Michael Lytle

Professor Lytle joined the faculty after retiring from his Washington DC consulting practice where he was an advisor and senior subject-matter expert to federal and international agencies in forensic science, counternarcoterrorism, homeland and border security, and C3I. Professor Lytle is also the founder of the forensic science program at Marymount University. Some of his most recent forensic work includes research & development for Customs on detecting drug swallowing smugglers, and forensic research for DARPA on countering suicide bombers. He is listed in Who’s Who of the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Science & Engineering, and American Men & Women of Science. Professor Lytle is designated a Distinguished Alumnus of Sam Houston State University where the LTC Michael A. Lytle ’77 Academic Prize in Forensic Science is named for him.

Research Interests

Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence (C3I) of Public Safety Agencies
Forensic Science
Homeland and Border Security
Terrorism and Political Violence

Courses Taught

Advanced Police Organization and Administration
Criminal Investigations
Medical-Legal Forensic Investigations
Principles of Law Enforcement Supervision

Recent Research

Taking Stock of Defense Intelligence: Terms of Reference, Undersecretary of Defense (Intelligence), (Study Senior Writer & Editor), 2004.
Detection of Ingested Drugs of Abuse, GS-23F-01075, U.S. Customs Service (Principal Investigator), 2001.
U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Work Group Meeting, Washington, DC, April, 2000 (Conference Facilitator /Proceedings Editor).
U.S.-Colombia Bilateral Work Group Meeting, Washington, DC, March, 2000 (Conference Facilitator/Proceedings Editor).
Road Transportation & Illegal Drug Movement in Colombia, (Co-Author), July 2000, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Counternarcotics).
US Vice President’s Conference on Fighting Global Corruption: Safeguarding Integrity Among Justice & Security Officials-National Security Forces Panel, February, 1999, (Facilitator/Proceedings Editor).

Degrees

B.A., Forensic Studies, Indiana University at Bloomington, 1973.
Graduate Certificate, Law Enforcement, Sam Houston State University, 1977.
M.Ed., College Teaching, Texas A & M University, 1978.
Diploma, National Security Management, National Defense University, 1988.
Diploma, US Army Command & General Staff College, 1992.
Graduate Certificate, Forensic Nursing, University of California at Riverside, 2007.
Ph.D. (Candidate), Higher Education and Public Management, Texas A & M University.