Juliette N. Kayyem

Juliette N. Kayyem, Lecturer in Public Policy, is a faculty affiliate at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Previously, she was Executive Director for Research at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and oversaw the terrorism and homeland security research program at Harvard from 2001 to 2003. From 1999 to July 2001 she served as former House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt's appointment to the National Commission on Terrorism. She served in a variety of capacities at the Department of Justice, including as a legal advisor to Attorney General Janet Reno. Her work focuses on counterterrorism, law enforcement, and homeland security and has appeared in numerous academic and popular publications. She is the coauthor of Preserving Liberty in an Age of Terror and coeditor of First to Arrive: State and Local Response to Terrorism. Kayyem is also a national security analyst for NBC News. She is a 1995 graduate of Harvard Law School.