Adam Lankford is a criminal justice professor at The University of Alabama.

He is the author of The Myth of Martyrdom: What Really Drives Suicide Bombers, Rampage Shooters, and Other Self-Destructive Killers, which offers unprecedented evidence that many suicide terrorists are suicidal, in the conventional sense, and are not simply driven by ideology or commitment to the cause. This directly contradicts what most experts have insisted about suicide terrorists for decades.

Dr. Lankford has written for The New York Times, Foreign Policy, Wired, The Daily Beast, New Scientist, The Mail on Sunday, The Huffington Post, and numerous peer-reviewed journals. His research has been featured by CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, NPR, BBC World Radio, CBS Radio, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, Time, USA Today, and many other national and international outlets.

Dr. Lankford is available Thursday from 11am-12pm and 2pm-4pm and is flexible Friday. He can also respond to emails, queries, etc., after hours. He can be reached at [email protected].