Faculty

W. Travis Morris, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Director, Peace and War Center

Travis Morris, Associate Professor of criminology and criminal justice, is currently the director of Norwich University’s Peace and War Center and the Director of the School of Justice Studies and Sociology. Dr. Morris teaches courses in terrorism, policing, homeland security, and criminology; his research interests include violent extremist propaganda analysis, information warfare, and comparative justice systems. He directed a NATO Science for Peace Program in Macedonia and participated in the SFOR NATO mission in Bosnia. He has published on the relationship between policing, peacekeeping, counter-terrorism, and counter-insurgency and has conducted ethnographic research in Yemen and Israel. His most recent book, Dark Ideas, analyzes how ideas have transformed violent extremism over the past six decades.

Yangmo Ku, Associate Professor of Political Science Associate Director, Peace and War Center

Yangmo Ku is Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Peace and War Center at Norwich University. Dr. Ku’s research focuses on North/South Korean politics, East Asian security, US foreign policy, and the politics of memory and reconciliation in East Asia and Europe. His co-authored book, titled Politics in North and South Korea: Political Development, Economy, and Foreign Relations, was published in 2018. His previous research has also appeared in numerous journals, including the Journal of East Asian Studies, Asian Perspective, Pacific Focus, Korean Journal of International Studies, Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, and the Yale Journal of International Affairs. He also serves as founding editor of Norwich’s Journal of Peace and War Studies and is often invited to teach intensive courses on the politics of the Korean Peninsula to US federal government workers.

Nicole Greenwood, MS, Administrative Coordinator-Research Centers

Nicole Greenwood has a strong background in the luxury hospitality industry and most recently spent time at a biotech startup in Boston, MA focusing on event coordination and administrative support. She has a Master of Science in hospitality business management from Florida International University and a Bachelor of Arts in history from Washington State University.