Brian
Gorman
Assistant Professor
Tel: 410-704-2206
Rm. LI 318J
Bio
Brian J. Gorman joined Towson University in 2006. Prior to joining the faculty at Towson he taught law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He also worked for several years as a trial lawyer and health care administrator in New York. His research interests include scientific evidence, homeland security, and bioterrorism. He holds a B.A. from Stony Brook University, a M.Sc., from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; and a J.D., from New York Law School, where he received the Otto L. Walter Award for outstanding published scholarly writing. His current research focuses on the control of “sensitive but unclassified” scientific information, federal secrecy and science, and the role of the military in public health emergencies. Recent publications include: Balancing National Security and Open Science: A proposal for Due Process Vetting, Yale Journal of Law and Technology (2005) and Biosecurity and Secrecy Policy: Problems, Theory and a Call for Executive Action, I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy (2006). Gorman’s proposal on the control of dual use science is discussed along with others in CRS Report for Congress RL 33303: “’Sensitive But Unclassified” Information and Other Controls: Policy Options for Scientific and Technical Information.”
Balancing Secrecy and Open Science: The Dual Use Dilemma_National Academies