Dr. Noor Z. Razzaq

Dr. Noor Z. Razzaq

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
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SME in government and administration, program marketing, and project management. Author…

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Experience

  • Institute for American Policy and Standards Innovation Graphic

    Institute for American Policy and Standards Innovation

    United States

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    Chicago, Illinois, United States

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    West Point, New York, United States

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    United States

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    Norfolk, Virginia, United States

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    Baltimore, Maryland

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    Virginia Beach, Virginia

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    Norfolk, Virginia Area

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    Virginia Beach, VA

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    Portsmouth, VA and Virginia Beach, VA

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

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Education

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Virginia Department of Corrections Graphic

    Probation Officer Volunteer

    Virginia Department of Corrections

    - 1 year

    Social Services

    Worked in Virginia Beach Department of Corrections and supervised offenders within the VADOC Probation and Parole system.

  • Special Olympics Graphic

    Event Coordinator

    Special Olympics

    - 3 years

    Social Services

    Coordinated and worked events in Arkansas and Virginia

  • Piano Teacher

    Piano Teacher

    - Present 24 years

    Education

    Taught piano lessons for free to disadvantaged youth in Jacksonville, AR.

  • Cerebral Palsy Of Virginia Graphic

    Volunteer

    Cerebral Palsy Of Virginia

    - 1 year 6 months

    Health

    Kentucky Derby Fundraising Benefit for children with cerebral palsy

Publications

  • "The Cultural Challenge in Countering Violent Extremism" in "Homeland Security Cultures: Enhancing Values While Fostering Resilience"

    Rowman & Littlefield

    I compared Virginia-raised Sunni Muslims, Virginia-raised Christians, and Sunni Muslims raised in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan using Hofstede's cultural value dimensions and controlling for religiosity (Huber & Huber) reveals region has a stronger impact on collective behavior than religion (e.g,. there's no such thing as a "Muslim World". Implications for policy and field practice are discussed along with elements to explore solutions.

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  • Doctoral dissertation: "Is There Such Thing as a ‘Muslim World’? Quantitative Answers and Implications for Combatting Violent Extremism"

    ProQuest

    This study investigated whether region or religion has a stronger impact on cultural values and was also conducted to determine whether a ‘Muslim World’ exists to contribute to a cultivated and nuanced understanding of the varied peoples, traditions, and societies with whom we need cooperation. Pervasive misunderstanding among U.S. policymakers regarding Muslim communities across the globe can result in misattributed of radicalization to religious belief in lieu of geopolitical, psychological…

    This study investigated whether region or religion has a stronger impact on cultural values and was also conducted to determine whether a ‘Muslim World’ exists to contribute to a cultivated and nuanced understanding of the varied peoples, traditions, and societies with whom we need cooperation. Pervasive misunderstanding among U.S. policymakers regarding Muslim communities across the globe can result in misattributed of radicalization to religious belief in lieu of geopolitical, psychological, and cross-cultural factors with insufficient regard for regional considerations.

    EXPERIMENT: Compared quantitatively measured and compared cultural value dimensions between Sunni Muslims raised in Virginia, United States (sample size n1 = 72); in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (n2 = 83); and Christians raised in Virginia, United States (n3 = 89) using multiple pairwise three-level one-way multivariate analyses of covariance (MANCOVAs) with a Religiosity covariate. Follow-up analyses of covariance (ANCOVAs) were conducted to determine specific differences based on statistically significant MANCOVAs. Pakistani-raised Sunni Muslims were significantly higher on the Masculinity and Uncertainty Avoidance Indices and significantly lower on the Indulgence Index than both Virginia-raised Christians and Virginia-raised Sunni-Muslims. No statistically significant differences were found to exist between Christians and Sunni Muslims raised in the same region (Virginia, U.S.). Findings indicate no ‘Muslim World’ exists and although religious identification does influence identity, it does so from the perspective of in- group/ out-group thinking. The geographic region where one is raised has a much stronger impact on cultural values than religious affiliation or religiosity. Implications for homeland security, military, defense, information, influence, intelligence, and diplomatic policy and practice are discussed along with implications for future research and policy.

