Dr. Mia Bloom is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati and consults for the New Jersey Office of Counter Terrorism and for federal agencies. She has held research or teaching appointments at Princeton, Cornell, Harvard, and McGill Universities. Dr. Bloom has a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University, a Masters in Arab Studies from Georgetown University and a double-honors Bachelor's degree from McGill University in Russian and Middle East Studies. Dr. Bloom speaks nine languages and began focusing on international terrorism in 1990. An expert on terrorism, martyrdom, rape in war and child soldiers, Bloom interviews terrorist leaders and would be bombers. Her book is entitled: Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror published with Columbia University Press. Her media appearances include CBC, CSPAN, Fox News, NPR, Nightline, and the Al Franken Show.

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