Dean C. Alexander, Associate Professor
Stipes Hall 403H
Phone: 309/298-2120
E-mail: DC-Alexander@wiu.edu
Professor Alexander’s teaching, research, and speaking activities encompass terrorism, security, and legal issues. His professional experience includes: Director, International Business Development, Grant Thornton (Chile); In-House Counsel, Heron International (U.K.) and Bezeq Globe (Israel); Executive Director, The NAFTA Research Institute (U.S.); and Financial Advisor, UBS Financial Services (U.S.). He worked as a consultant to the State Department, World Bank, Organization of American States, homeland security firms and investment companies. He has lectured on terrorism, legal, and business subjects in Chile, Israel, Mexico, Panama, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States. He has trained law enforcement on terrorism/extremist-related issues in California, Illinois, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Dean is a member of the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council Executive Board for the Central District of Illinois and Advisory Board of Security Magazine. He was a founding Advisory Council member of the Marsh Center for Risk Insights. In 2006, he received a grant from the State of Illinois to study homeland security and business issues. In December 2007, Security Magazine designated him as a Top 25 Influential Person in the Security Industry.
Dean’s eight books and ten law journal articles include: Business Confronts Terrorism: Risks and Responses (University of Wisconsin Press, 2004) and Terrorism and Business: The Impact of September 11, 2001 (Transnational, 2002) and “Maritime Terrorism and Legal Responses,” 19 Transportation Law Journal 453 (1991).
He has also published numerous peer-reviewed and other articles on terrorism, security, and law enforcement issues, including: “Illinois Law Enforcement Perspectives on Homeland Security and Homeland Security Companies,” 9 Law Enforcement Executive Forum 67 (March 2009); “The Role of Universities in Preparing the Next Generation of Security Professionals,” 4 Journal of Applied Security Research 101(Jan.-Mar. 2009); “The Risks of Business-Terrorist Group Liaisons and Lessons Learned,” 8 Law Enforcement Executive Forum 119 (May 2008); “Contemporary and Future Terrorism Arson Threats,” Security Magazine, March 2008; “Terrorist Group Extortion and Challenges for Transnational Corporations,” Security Magazine, February 2008; “Best Practices in Identifying Terrorists During Traffic Stops and on Calls for Service,” 23 Crime & Justice International 4 (July/August 2007); “Terror Attacks Against Law Enforcement Worldwide,” Police Chief Magazine, February 2007; “Terror Attacks Against Law Enforcement Worldwide,” Police Chief Magazine (February 2007); “Global Victimization of Law Enforcement by Terrorists,” 7 Law Enforcement Executive Forum 121 (February 2007); “Terror Financing Methodologies and Societal Responses,” 5 Law Enforcement Executive Forum 109 (November 2005); “Hotels Here Vulnerable to Amman-Style Terror Attacks,” Peoria Journal Star, Nov. 27, 2005; “Mass Transit Terror: Madrid & London: Is America Next?,” Security Magazine, Oct. 2005; “Defining the Public-Private Partnership on Terror,” Security Technology & Design, Dec. 2004; “Exposing Terrorists in the Economic System,” PI Magazine (Private Investigator), Oct. 2004. His Op-Eds have appeared in various publications, such as: The Washington Times, Journal of Commerce and Security Magazine.
Professor Alexander earned law degrees from Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., International & Comparative Law, 1991) and American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., 1990). He is a graduate of Georgetown University (B.A., 1986) and attended the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland (Diplome Program, 1986-87). He has been a member of the Bar since 1990.