About STR

The Society for Terrorism Research (STR) was founded in June 2006 in reaction to the absence of any then-existing integrated and multidisciplinary Society dedicated to the area of terrorism research. After conceiving the idea for STR, Samuel Justin Sinclair, Ph.D. proposed the idea of founding this Society to his colleagues, Drs. LoCicero, Commons, and Ross. With enthusiastic agreement, the group founded the Society for Terrorism Research and comprised its initial governing board.

In 2006, a symposium on Addressing Terrorism From a Developmental Perspective was conducted at the 2006 Conference of the American Psychological Association (APA) in New Orleans. The first public announcement of the formation of the Society for Terrorism Research was made at the APA symposium with a concurrent press release.

Also in 2006, Dr. Tali Walters joined the Governing Board for STR, and led the effort to conduct the first ever annual meeting, which was held in collaboration with CICA in Madrid, Spain in 2007. At this conference and in her closing remarks, Dr. LoCicero officially stepped down as the first President of STR, and was succeeded by Dr. Sinclair.

Most recently, there have been two new additions to the Governing Board of STR. In September 2007, Mr. Adam Brown and Mr. Daniel Antonius, both PhD candidates from the New School for Social Science Research, assumed the roles of Secretary and Director of Public Relations and Communications, respectively."