He comes to APSU from the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was a professor in the College of Security Studies. In addition, he was a research associate at the York Centre for Asian Research at York University in Canada. Hashmi’s areas of teaching and research include political violence, terrorism and insurgency; homeland security; suicide attacks; Islamic reforms; and many others. He has written numerous refereed journal articles and book chapters, and presented papers at several conferences. He received a Ph.D. in modern South Asian history from the University of Western Australia, a master’s in Indian and Islamic history and culture from the University of Dhaka and a bachelor’s in Indian, Islamic and European history, also from the University of Dhaka.