Carla Lewandowski

Dr. Carla Lewandowski holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. from Oxford University, and a B.A. from Princeton University. Her research focuses on homeland security, terrorism, and policing. She is the co-author of Extremism in the Police: A Reference Handbook and co-editor of Criminal Justice in America: Crime, Law Enforcement, Courts, and Corrections. Dr. Lewandowski has published extensively on fusion centers, examining their role in information collection and dissemination. She teaches courses on International Terrorism, Race, Class, and Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, and an introductory criminal justice course. In 2024-2025, she is serving as the Fulbright García Robles U.S. Studies Chair at Universidad Veracruzana in Xalapa, Mexico.