Dr. Brenda Connors is a Senior Fellow in the Strategic Research Department at the U.S. Naval War College. The Director of Net Assessment, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense since 1996, has supported her investigations into nonverbal communication research and its application to international and military affairs. Her research assesses the human body and its signals to infer propositions regarding leadership style, performance, cognition, emotion, and credibility. Her most recent publicatoins include Saddam's Telling Movement Signature, published in the Providence Sunday Journal, 27 July 2003. A primer titled Body Leads: A New Approach to Understanding Leadership and Performance Style, with accompanying CD-ROM produced in 2002, is forthcoming from the Naval War College Press. Brenda Connors, a former Department of State officer, holds a B.A. and a M.A. in political science from Tufts University and is a certified movement analyst.