[2] Salter's research focuses on critical security studies and international relations theory.
[3] Before becoming editor of Security Dialogue, he was an associate editor for the journals International Political Sociology and Security Dialogue.
[4] Salter teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on international relations theory and geopolitics.
[5] He has received the Prize for Teaching Excellence from the Canadian Political Science Association,[6] as well as the National Capital Educator's Award and the University of Ottawa Excellence in Education Prize.
[7] He has published work in the Journal of Political Science Education[8] and International Studies Perspectives[9] on pedagogy and teaching methods.