Juliette N. Kayyem serves as the Executive
Director for Research at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Since 2001, Ms. Kayyem has been a
resident scholar at the Belfer Center, serving both as Executive Director of the Kennedy School’s Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, a homeland security
research program. She also teaches courses on law and national security.
Ms. Kayyem writes on law, counterterrorism,
homeland security, civil liberties and democratic norms. She is the author
of numerous journal, magazine and newspaper articles. She testifies
frequently before Congress and serves on the board of advisers to a number
of governmental and private institutions. In 2002, she was named a “hero
for our times” by the Boston Phoenix. Ms. Kayyem is also a national security
analyst for NBC News. Ms. Kayyem is 1991 graduate of Harvard College and a 1995 graduate of Harvard
Law School.