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PPC Student Authors Web Spotlight for Stimpson Center

While spending the summer interning at the Stimpson Center in Washington, DC, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Jessie Cleveland wrote a brief piece on Indian reactions to the pending China-Pakistan civilian nuclear deal titled, “India of Two Minds: Reactions to the Pending China-Pakistan Nuclear Deal”. This spotlight is now available online
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Name: Mario Scalora
E-Mail: mscalora1@unl.edu
Phone: (402) 472-3126


Dr. Mario Scalora joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty in 1997.

Dr. Scalora is currently performing research in a variety of areas related to targeted violence and threat assessment. This research continues to involve collaboration with state and federal agencies dealing with threat management and counterterrorism issues. Dr. Scalora also collaborates with local, state, and federal law enforcement on threat assessment research assessing predictive risk factors concerning threatening and violent activity toward public officials and institutions. Concerning sexual offending, he and his colleagues are investigating a range of personality and other risk factors related to sexual recidivism.

Dr. Scalora currently supervises graduate students performing clinical service and research within the state's Forensic Mental Health Service as well as within the Departmetn of Correctional Services. His graduate teaching activity currently includes courses on forensic assessment, personality assessment, and the supervision of clinical practica.

Please visit psych.unl.edu/faculty/faculty.asp for more information about Dr. Scalora.

Education

Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1989

Areas of Interest

Dr. Scalora's research interests addresses various types of targeted violence issues including: threats to public institutions and infrastructure/threat assessment, sexual offending, and workplace violence.

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Publications

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