Dr. Philipson is an operational psychologist at the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), a University-Affiliated Research Center of the United States Department of Defense supporting the Intelligence Community. She specializes in the application of psychological science to understanding and predicting human behavior in complex, high-risk environments. She has supported the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, Department of Energy and Law Enforcement on a broad range of operational, investigative, research and training activities to detect, prevent, mitigate and counter criminal, terrorist, and insider threats. She is a subject matter expert in adversarial influence tactics, risk assessment, threat detection, counterintelligence assessment, and research methodology. She has authored numerous papers, primers, and guides to improve investigative methods, behavioral profiling, influence operations, operational planning, deception detection across cultures, and honest responding in data collection efforts. In addition to her work at ARLIS, Dr. Philipson serves as a Senior Associate Fellow at Narrative Strategies LLC, is a member of the Security Policy Reform Council, Intelligence & National Security Alliance (INSA), a Behavioral Science Consultant to the Insider Threat Management Group (ITMG), lecturer in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland, College Park and volunteer ESL teacher. Dr. Philipson holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Drexel University where she focused on issues relating to decision-making and risk assessment with forensic populations. She has a B.A. in Political Science from Union College.