About the Faculty
Learn from faculty who are not only recognized experts in their field, but are also leading practitioners. AMU’s faculty have experience in key positions at the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Border Patrol, the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other state and local law enforcement, fire and emergency entities.
Professor David Williams dedicated 25 of his 27-year career with the FBI to the field of antiterrorism and forensic explosives. Williams supervised and was the principal FBI laboratory examiner in the investigation of the bombing of the World Trade Center, New York; the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City; the bombing of the French-owned DC-10, UTA Flight 772 in Chad, Africa; and the accident investigation aboard the USS Iowa. He also participated at the crime scene investigation following the bombing aboard Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland; the UNABOMB investigation and many others. Since retirement, Williams established the International Counter Terrorism Consulting Group, L.L.C. He holds a bachelor of science in biology from Mansfield State University and a master of science in forensic science from George Washington University. Williams is an adjunct faculty member within the Department of Public Sector and Critical Infrastructure Studies at American Military University where he currently teaches forensic science courses.