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Projects

  • C-sUAS Executive and Interagency Drone Leadership vulnerability, mitigation, and risk assessment.

  • CUAS Planners Course

    First course (4 days) on CUAS planning and drone vulnerability and risk analysis for critical assets, force protection, and planning.

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  • Naval Expeditionary Combat Command - Useful Fiction Series - Clear, Secure, Build, Protect

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    The first volume of NECC's #usefulfiction series, "Island X" - meant to start getting expeditionary forces thinking about future capabilities with due regard for current considerations. Check out the full series here as we provide this fictional take on what it means to #Clear, #Secure, #Build, and #Protect across the expeditionary battlespace.

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  • Advanced National Security Certificate Program

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    Development of Capstone Course in Government, Economics, Culture, and Analysis for students and mid - senior level intelligence professionals - under a $2.3 million grant for Mid-Atlantic Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence - Office of Director of National Intelligence - ODNI.

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Honors & Awards

  • COVID-19 and 9/11 "Heroes" Award

    Pakistani American Youth Society

    In recognition of outstanding services to the United States of America and going above and beyond the call of duty related to 9/11 and COVID-19

  • Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition U.S. House of Representations - NYPD and PALS

    United States House of Representatives

    "In recognition about standing and invaluable service to the community" - related to 9/11 attacks

  • Faculty Member of the Quarter

    Department of Criminal Justice | Homeland Security

    In recognition of contribution to program development and student service

Organizations

  • USSTRATCOM Academic Alliance

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    Develop an academic community of interest focused on research and analysis of deterrence, assurance, and associated strategic level national security themes in a rapidly changing, multi-domain global threat environment. Goals » Advance deterrence and assurance thinking beyond Cold War era narratives. » Stimulate rigorous academic research into deterrence, assurance, and other concepts of strategic thought for the 21st Century. » Promote collaboration among academic and military Alliance…

    Develop an academic community of interest focused on research and analysis of deterrence, assurance, and associated strategic level national security themes in a rapidly changing, multi-domain global threat environment. Goals » Advance deterrence and assurance thinking beyond Cold War era narratives. » Stimulate rigorous academic research into deterrence, assurance, and other concepts of strategic thought for the 21st Century. » Promote collaboration among academic and military Alliance members. » Encourage development of national security professionals to meet future research, analytic, and decision-making requirements.

  • North American Defense Academic Alliance at NORAD/NORTHCOM

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    The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) North American Defense and Security Academic Alliance (NADSAA) exists as a collaborative information-based enterprise dedicated to strengthening and normalizing relationships between the two commands and academic institutions. This relationship stimulates and develops new thinking, examines cross-organizational solutions, and helps cultivate future generations of defense and security practitioners.

  • US Naval Institute

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  • International Society for Organizational Development and Change

    peer reviewer

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    provides advisement and peer review

  • University Agency Partnership Initiative (UAPI), Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS), Naval Postgraduate School

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  • Student Veterans of America

    Faculty Advisor and founding member of the National Caucus of SVA Advisors

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    Faculty advisor and founding member of National Caucus of Faculty Advisors for SVA Executive Council, students responsible for effectively lobbying for the 9/11 GI Bill, various initiatives with the American Council for Education, and other best practice and legislative issues

  • The Reid Institute

    John E. Reid & Associates

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    Reid Institute of trained investigators - interviewing, interrogation, behavioral analysis. The Reid Institute members further develop investigative skills by attending quality training programs from a variety of fields related to interviewing, interrogation, and investigation.

  • The American Legion

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  • IGI Global

    Peer reviewer

  • International Society for Preparedness, Resilience, and Security

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  • Irregular Warfare Center

    member - Intelligence, emerging technology, contested maritime logistics, OIE

    IW Global Network consists of several Functional Area Networks (FANs) which are identified in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict (ASD SO/LIC) and US global partners.

  • The Informing Sciences Institute

    Peer reviewer

  • World Affairs Council of Greater Hampton Roads

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