Monique Marie Chouraeshkenazi | |
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Born | Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. | November 6, 1983
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Air Force |
Years of service | 2002–2015 |
Rank | Technical Sergeant |
Battles/wars | Operation Enduring Freedom |
Other work | Professor specializing in homeland and national security |
Monique Marie Chouraeshkenazi (born November 6, 1983) is an American professor, author, researcher, clinical neuropsychometrician and combat veteran.[2][3] She is the Founder/CEO and Chief Neuropsychometrician of The Chouraeshkenazi Group, a company that specializes in research, education, consulting, and evaluative services.[4] Currently she is the Associate Professor of Psychology, Biopsychology, and Cognitive Psychology at American Military University.[5] She specializes in homeland and national security. She was on the faculty at The George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management,[6] when she created the nation's first "Ensuring Data Security" course in response to the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.[7] Chouraeshkenazi is a former Associate Professor for the School of Security and Global Studies at American Military University. Knowledgeable in advanced scientific terrorism notations and homeland and national security methodologies, Chouraeshkenazi specializes in domestic extremism and global terrorism.[8]
Early life and education
Chouraeshkenazi attended Pratt Elementary School in Pratt, West Virginia and graduated with honors in 2002 from Riverside High School in Belle, West Virginia. She holds a A.A.S. in Information Resource Management from the Community College of the Air Force, and a B.A. in Homeland Security from American Military University.[5] She earned a Master of Criminal Justice at Boston University, and a career diploma in Private Investigation from Penn Foster College. By 2015, Chouraeshkenazi earned a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration with high honors from Walden University, with a concentration in Terrorism, Mediation, and Peace. Her doctoral dissertation was titled, Qualitative Case Study on F-35 Fighter Production Delays affecting National Security Guidance.[9] In 2021, She received her Master of Arts (MA), Psychology, American Military University.[5] In 2022, She earned California Southern University Scholarship for her Doctor of Psychology (PsyD), Clinical Psychology, Forensic Neuropsychopathology from California Southern University. In 2023, She received Graduate Fellow Scholarship for her Master of Science (MS), Clinical Psychopharmacology, from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.[10]
Career
Military service
Chouraeshkenazi is a 13-year military combat veteran of the U.S. Air Force. She was Chief of the Special Security Office for the 18th Wing Intelligence Unit at Kadena Air Base, Japan; she served as the Enlisted Military Assistant and Assistant Noncommissioned Officer-in-Charge at The Pentagon, and the Military Executive Assistant for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization.[11]
Her military honors include two Joint Service Commendation Medals, a Joint Meritorious Medal, two Air Force Commendation Medals, and two Air Force Achievement Medals. Her service and campaign medals include a National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with gold star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Air Force Expeditionary Service Medal with gold border, NATO Service Medal, and Office of Secretary of Defense Badge. She was named Contributor of the Year in the Pacific Air Forces, 5th Air Force and 18th Wing Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, for her contributions to security and intelligence.[11] She was rated as one of the Top Performers in the United States Air Force by the 17th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, CMSgt James A. Cody.[12]
Academics
In 2015, Chouraeshkenazi joined the faculty of the School of Security and Global Studies at American Military University. She was a former adjunct professor at Southern New Hampshire University.[13] She also holds adjunct positions at the School of Graduate and Degree Completion at Tiffin University and at Southern New Hampshire University. American Military University and In Homeland Security News featured Chouraeshkenazi in From the Air Force to AMU: A Success Story, highlighting her transition from the military to the classroom.[14] She teaches 25 courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in criminal justice, diplomacy, homeland/national security, intelligence, international security, legal ethics, political geography, public policy, research, security management, and terrorism. Proficient in national and homeland security matters, Chouraeshkenazi provides programs for universities and professional military development centers.[15]
In March 2019, she became Chair of the National Security Program and Professor of National Security at Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security. Chouraeshkenazi oversees the national security division, preparing graduates for positions in National Security agencies and departments, law enforcement organizations, civil governance bodies and corporations. She also oversees the department's budget, curriculum development programs, independent studies, school committees, and student academic advisory programs.[16]
Chouraeshkenazi is an Associate Professor of Psychology in Biopsychology and Cognitive Psychology at American Military University. She is also an Affiliate Professor in the School of Criminal Justice and Social Sciences at Tiffin University.[10]
In 2014, Chouraeshkenazi founded the MD Educational Consulting Firm, that provides consultation to federal and local governments, universities, and organizations on curriculum development for constitutional law, criminal justice, homeland security, intelligence, international security, national security, public policy, psychology, research, and terrorism. In 2018, the firm was restructured into The Chouraeshkenazi Group, that provide consultations related to mental healthcare, research, education and medicine.[4]
In 2020 Chouraeshkenazi was selected as Top Professor of the Year in National Security for 2020 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP).[17]
In 2022 Chouraeshkenazi created the conceptual framework, forensic neuropsychopathology as part of her doctoral dissertation, receiving a scholarship with California Southern University. The developed framework provides understanding in the relationship between severe neuropsychopathologies, cognitive functioning, and how that applies to civilian and military legal settings.[18][19]
Selected publications
In January 2018, Chouraeshkenazi published Homeland & National Security: Understanding America's Past to Protect the Future, which identifies overlapping and distinctive responsibilities of the American federal government and how the U.S. Armed Forces protects the homeland, its territories, and resources.[20][21]
The 32nd United States Deputy Secretary of Defense, Robert O. Work wrote,
This book covers a lot of complex subjects in a digestible, understandable way. Dr. Chouraeshkenazi methodically reviews how the uniquely American concepts of national security and homeland security have evolved both before and after the birth of our Republic. She then develops and explains how the two concepts intersect and overlap, especially since the terrible tragedy of September 11, 2001. By so doing, she suggests ways by which we might better confront emerging 21st-century threats to American security.
