Adam Lankford is a Criminal Justice professor at The University of Alabama. His research has been featured by media outlets such as "Foreign Policy", "The Daily Beast", CNN, NPR, "The Atlantic", and "The Boston Globe". From 2003 to 2008, Lankford helped coordinate anti-terrorism efforts in conjunction with the US State Department s Anti-Terrorism Assistance program. Lankford has written for "The Huffington Post", "Foreign Policy", and many peer-reviewed journals, and is the author of "Human Killing Machines." He lives in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.