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Dr. Shannon Nash

Network Coordinator

Dr. Shannon Nash was previously the Director of Communications of the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN). She was instrumental in managing network communications, marketing for various audiences, and contributing to network activities and operations. She cultivated international relationships, collaborated and coordinated within and outside of the network and contributed to long-term strategic outlooks.

Dr. Nash completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Trent University studying past and present terrorist threats and attacks as well as Canadian, American, and international defence, security and counterterrorism policies. Dr. Nash received her Ph.D. in History from the University of Toronto with a focus on 20th Century American History, Terrorism, and International Relations. Her doctoral thesis looks at the reality of al Qaeda espionage methodology and how the idea of a sleeper agent was perceived and adapted to fit the terrorist threat posed by al Qaeda from the 1990s onwards. She is currently revising a manuscript focusing on the pre-9/11 period and missing the nature of the threat posed by al Qaeda.

Dr. Nash’s research has focused on ascendant fears of an enemy within after 9/11, the fluidity of the “terrorism” label, how the label is informed and applied to a violent attack in Canada, education and training in national security and counterterrorism in Canada, lasting traumatization of direct and indirect victims of terrorism, and ascendant fears of an enemy within after 9/11. She recently led a project funded by the Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS) on Counterterrorism Resilience: Expert Roundtables on Canadian National Security and Countering Violent Extremism.