O'Neill School at IU Indianapolis
801 W. Michigan Street
BS 4150
Indianapolis, IN
46202
Biography
Dr. William Foley teaches national security, homeland security, and public safety. Since 2014, he lectures during the summer at King’s College, London, and the Center for International Educational Exchange, London. With the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomacy Laboratory Program since 2015 his graduate students have researched critical international issues, winning four awards. In other graduate classes, his students research important public safety issues in Indiana for the IUPD and other law enforcement agencies.
Previously, Dr. Foley ran operational plans for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security and served with the National Level Exercise Program for the federal Department of Homeland Security. He currently serves on the Department of Homeland Security’s, Federal Emergency Management Agency’s, Regional Interagency Steering Committee for FEMA V in Chicago.
He co-authored “Tough Decisions: Defending the Homeland” and received an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2011.
Education
- Ph.D., American History and American Studies, Indiana University, 2005
- Diploma in Advanced Graduate Study (National Security and Leadership), U.S. Army War College, 1998
- M.A., Indiana University, 1971
- B.A., Indiana University, 1969
Professional Experience
- Director of Strategic Leadership, United States Army War College, 2003–2005
- Chief of Operations, Homeland Security, U.S. Army Forces Command, 2003
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch Chief, U.S. Army Forces Command, 2002
- Simultaneously, Joint Forces Land Component Command Operations Shift leader, U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Forces Command, 2002–2003
- Co-author, first seven Joint Publications on Homeland Defense Doctrine Post 9/11, 2002–2005
- Executive Officer and Interim Brigade Commander, Training Support Brigade Harrison, 1999–2002
- Deputy G-3, DPTM, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 1996–1999
Highlights
- Department of State, Diplomacy Laboratory Program (DLP) Award, DLP Demonstration Day, National Recognition-Four Best Projects, for “An External Evaluation of Kosovo’s American Corners Program,” February 2021
- Center for Teaching and Learning, IUPUI, Teaching and Engaged Learning Award, January 2020
- Department of State, Diplomacy Laboratory Program Award, Philadelphia, November 2016
- Favorite Graduate Faculty Award, 2016
- Trustees Teaching Award, 2014
- Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, 2014
- Prestigious External Award Recipient, IUPUI, 2012
- Emmy Award, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 2011
- Served 36 years with the U.S. Army, 21 active and 15 reserve, retiring as a full Colonel, Infantry, receiving 17 individual medals, three badges and four-unit commendations; served in Vietnam and with two NATO REFORGER Operations
- Faculty, Simmons College, Boston, Boston University and Harvard University, 1970s
- Undergraduate work at Butler University, University of Oklahoma, Cameron State University, and University of California, Berkeley; funded master's research, Chicago; and Ph.D. courses at Harvard University, 1960s and 1970s
Selected Intellectual Contributions
- With graduate students, completed eight U.S. Department of State’s Diplomacy Laboratory Program Papers, in ScholarWorks (2015 to the present)
- With graduate students, completed four Public Safety and Security research projects, for the Indiana University Police, in ScholarWorks (2017 to the present)
- Review of “The Military Response to Domestic CBRNE Incidents,” Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 2012
- Presented paper, “Homeland Security, Emergency Management, and Public Administration: Travels Across the Safety, Security and Academic Spectrum,” The Maxwell School at Syracuse University, September 2008
- “The New Frontier, American Business and the Economy,” editor Melvyn Dubofsky, Oxford Encyclopedia of American Business, Economic, and Labor History, Volume II (pp. 37, 38), 2013
- “Developing a Systematic Pandemic Influenza Planning Program for Preparing a State,” editors J. E. Dietz and D. R. Black, Pandemic Planning (pp. 65-94), 2012
In the News
- “Transfer of Power: Examining the Trump-Biden Transition and Civil Unrest at the U.S. Capitol,” via Zoom to IU Community (2021)
- “Law enforcement agencies preparing for possible demonstrations in Indiana.” WRTV (2021)
- “MLK’s Assassination: Calming a City Amid Chaos.” O’Neill IUPUI Blog (2018)
- “Latest string of shootings occur outside IMPD focus areas.” Fox59 (2015)
- “Voices of change from Great Britain.” O’Neill IUPUI Blog (2015)