Reynaldo Tapia is an Adjunct Assistant Professor with teaching and service in the Sociology Department. Dr. Tapia has over a decade of experience in government employment working as a Special Agent for US OPM/FISD (now Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency) and as an Intelligence Officer with the US Navy.  He has presented security briefings to higher-level government officials and military officers and has worked on international intelligence and counter-intelligence operations in U.S. Department of Defense installations in Asia and Europe. His research interests include Security, the Illegal Drug trade in Latin America, Transnational Gangs, and Civil Resistance.