Our Mission
BSK Consulting, L.L.C. specializes in education and mixed-methods (quantitative and qualitative) research in support of national security practitioners and policy-makers. It offers highly customized courses to meet diverse client needs, as well as a broad array of research services (including desk- and field-based research).
Our Founder
Barnett S. Koven, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO
Barnett S. Koven is the Training Director, Near-peer Competition Lead Researcher, and Counterterrorism Lead Researcher at the University of Maryland’s (UMD) National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Emeritus Center of Excellence. He is also a Professorial Lecturer in Political Science & International Affairs at the George Washington University (GWU), an Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty & a Lecturer in Public Policy at UMD, a Faculty Affiliate at the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) at UMD, an Adjunct Faculty Member at Joint Special Operations University, an Adjunct Presenter at the U.S. Air Force Special Operations School, a Fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, a Fellow at the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy at Florida International University, a Principal Policy Analyst at Alion Science and Technology Corporation, and a Quantitative Social Scientist at Performance Systems, LLC. Koven received his Ph.D., M.Phil. and M.A. in Political Science, as well as a B.A. in International Affairs and Latin American and Hemispheric Studies from GWU. In addition, he is currently enrolled in the Executive MBA program at University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Koven also holds a Certificate in Conflict Analysis from the United States Institute of Peace and a Certificate in Advanced Security in the Field from the United Nations System Staff College.
