Meet The Team
Research Affiliates
Dr. Ori Swed
Laboratory Director
Rachel Levi
Laboratory Manager
Dr. Daniel Jaster
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Daniel is an Assistant Professor at Eureka College that specializes in Social Movement, Rural Communities, and Sociological Theory
Dr. Ioana Coman
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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
Dr. Charu Rajapaksha Pahiranage Dona
Charu is an Assistant Professor at the Mathematics Department at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Her research is focuses on the non state actors conflict dynamics. She is a leading researcher on the project of Mexican Drug Cartel violence.
Dr. Oleksandra Hanchukova
Sasha is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Hospitality at University of South Florida. Her research is focuses on the wine industry during armed conflict. She is a leading researcher on the project of Foreign Fighter in Ukraine.
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
Connor Perry
Connor is a research affiliate that manages the privatization of security project
Alexander Clyde
Alex is a research affiliate that collects data on Chinese PMSCs
Jeffery Baptist
Jeffery is a research affiliate that works on the Cyber project
Dr. Kerry Chavez
Kerry is an Assistant Professor at Air Force Academy that specializes in drone threats and miltiary technology
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
Keyton Lytle
Keyton Lytle is a research affiliate that works on the PMSC's data Project
Mary K. Adami
Mary is a research affiliate and the project manager of the information operations textual analysis project
Marina Petric
Marina is a research affiliate that works on the Online Radicalization project