Tom Copeland is a consultant at LexisNexis for the federal government. He has taught classes in international relations, political science, and public administration at Geneva College and the University of Pittsburgh. His professional experience includes the Office of the Chief of Naval Research, the Washington Post Company, and the Institute of World Politics. He is a member of the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts, the American Society of Criminology, the American Political Science Association, and the International Association of Counterterrorism and Security Professionals.

Tom is also a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently working on his dissertation in intelligence studies, and he has published articles on topics including terrorism, the information revolution, and military discipline.