— Robert Work [22]
Ash Carter, the 25th United States Secretary of Defense and Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School wrote,
In this new, incisive, informative book, Dr. Chouraeshkenazi helps undergraduate and graduate students understand how the nation's homeland security and defense are intertwined, and she provides readers with the framework to identify not just the challenges the nation faces, but also to develop the innovative solutions required to continue to protect this country from threats of all kinds. She appreciates that defense of the United States is so vital that we, to whom it is entrusted, must ensure defense across the domains of armed conflict not just air and land and sea, but space, and cyberspace, across military services and government agencies, from presidential administration to presidential administration and from strategic era to strategic era. This book was written with that world and mission in mind
— Dr. Ash Carter [23]
In June 2018, Chouraeshkenazi co-edited an anthology with Kyle Kattelman and Francis Boateng, Terrorism: Strategical & Methodological Approaches.[24][25]
References
- ↑ "SECAF, CMSAF visit Kandahar". U.S. Air Forces Central Command. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
- ↑ "FACULTY | Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security". dmgs.org. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ↑ "Forensic Neuropsychopathology and Advanced Initiatives | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
- 1 2 McKay, Hollie (June 11, 2018). "Taliban prisoners exploit release loophole with fake medical claims". Fox News. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Faculty Directory - Dr. Monique Monique Chouraeshkenazi | American Military University(AMU)". www.amu.apus.edu. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ↑ "GSPM Alumni Achievement Awards and the Frank J. Fahrenkopf & Charles T. Manatt Lecture: Securing the 2020 Vote: The Intersection of Campaign Management & Election Data Integrity | Graduate School of Political Management | The George Washington University". gspm.gwu.edu. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ↑ "GSPM Alumni Achievement Awards and Fahrenkopf & Manatt Annual Lecture (Washington, DC) 10-24-2019 – The George Washington University". secure2.convio.net. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- ↑ "In Homeland Security's New Contributor: Dr. Monique M. Maldonado". In Homeland Security. March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- ↑ Maldonado, Monique Marie (2015). Qualitative Case Study on F-35 Fighter Production Delays Affecting National Security Guidance (Thesis). Walden University.
- 1 2 "The Chouraeshkenazi Group LLC | About". thechouraeshkenazigroup.com. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- 1 2 "'The Block' Speaker Series : West Virginia Center for African-American Art & Culture, Inc". Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ↑ 2015 Air and Space Conference: Enlisted Force Update with CMSAF James A. Cody, retrieved December 7, 2023
- ↑ "Southern New Hampshire University faculty - FamousFix.com list". FamousFix.com. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
- ↑ AmericanMilitaryU (August 27, 2018), From the Air Force to AMU | American Military University, retrieved November 20, 2018
- ↑ "How to teach Homeland Security in the 21st Century". Federal News Network. November 5, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ↑ "Professor – Chairperson of National Security Studies – Washington, DC – Indeed.com". www.indeed.com. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ↑ "DR. MONIQUE M. CHOURAESHKENAZI SELECTED AS TOP PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR IN NATIONAL SECURITY BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TOP PROFESSIONALS (IAOTP) | Press Release Distribution". www.prdistribution.com. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ↑ "Understanding Forensic Neuropsychopathology | Psychology Today". www.psychologytoday.com. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ↑ Chouraeshkenazi, Monique M. (May 30, 2023). Forensic neuropsychopathological analysis on altered brain structures in combat veterans: A systematic review (Report). F1000Research.
- ↑ "Homeland and National Security". titles.cognella.com. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- ↑ Chouraeshkenazi, Monique M. (January 9, 2018). Homeland and National Security: Understanding America's Past to Protect the Future. Cognella Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5165-1894-4.
- ↑ Work, Robert. "Homeland and National Security". Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- ↑ Carter, Ash. "Homeland and National Security". Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ↑ Piccotti, Natalie (June 2018). "Terrorism: Strategic & Methodological Approaches". Retrieved July 1, 2018.
- ↑ Kattelman, Kyle; Chouraeshkenazi, Monique M.; Boateng, Francis, eds. (June 19, 2018). Terrorism: Strategic and Methodological Approaches. Cognella Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5165-2909-4.