Can Determine if Costly Changes to the Reserve Retirement System Are Warranted.” US General Accounting Office. Sept 2004.) 
• Supported the production of GAO Congressional testimony on the Air Force proposal to lease 100 Boeing 767 aircraft as refueling tankers.     

1999-2000: Research Analyst and Team Leader; Systems and Information Technology Group, TRW; Fairfax, VA.

• Served as the lead analyst on a three-person team producing weekly memorandums for a federal government customer. Responsible for assuring the quality of the deliverables.

1996-1998: Intelligence analyst; Office of Near East, South Asia, and Africa; Central Intelligence Agency.

HONORS AND AWARDS
Named by the National Journal as one of the nation’s top 10 experts on intelligence reform. (“Smarter Intelligence: A Post-9/11 Priority.” National Journal. May 22, 2004. 1572-1579.)
Awarded the Comptroller General Integrity Award as part of the Aerial Refueling Leasing Review Team. U.S. General Accounting Office. November 2003.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Co-editor. Intelligence Theory: Key Questions and Debates. Due to be published in 2008 by Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis Group PLC. (with Mark Phythian and Peter Gill) 

Co-chair; International Studies Association’s Intelligence Studies Section Compendium Committee. March 2007 – Present (with Larry Lamanna) 

Member; Board of Directors (Communications Committee Chair). International Association for Intelligence Education. 2006 – Present. 

Member, Editorial Review Board. American Intelligence Journal (produced by the National Military Intelligence Association). 2006 - Present.

Member, Intelligence Advisory Council. American Military University. 2006 – Present.

Subject Matter Expert. Department of State. Participated in interagency working group “Project Horizon” as an invitee of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Washington DC. March 2006.

Subject Matter Expert. National White Collar Crime Center. Participated in working group for development of criminal intelligence training course, Charleston, SC. Jan 2006.

Subject Matter Expert. Office of the Director of National Intelligence/RAND. Participated in “The Revolution in Intelligence Affairs: A Workshop on Theories of Intelligence” sponsored by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the RAND Corporation. June 15, 2005.

Program Committee Member. International Conference on Intelligence Analysis. May 2005. McLean, VA.

Member, Editorial Advisory Board. International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. (Taylor and Francis). 2005 - Present.

CONFERENCES AND OTHER INVITED TALKS
“Training US Intelligence Analysts.” Stockholm Roundtable on Intelligence Training: Best Practices and “Next Practices.” Co-Hosted by the Swedish National Defence College and CIA’s Global Futures Forum. August 2007.

“The Challenge of Fusion.” State and Local Intelligence: Challenges for Homeland Security. Workshop sponsored and organized by the Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Naval Postgraduate School. Monterey, CA. July 2007

Speaker. Panel titled: “Changes Associated with Professionalizing Intelligence” at the “Professionalizing Intelligence” Conference. International Association for Intelligence Education (IAFIE) Conference. McLean, VA. June 2007.

Panel Chair, “Theories of Intelligence: the Next Steps.” International Studies Association Annual Convention. Chicago, IL. Feb/Mar 2007.

“Creating a Code of Ethics for Intelligence Analysis.” International Studies Association Annual Convention. Chicago, IL. Feb/Mar 2007.

Speaker on Panel titled “Codes of Ethics for Intelligence Professionals?” International Intelligence Ethics Association Conference. Springfield, VA. January 2007.

“Non-Intelligence Analytical Approaches.” Eighth Annual International Colloquium on Intelligence. Mercyhurst College. Erie, PA. June 2006.

“Professionalizing Intelligence Analysis.” INTELCON: National Intelligence Conference and Exposition. Bethesda, MD. May 2006.

“Using the Medical Analogy to Teach Intelligence.” Intelligence Studies: the Academic Discipline of the Future. International Association for Intelligence Education (IAFIE) Conference. Herndon, VA. May 2006.

Panel Chair, “Creating Intelligence Theory: New Approaches.” International Studies Association Annual Convention. San Diego, CA. March 2006.

“Intelligence Theory and Foreign Policy: Explaining and Predicting Intelligence Roles and Missions. International Studies Association Annual Convention. San Diego, CA. March 2006.

