He is a member of the governing board of the National Social Science Association as well as the Director of the Center for Policy and Resilience at the University of Southern Mississippi. He has published numerous works most recently including the books To Protect and Defend: Homeland Security Policy (2006), America's War on Terror (2009) and Fostering Community Resilience: Homeland Security and Hurricane Katrina (2010). Jack has published on the presidency for a number of years most recently hosting a conference on the Obama Presidency in 2010.