Angelyn Spaulding Flowers, J.D., Ph.D., is a Professor at the University of the District of Columbia, where she Coordinates the Crime, Justice, and Security Studies Program and is Co-Director of its Institute for Public Safety & Justice. She is also the Founding Director of the University’s graduate program in Homeland Security A computational social scientist with an interest in computer models and simulations, social structures and community destabilization, Angelyn Spaulding Flowers has authored chapters appearing in a diverse range of books from cybersecurity to emergency management to public policy as well as a range of journal articles. She has been known to incorporate computer games and simulations into her classes.