Interim Associate Dean, The Graduate School. James Madison University, Jan 2026-present

Program Director, Cyber Intelligence Graduate Certificate, James Madison University, May 2021-present

Program Director, (Visiting) Anti-Money Laundering Graduate Certificate, Gannon University, Jan 2025-Dec 2025

Interim Program Director, Intelligence Analysis Program, James Madison University, Jan-April 2022

Associate Professor, Intelligence Analysis, James Madison University, August 2020-present.

Department Chair, Department of Intelligence Studies, Mercyhurst University, April 2017 – May 2020.

Editorial Board, International Studies Quarterly, January 2024—present

Editorial Board, Journal of International Interactions, June 2019—June 2023

Associate Professor, Department of Intelligence Studies, Mercyhurst University, May 2017-July 2020.

Assistant Professor, Department of Intelligence Studies, Mercyhurst University, 2011- May 2017.

University Research Fellow. Mercyhurst University. 2015

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles  

Danzell, Orlandrew E (Third Author)., with Kylie King,  John Fleetwood, and Mathew Snyder. Pages Forthcoming. 2024. “The Relationship Between Early Chinese Mining on the African Continent and Domestic Terrorism.” American Intelligence Journal.

Danzell, Orlandrew E. with Yao Yuan Yeh and Naaborle Sackeyfio. 2023. Investing in Women’s Educational Outcomes: An Examination of Educational Enrollment and Terrorism in Africa. Women & Criminal Justice. 33(2):171-188.

Danzell, Orlandrew E. with Jacob Mauslein and John Avelar. 2023. Managing Threats on the High Seas: The Role of Naval Bases on Incidents of Maritime Piracy. Armed Forces and Society. 49(1), 179–200.

Larue, Patrick, with Orlandrew E. Danzell. 2022. Rethinking State Capacity: Conceptual Effects on the Incidence of Terrorism. Terrorism and Political Violence. 34:6, 1241-1258 Pages.

Danzell, Orlandrew E. with Emizet Kisangani and Jeffery Pickering. 2019. Aid, Intervention, and Terror: The Impact of Foreign Aid and Foreign Military Intervention on Terror Events and Severity. Social Science Quarterly, 100:951-964  https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12599.  

Danzell, Orlandrew E. with Yao-Yuan Yeh and Melia Pfannenstiel. 2020. Does Education Mitigate Terrorism? Examining the Effects of Educated Youth Cohorts on Domestic Terror in Africa. Terrorism and Political Violence. 32:8, 1731-1752,

Danzell, Orlandrew E. With Yao-Yuan Yeh and Melia Pfannenstiel. 2019. Determinants of Domestic Terrorism:  An Examination of Ethnic Polarization and Economic Development. Terrorism and Political Violence. 33(3): 536-558.  

Danzell, Orlandrew E., and Lisandra M. Maisonet-Montanez. 2016. Understanding the Lone-Wolf Terror Phenomena: Assessing Current Profiles. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism & Political Aggression 8(2)135-159.

Danzell, Orlandrew E., and Stephen Zidek. 2013. Does Counterterrorism Spending Reduce the Incidence and Lethality of Terrorism: A Quantitative Analysis of 34 countries? Defense & Security Analysis 29(3): 218-233.

Danzell, Orlandrew E. 2011. Political Parties: When Do They Turn to Terror? Journal of Conflict Resolution 55 (1): 85-105.

Refereed Book Chapters.

Danzell, Orlandrew E., and Stephen Zidek. 2014. “Does Counterterrorism Spending Reduce the Incidence and Lethality of Terrorism? A Quantitative Analysis of 34 countries.” in The Test of Terrorism: Responding to Political Violence in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Alastair Finlan. London: Routledge.