Meet The Team
Research Affiliates
Dr. Ori Swed
Laboratory Director
Rachel Levi
Laboratory Manager
Dr. Daniel Jaster
Daniel is an Assistant Professor at Eureka College that specializes in Social Movement, Rural Communities, and Sociological Theory
Dr. Ioana Coman
Ioana is an Assistant Professor at the Collage of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University. Ioana specializes in communication related to risk and crisis management
Dr. Dimitri Volchenkov
Dimitri is an Associate Professor at the Mathematics Department at TTU. He is an applied mathematician working in the field of data analysis, stochastic non-linear dynamics, complexity and uncertainty in real-world systems
Eleanor Knuston
Eleanor is a research affiliate that works on the Monopoly on Private Force project and the project manager for the PMSCs data Collection project
Joanna George
Joanna is a research affiliate that manages the privatization of security project
Kerry Chavez
Kerry is a research affiliate and the project manager for the Terrorist Organization's Drone project
Jeffery Baptist
Jeffery is a research affiliate that works on the Cyber project
Dr. Uyanga Bazaa
Uyanga is an Assistant Professor at Mississippi State University that specializes in political communication
Dr. Nihar Sreepada
Nihar is an Assistant Professor at Missouri State University. Nihar specializes in nationalism and the media
Dr. Daniel Burland
Daniel is the Dean of Students at the Haskell Indian Nations University that specializes in Military Sociology, PMSC, and Veterans
Adam Materne
Adam Materne is a research affiliate that works on the PMSC's accountability Project
Mary K. Adami
Mary is a research affiliate and the project manager of the information operations textual analysis project
Oleksandra Hanchukova
Sasha is a leading researcher on the project of Foreign Fighter in Ukraine
Nathaniel Nokken
Nathaniel is a research affiliate that works on the Cyber project