“Making Better Communicators.” Naval War College conference. "Employing Strategic Communications in the Modern Operational Environment.”  Naval War College. Providence, RI. March 2006.

“Turning a Craft into a Profession.” The Future of Intelligence Analysis: Challenges and Opportunities organized by the Swedish National Criminal Intelligence Service. Stockholm, Sweden. February 2006.

Panel Chair and Speaker. “Intelligence, Internal Security, and America’s Own MI5: Securing a Country that Refuses to Secure its Own Borders.” 2005 Annual Symposium. Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO). October 2005.

“Intelligence Analysis: Turning a Craft Into a Profession.” 2005 International Conference on Intelligence Analysis. McLean, VA. May 2005.

“Why Does Distance Between Intelligence and Decisionmaking Vary?: The Impact of Decisionmaking Culture on Intelligence Analysis.” 2005 International Conference on Intelligence Analysis. McLean, VA. May 2005.

“Does Means of Intelligence Delivery Matter?: The Case of Iraqi WMD Intelligence.” International Studies Association Annual Convention. Honolulu, Hawaii. March 2005.

“Reforming Intelligence: Using Medicine as a Model.” INTELCON: National Intelligence Conference and Exposition. Arlington, VA. February 2005. 

Presentation describing the roles and responsibilities of CIA’s intelligence analysts for the “2004 Intelligence Community High School Colloquium” sponsored by Trinity College of Washington DC and held at the International Spy Museum. May 2004.

“Improving Intelligence Analysis and Its Incorporation into Policymaking: Lessons from the Medical Community.” International Studies Association Annual Convention. Montreal, Canada. March 2004.

Guest lecture to two courses on intelligence and foreign policy taught by Professor Douglas Macdonald. Colgate University. Hamilton, NY. November 2003.

“Spying at Home: Lessons from U.S. Experiences Abroad.” 2003 Counterterrorism and Civil Liberties Conference. Central Missouri State University. March 2003.

“The CIA's Kent School: A Step in the Right Direction” International Studies Association Annual Convention. New Orleans, LA. March 2002. 

PUBLICATIONS
”Intelligence Analysis: Methodological Challenges.” Intelligence Theory: Key Questions and Debates. (Eds. Peter Gill, Stephen Marrin, and Mark Phythian). Routledge. Forthcoming 2008. 

“Intelligence “Intelligence Analysis Theory: Explaining and Predicting Analytic Responsibilities.” Intelligence and National Security. 22:6 (December 2007). 821- 846.

“Intelligence Analysis: Structured Methods or Intuition?” American Intelligence Journal. Vol. 25. No. 1. (Summer 2007). 7-16.

“At Arm’s Length or At the Elbow?: Explaining the Distance between Analysts and Decisionmakers.” International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. Vol. 20, No. 3. (Fall 2007). 401 – 414.

“Adding Value to the Intelligence Product.” Handbook of Intelligence Studies. (Ed. Loch Johnson) Routledge. 2006. 199-210.

“Modeling an Intelligence Analysis Profession on Medicine.” International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Vol. 19. No. 4. (Winter 2006-2007). 642-665. (co-authored with Dr. Jonathan Clemente)

“Improving Intelligence Analysis by Looking to the Medical Profession.” International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Vol. 18. No. 4. (2005) 707–729. (co-authored with Dr. Jonathan D. Clemente)

Book Review: “Using Intelligence to Protect Homeland Security.” Review of Arthur S. Hulnick’s KeepingUs Safe: Secret Intelligence and Homeland Security (Praeger. Westport, CT. 2004.) in International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Vol. 18. No. 3. (2005) 549-573. 

“Intelligence Collection and Analysis” and “DCI Counterterrorist Center.” Encyclopedia of Bioterrorism Defense. Eds. Raymond A Zilinskas and Richard Pilch. Center for Non-Proliferation Studies; Monterey Institute of International Studies. 2005.

“Intelligence Analysis: Turning a Craft Into a Profession.” Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Intelligence Analysis. McLean, Virginia. May 2005.

“Preventing Intelligence Failures By Learning From the Past.” International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Vol. 17. No. 4. (Oct-Dec 2004). 655-672.

