Faculty

Loyola's National Security and Civil Rights Program faculty offer a rich diversity of perspective and experience.

John C. Dehn is a former Army officer and lawyer with diverse practice experience, including the investigation and prosecution of detainee abuse in Afghanistan. His scholarship, which has been published by highly ranked flagship law journals, primarily examines constitutional and international legal issues surrounding the use of U.S. armed forces.

Joseph M. Ferguson is the former Inspector General for the City if Chicago, which followed 15 years with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, where among other things he served as the Chief of the Money Laundering and Forfeiture Section and as Deputy Chief of Financial Crimes & Special Prosecutions and Terrorist Financing Coordinator.

Barry Jonas was a prosecutor with the Department of Justice for over 34 years. He spent 19 years as a trial attorney at "Main Justice" in Washington, where he prosecuted white collar cases before focusing on terrorism cases while with the Counterterrorism Section (CTS) of DOJ’s National Security Division. In 2010, Barry became an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago, where he was senior counsel to the National Security and Cybercrime Section.