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JHSEM Names ASysT Analyst Sibel McGee as Managing Editor

Arlington, VA – Dr. Sibel McGee, a Senior Analyst with the Applied Systems Thinking (ASysT) Institute has been recently named the new managing editor of the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (JHSEM), a publication of The Berkley Electronic Press.  In this capacity, Dr. McGee will be responsible for ensuring the integrity and quality of the Journal, coordinating peer reviews and content development, while supplying general strategic guidance for its vision. To view JHSEM’s recent post on Dr. McGee’s appointment, please follow the link below:

http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/news.html

Aside from her duties at ASysT and JHSEM, Dr. McGee serves as an assistant professor at the University of Maryland’s Graduate Program on Homeland Security Management. Dr. McGee has been published in numerous journals and has presented at a variety of conferences. Her most recent presentation was titled Mexico’s Cartel Problem: A Systems Thinking Perspective and was featured at the July 2011 System Dynamics Society’s Conflict, Defense and Security panel in Washington, DC.

ASysT’s Director, Robert Edson stated: “We wish Dr. McGee the best of luck in this endeavor as it will complement ASysT’s support to the homeland security policy community. Dr. McGee’s efforts will also allow ASysT to continue making a difference in missions that are vital to the Nation through applied systems thinking.”

For more information on how ASysT and its analysts can help your organization apply systems thinking to homeland security and emergency management, please contact us.

About Analytic Services Inc. and ASysT

Analytic Services is a not-for-profit public service institute dedicated to informing decisions that shape the nation’s future. We provide objective studies and analyses for the national security, homeland security, and other select public policy communities. Capabilities are delivered through our ANSER operating unit, the Applied Systems Thinking (ASysT) Institute, and the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute, a federally funded research and development center, operated on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security

Established in 2007, ASysT is a collaborative endeavor of Analytic Services. ASysT was created out of a mutually recognized need to apply systems thinking principles to problems of national significance while simultaneously developing an educational enterprise for all levels of leadership, as well as practitioners, throughout the national security, homeland security, intelligence, and broader policy communities.