Biography

Dr. Ted Reynolds is the Director of the Terrorism Studies Program for the Office of Global Perspectives, and teaches courses on the Intelligence Community, Terrorism Studies, and Cyberwarfare Policy for the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs at UCF. His work focuses on understanding terrorist/extremist radicalization and participation, particularly within social media and other computer mediated communication (CMC) environments. Reynolds is a graduate of Rollins College with a B.A. in International Affairs, has an M.A. in Political Science from UCF, and acquired his Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He also works as a subject matter expert on terrorist/extremist use of social media and CMC in the radicalization, recruitment, and mobilization process.