Dr. Kristen Pedersen is an Associate Vice President at the Norwich University Applied Research Institute (NUARI) managing the organization’s portfolio of Distributed Environment for Critical Infrastructure Decision-making Exercises (DECIDE®). She oversees the development and delivery of cybersecurity and physical threat-focused exercises to test incident response protocol and improve the resiliency of various critical infrastructures.
Kristen's expertise is in strategic communication, media analysis, crisis and incident response, and complex change management. She is also an adjunct professor in Norwich University’s Security Studies and Defense Analysis Bachelor’s Degree program as well as a former US Coast Guard Operations Specialist. In addition, Kristen teaches for PSU's School of Business and is a former director of CEPE. She received her Ph.D. in Media Analysis and Terrorism from Bournemouth University and her Masters in Mass Communication/Media Studies from the University of South Alabama.