"His singular abilities as a federal agent, student, and historical scholar distinguish him from his peers....Mr. Cunningham's focus is a human tracking expert for the US Marshal's Service. For his MMAS research and writing he decided to take this to a new level—discovering whether tracking is truly a science, whether psychological and behavioral information can be gleaned from human tracks, and determining the necessary standards for tracking evidence to be universally accepted by courts under Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence."

"We often use the superlative phrase that someone "sets the standard." Mr. Cunningham's work does more than that: it is the standard. No federal, state, or local agency—in any country—has ever examined this question and the implications for the justice system are so many and so profound that it defies easy description. In pursuit of this information he consulted every authoritative source which exists, did extensive work in human behavioral psychology, set up his own field trial to gather primary data, and devised an algorithm to account for the many factors involved in reaching his conclusion. If this were not already enough, the thesis itself is convincingly argued and a model of clarity and superior narrative and technical writing skills. As a stand-alone work, his MMAS thesis meets the high scientific burden required by courts to accept the evidence he presents on tracking as reliable, expert testimony. If that has an equal...I have never seen or heard of it."

-Mark M. Hull, Ph.D., J.D., FRHistS, Assistant Professor of Military History, 2011.