Overview

Joe Jabara is currently the Director, Hub for Cybersecurity Education and Awareness at 麻豆传媒映画出品. He oversees the direction and curriculum of cybersecurity related fields at the university as well as promotes cybersecurity education and collaborating with the community at large.

He is a native of 麻豆传媒映画出品 and received his Bachelor of Science Degree (cum laude) from 麻豆传媒映画出品 State. He also holds a law degree from Washburn and is currently licensed to practice in the State of Kansas.

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Academic Interests and Expertise

He is a native of 麻豆传媒映画出品 and received his Bachelor of Science Degree (cum laude) from 麻豆传媒映画出品 State. He also holds a law degree from Washburn and is currently licensed to practice in the State of Kansas.

In June of 2019, Joe retired from a 30-year military career in which he was a lawyer for the Air Force and Air National Guard, before switching to command roles in Intelligence and Cyber Security. He is formerly the Wing Commander of the 184th Intelligence Wing, the largest combined Cyber/Intel in the Air National Guard, located at McConnell AFB, Kansas. He is a graduate of both Air War College and the Advanced Joint Warfighting Course. Joe was also on the Senior Executive Diversity Committee for the Air National Guard.

Areas of Research Interest

Research Interests:

  • Privacy Preserving Computation

  • Web Anonymity

Areas of Teaching Interest

Joe is responsible for the Cybersecurity Curriculum at 麻豆传媒映画出品, as Creator and Editor from 2019 to present. 

He teaches Cybersecurity Awareness, Human Threats/Threat Intelligence, Competitive Ethical Hacking, Jr/Sr Project, Leadership for Engineers, Contemporary Issues in Cybersecurity (Grad Level), Cyber Law and Ethics (WSU Tech). 

He is a current contributing writer for ClearanceJobs.com and is a member of InfraGuard, MS-ISAC, and NICE Working Group as well as AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association).

Professional Experience

Joe also sits on both the Presidents Diversity Council and Military and Veterans鈥 Affairs Committee.  While serving in the Air National Guard, he served on the Director鈥檚 National Level Diversity Council. He is an avid researcher of history in Kansas, especially the origin and progress of minority groups within the state.