Anderson Investigative AssociatesScience-Based Interview & Investigation Training
Mark A. Anderson
Director of Training with Anderson Investigative Associates (AIA). With over 40 years of distinguished experience in law enforcement, investigation, and training, Mr. Anderson brings unparalleled expertise to the development and delivery of science-based investigative programs.
Science-based methodology development
Mr. Anderson is a retired Special Agent with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General (DOJ/OIG), where he served as Program Manager and Instructor at the Inspector General Criminal Investigator Academy (IGCIA) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, GA.
At the IGCIA, he managed the Advanced Interviewing for Inspector General Investigators and Interviewing for Fraud Auditors programs, while also instructing in several other basic and advanced programs focusing on interviewing, interrogation, employee misconduct, investigation planning, and specialized areas of investigation, audit, and inspection work.
Prior to his IGCIA assignment, Mr. Anderson served as a Detailed Instructor with the Behavioral Science Division (BSD) at FLETC, where he played a pivotal role in designing, constructing, and presenting the division's Advanced Interviewing program.
Commitment to science-based investigative interviewing
Mr. Anderson has been a passionate advocate for science-based investigative interviewing techniques. He maintains active collaboration with academic practitioners and researchers to ensure that training methodologies remain grounded in empirical evidence and cognitive science research.
This commitment to scientific rigor has shaped his approach to curriculum development and instruction, emphasizing evidence-based practices that enhance information accuracy, reduce investigative bias, and improve case outcomes.
His focused interaction with academic practitioners has resulted in training programs that bridge the gap between theoretical research and practical application, ensuring investigators and auditors receive the most current and effective methodologies available in the field.
Extensive training and consultation experience
Mr. Anderson has designed and instructed specialized courses for numerous organizations, including FLETC and the IGCIA, along with a wide range of federal, state, and local agencies:
Distinguished law enforcement career
Mr. Anderson's comprehensive law enforcement career began as a Forensic Chemist with the New York State Police, where he specialized in toxicology and drug chemistry after obtaining his master's degree in forensics. His federal service includes positions as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, handling general crimes, foreign counterintelligence, drug investigations, and international terrorism cases.
He also served as a Special Agent with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of Investigations, conducting investigations involving fraud, abuse, and corruption regarding NRC-regulated entities, and later with the DOJ/OIG investigating allegations of fraud, abuse, corruption, and waste in federal agencies under DOJ jurisdiction.
His state-level experience includes service as Deputy Inspector General and Director of Internal Audit in the New York State Office of the Inspector General, along with corporate sector experience as a Director of Security, supervising staff and executing comprehensive security programs.
Academic contributions and teaching excellence
Mr. Anderson contributed significantly to criminal justice education as an adjunct instructor in undergraduate criminal justice programs at Alvernia College and Lycoming College in Pennsylvania.
He developed and instructed courses in terrorism, forensics, and fraud and white collar crime, while also providing specialized seminars in leadership training, ethics, and coordinating effective interaction between auditors and investigators for various educational, state, and federal agencies.
Education and professional development
Testimonials
Feedback from investigators, auditors and IG professionals who've trained with Mark Anderson.
Mark's training classes are a refreshing and engaging approach to gathering pertinent evidence during the interviewing process. He presents the material in a way that draws the audience in.
Mark's training is engaging, approachable, and genuinely enjoyable, yet firmly grounded in the latest science.
Mark has a myriad of law enforcement and public corruption investigation experience that makes him one of the highest rated instructors at the AIG Institutes.
Uniquely qualified to develop and deliver interviewing and interrogation training to new and experienced criminal and administrative investigators alike.
Mark's expertise in investigative interviewing sets him apart — an outstanding and enthusiastic instructor who received consistently favorable comments from students and colleagues.
Some of the best interviewing training I've ever seen and sent my detectives to. His practices and trainings evolve as he learns more from science-based information.
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