PublicationsJournal Articles (peer reviewed)
1. “The Framing of COVID-19 in Italian Media and its Effects on Community Mobility: A Mixed Method Approach.” Journal of Health Communication (2021) (with Yotam Ophir, Dror Walter, Daniel Arnon, Michele Tizzoni, Joëlle Carota, Lorenzo D’Antiga and Emanuele Nicastro) 2. "Coin as Imagined Sovereignty: A Rhetorical Analysis of Coins as a Transhistorical Artifact and an Ideograph in Islamic State’s Communication" Studies of Conflict and Terrorism (2020) 3. "From Pawn to Knights: The Changing Role of Women’s Agency in Terrorism?" Studies of Conflict and Terrorism Special Issue: Gender and Terrorism (2020). (with Mia Bloom) 4. "Definitions Matter: A Comparison of Government and Media Databases on Terrorism" Cambridge Review of International Affairs (2019), 1–18. (with Wojciech Kaczkowski and Carol Winkler) Book Chapters 5. “Monetary economics, illicit economies and legitimation: the case of ISIS.” In Islamist Approach to Governance, edited by Shiraz Maher and Joanna Cook. United Kingdom: Hurst Publishing. (forthcoming and under contract) (Alexandra Phellan) 6. "Birds of a feather: A comparative analysis of white supremacist and violent male supremacist discourses." In Far-right Extremism in North America, edited by Barbara Perry, Jeff Gruenwald, & Ryan Scrivens. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave (2020). (forthcoming and under contract) (with Meredith Pruden, Anne Peterscheck, & Yannick Veilleux-Lepage) 7. "Hatred, She Wrote: An Analysis of the Extreme Right and Islamic State Women’s Only Forum". In D. Silva & M. Deflem (Eds.), Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization. Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing (2020). (with Yannick Veilleux-Lepage) 8. "Conducting Field Work in a Virtual Space, Exploring ISIS’ Encrypted Messaging on Telegram". In P. Krause & O. Szekely (Eds.), Stories from the Field: A Guide to Navigating Fieldwork in Political Science (2020). New York, NY: Columbia University Press (with Mia Bloom) 9. "Communicating Terrorism and Counterterrorism". In H. Bean & B. Taylor (Eds.), Handbook of Communication and Security (2019). New York, NY: Routledge (with Carol Winkler) Opinion and Commentary "Baghdadi Fan Mail” Global Network on Extremism & Terrorism (GNET) (blog) (13 November 2020) (with Meili Criezis) "Islamic State's coins and the power of imagined sovereignty" The ISIS Reader Blog (28 July 2020) "Why CHAZ/CHOP Failed" Inkstick (13 July 2020) (with Benjamin V Allison) |
Conference Presentations(selected)
“Extremism and Misinformation During COVID-19”, roundtable participant in International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention 2021. (virtual) “Globalization and Violent Ideologies” roundtable participant in International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention 2021. (virtual) "Monetary Economics as State Building – ISIS Challenging International Financial Systems" in The State in Flux Graduate Winter School Program at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies Doha Institute January 3-13 2021. (virtual) "Monetary Economics as State Building – ISIS Challenging Traditional Norms of Statehood" presented in Islamist Rebel Governance Workshop, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) October 8th, 2020 Geneva, Switzerland. (virtual) "Exploring the Internationalization of Far-Right Movements” to be presented in American Political Science Association (APSA) September 9th, 2020 San Francisco, CA (with Dror Walter, Meredith Pruden and Yannick Veilleux-Lepage) (virtual due to COVID-19) "Statehood through social media? ISIS Videos on Legitimizing Statehood to the International World" to be presented in International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention March 27th, 2020, Honolulu, HI (cancelled due to COVID-19) "Hatred, She Wrote: An Analysis of the Extreme Right and Islamic State Women’s Only Forum" presented at the Society of Terrorism Research (STR) June 2019, Oslo, Norway (with Yannick Veilleux-Lepage) "Definitions Matter: A Comparison of Government and Media Databases on Terrorism" presented at the Society of Terrorism Research (STR) June 2019, Oslo, Norway (with Wojciech Kaczkowski and Carol Winkler) "A textual and visual analysis of ISIS Media Channels for Women" presented at the Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA) 2018 Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX. "Fatal Attraction: ISIS’s Media Strategy for Appealing and Recruiting Women" presented at the VOX-Pol Violent Extremism, Terrorism, and the Internet: Present and Future Trends Conference August 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
Grants
"Exploring the Internationalization of Extreme Right Public Spheres", Facebook Phase Two Content Policy Research Award, PI: Dr. Dror Walter, Georgia State University and Dr.Yannick Veilleux-Lepage , Leiden University
“Mobilizing Media: A Deep and Comparative Analysis of Magazines, Music, and Videos in the Context of Terrorism”, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, #FA9550-15-1-0373 PI: Dr. Anthony Lemieux, Georgia State University
“Preventing the Next Generation: Mapping Children’s Mobilization Into Violent Extremist Organizations”, #N00001416-1-2693, PI: Dr. Mia Bloom, Georgia State University, 06/30/16-06/30/19
“Documenting the Virtual Caliphates”, #N00001416-1-3174, PI: Dr. Mia Bloom, Georgia State University, 06/30/16-06/30/19
“The Jihadi Archive: A Database of Terrorist Tactics and Techniques”, # N0001419SB001, PI: Dr. Mia Bloom, Georgia State University
- Research assistant responsible for domain analyses using unsupervised machine learning, natural language processing, and network analysis
“Mobilizing Media: A Deep and Comparative Analysis of Magazines, Music, and Videos in the Context of Terrorism”, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, #FA9550-15-1-0373 PI: Dr. Anthony Lemieux, Georgia State University
- Research assistant conducting qualitative and quantitative research on definitions of terrorism in media, government and databases.
“Preventing the Next Generation: Mapping Children’s Mobilization Into Violent Extremist Organizations”, #N00001416-1-2693, PI: Dr. Mia Bloom, Georgia State University, 06/30/16-06/30/19
- Research assistant responsible for conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses on assessing how children are recruited, radicalized and deployed into violent extremist organizations in Syria, Iraq and Turkey specifically Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
“Documenting the Virtual Caliphates”, #N00001416-1-3174, PI: Dr. Mia Bloom, Georgia State University, 06/30/16-06/30/19
- Research assistant responsible for daily data scrapping on encrypted platforms used by the violent extremist organization Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and conducting qualitative and quantitative research on communication of violent extremist organizations specifically targeting women.
“The Jihadi Archive: A Database of Terrorist Tactics and Techniques”, # N0001419SB001, PI: Dr. Mia Bloom, Georgia State University