Book Review: General William Odom’s Fixing Intelligence: For a More Secure America (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003) in Political Science Quarterly. Vol. 119. No. 2. (Summer 2004). 352-353. http://www.psqonline.org/

“Homeland Security Intelligence: Just the Beginning.” Journal of Homeland Security. Nov 2003. Reprinted in: The Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies. V14. N1. (2004). 43-51.

“CIA’s Kent School: Improving Training for New Analysts.” International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Vol. 16. No. 4 (Winter 2003/2004). 609-637.

“Improving CIA Analysis by Overcoming Institutional Obstacles.” Bringing Intelligence About: Practitioners Reflect on Best Practices. Russell G. Swenson, Editor. Joint Military Intelligence College: Center for Strategic Intelligence Research. May 2003. 40-59.

“Homeland Security and the Analysis of Foreign Intelligence.” Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age Background Paper. October 2002. Also reprinted under the same title in: The Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies. V13. N2. (2003). 25-36.
  
“The CIA's Kent School: A Step in the Right Direction.” The Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies. V.11. No. 2. (Winter 2000). 55-57.

OTHER CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
“Intelligence Strategy: New Challenges and Opportunities.” Sponsored by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the National Defense Intelligence College.  Bolling Air Force Base, Washington DC. 26-27 September 2007.

“Futures Intelligence Curriculum Workshop.” Proteus Management Group. North East, PA. 6-7 December 2006.

"Improving Intelligence Analysis: What Works? How Can We Tell? Lessons from Outside the Intelligence Community." Director of National Intelligence
Office of Analytic Integrity & Standards. Chantilly, VA. 9-10 January 2007.

"Science and Technology = Intelligence on Target." The Joint Military Intelligence College 2006 Annual Conference. Bolling Air Force Base, Washington DC. 26 September 2006.

“Teaching Intelligence in America’s Universities.” Office of the Director of National Intelligence/Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence Summer Seminar:
23-26 July 2006.

“Managing the Future During a Time of Change: A Conference on Intelligence Reform” sponsored by the Joint Military Intelligence College & Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC. September 29, 2005.

“Seventh Annual International Colloquium on Intelligence” sponsored by the Department of Intelligence Studies at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA. June 6-9, 2005.

“The Future of Intelligence: Meeting the Challenges” sponsored by the Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence at Trinity University in Washington DC. April 22, 2005.

“Intelligence Lessons Learned Conference” sponsored by the CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelligence in Tysons Corner, Virginia. January 14, 2005

“Sixth Annual International Colloquium on Intelligence” sponsored by the Department of Intelligence Studies at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA to create an Association of Intelligence Education. June 8-10, 2004.

“Intelligence Analysis-2: Evolving Tasks, Emergent Capabilities.” Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies (CCISS). Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University. Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Canada. Nov. 6-7, 2003

“Intelligence for a New Era in American Foreign Policy” sponsored by CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelligence and held in Charlottesville. Sept. 10-11, 2003.

“Homeland Security: The Civil-Military Dimensions” sponsored by the National Defense University and the University of Maryland at Fort McNair, Washington DC. Sept 2002.

“Preparing America’s Leaders” sponsored by the Joint Military Intelligence College. Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC. June 19, 2002.

“Understanding and Teaching Intelligence Analysis” sponsored by CIA’s Sherman Kent Center. May 2002.

“Making Excellence the Standard.” Department of Defense Conference on Civilian Education and Professional Development. Joint Military Intelligence College, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC. June 26-27, 2001.

“CIA’s Analysis of the Soviet Union” sponsored by CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelligence and held at Princeton University. March 9-10, 2001.

“Symposium on the Psychology of Intelligence Analysis” sponsored by CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelligence and the Sherman Kent School. June 20, 2000.

“Future of Global Information/Media: Implications for ‘Open Source’ Intelligence” sponsored by CIA’s Global Futures Project. March 30, 2000.

“Colloquium on the 21st Century: The Future of Military Operations” sponsored by the CIA, March 25, 1998.

“Colloquium on the 21st Century: Peter Schwartz Addresses the Intelligence Community” sponsored by the CIA, October 21, 1997.

MEMBERSHIPS
Charter Member, International Association for Intelligence Education (IAFIE)
Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO)
National Military Intelligence Association (NMIA)
Naval Intelligence Professionals (NIP)
International Studies Association (ISA)

Last revised 29 October 2007.