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NCITE Insights
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On NCITE Insights, hosts Erin Grace and Blake Ursch interview leading experts in psychology, criminology, political science, and more to make sense of today’s headlines as they relate to terrorism. NCITE Insights is produced by the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center, based at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO).
Episodes
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Criminology Spotlight: Callie Vitro & Camden Carmichael
NCITE consortium member and I-O psychologist Anthony Roberson, Ph.D., speaks with NCITE criminology graduate students Callie Vitro (doctoral) and Camden Carmichael (masters) about their research into ISIS court cases in the U.S., their journeys to graduate work, and "balancing spinning plates"....
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De Gruyter Handbook of the Psychology of Terrorism
Tune in for a discussion with the editors of the De Gruyter Handbook of the Psychology of Terrorism (2026), Clark McCauley, Ph.D., Sophia Moskalenko, Ph.D., and Gina Ligon, Ph.D., on terrorist case studies, the value of understanding ideology, the two pyramids model of radicalization to…
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Student Spotlight: Emma Theobald
NCITE consortium member and I-O psychologist Anthony Roberson, Ph.D., chats with NCITE I-O doctoral student Emma Theobald about her research into malevolent AI, her recent workshop with members of Congress, and her academic journey.
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Fighting Fentanyl: A Book Talk with Jake Braun
"The thing that people don't get about fentanyl is that almost no one seeks fentanyl ... most people who use drugs are avoiding fentanyl like the plague." NCITE Assistant Research Professor Alex Bruens, Ph.D., sits down with Jake Braun, member of the NCITE expert consortium and author of the new...
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The Annunciation Attack, Soft Target Protection, and Nihilistic Violent Extremism (NVE)
Following the attack on the Annunciation Catholic School Church in Minneapolis on Aug. 27, the term "nihilistic violent extremism" has been floated to describe the attacker's motives. Ben sits down with two NCITE research associates, doctoral students Brenna Helm (ABD) and Angie Benda, to discuss...
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Methods: The Value of Data-Generating Processes
On the latest episode of the podcast, NCITE doctoral student Callie Vitro hosts NCITE research associate Michael Becker, Ph.D. to discuss all things methods. They cover 1) how they source data, 2) how they process data, and 3) Becker's work on the NCITE geospatial technologies project. To check…
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Public Perceptions of Punishment For Mass Violence
Ben sits down with Erin Kearns, Ph.D., NCITE director of law enforcement partnerships, and visiting scholar Adam Ghazi-Tehrani, Ph.D., associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at Indiana University. The two discuss their research into the similarities and differences in 1) the...
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AI Case Studies Report
Ben sits down with two of the authors of a new NCITE report on malign case studies of AI: NCITE Senior Scientist Sam Hunter, Ph.D., and I-O psychology doctoral student Alexis D'Amato. They discuss malign use of specialized, unconstrained LLM's, AI-generated music, autonomous weapons systems…
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Youth Recruitment and Mobilization
Erin sits down with NCITE Research Associates Bettina Rottweiler, Ph.D., and Brenna Helm, ABD, to discuss their burgeoning research on youth recruitment and mobilization to violent extremism. They touch on the rise of nihilistic violent extremism (NVE), populations that are especially at risk…
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Exploitation of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
On the latest episode of the podcast, Erin sits down with Austin Doctor, Ph.D., NCITE director of strategic initiatives, and Joel Elson, Ph.D., NCITE director of IS&T research initiatives, to discuss their research on malign actors' exploitation of unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The research is a...
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Student Spotlight: Jargon Translation and NCITE Communications
On the latest episode of the podcast, host Ben Battafarano sits down with Eva Burklund, UNO senior and NCITE communications student worker, to discuss her career at NCITE and her future plans. Eva began at NCITE three years ago this week, and will graduate Friday with a bachelor of arts in...
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Old Threats and New: ISIS and 764
Erin sits down with Seamus Hughes, NCITE senior research faculty and policy associate, to discuss domestic prosecution and sentencing of members of ISIS and the group 764. A nationally recognized expert in the U.S. federal court search system, PACER, Hughes founded and runs the website Court…
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Reflecting on the Oklahoma City Bombing 30 Years Later
Blake sits down with Anne Barnes, MBA, interim vice president and chief financial officer for the University of Nebraska System, to reflect on the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. Barnes was working less than a mile from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building when a truck bomb...
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Student Spotlight: I-O Psychology Conference and Career Plans
Erin sits down with Alexis D'Amato and Emma Theobald, two NCITE researchers and UNO graduate students in industrial and organizational psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, to discuss their recent trip to the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) conference in…
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Supply Chains and Soft Target Security
Erin sits down with NCITE researcher Jenni Hesterman, Ed.D. to discuss the threats malevolent actors pose to supply chains and other soft targets and what steps should be taken for prevention. Since 2007, Hesterman has served as a security services consultant for the public and private sector,...
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Student Spotlight: First Peer Review, Travel, and Career Plans with Camden Carmichael
On the latest episode of the podcast, Blake sits down with Camden Carmichael, an NCITE researcher and UNO undergraduate in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. They discuss Carmichael's recent trip to the National Targeting Center in D.C., becoming an author on his first peer reviewed...
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Terrorist Recruitment, Desired Skills, and AI
Erin sits down with NCITE researcher Evan Perkoski, Ph.D., to discuss his team's research on terrorist recruitment trends. They also discuss his upcoming project, funded by Schmidt Futures, which will study how AI is impacting all aspects of terrorist organizations, including their marketing,...
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War Games: Simulation-based Training for the HSE
Host Blake Ursch sits down with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Ph.D. and Eleanor Ross (no relation) to discuss their contributions to an NCITE project examining the efficacy of simulation-based training for HSE workforce development. The project involves the implementation of a course at Duke…
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Cyber Threats Part 2: Cyberattacks and Critical Infrastructure
In the second episode of a two-part series on NCITE's cyber threats research, Erin sits down with NCITE researchers and political scientists Ryan Shandler, Ph.D., and Jon Lindsay, Ph.D., both of the Georgia Tech School of Cybersecurity and Privacy. They discuss their research on the level of risk...
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Cyber Threats Part 1: Deepfakes and Critical Infrastructure
In the first of a two-part series focused on NCITE's cyber threats research, Erin sits down with Deanna House, Ph.D., head of NCITE's Cyber Threat Analysis Lab and UNO assistant professor in the College of Information Science and Technology. House discusses her team's research on how deepfakes...
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Business Training for the Homeland Security Enterprise
On the latest episode of the podcast, host Blake Ursch sits down with NCITE MBA students Karlie Chonis and Jacylan Doering to discuss NCITE's project exposing business students to the problem sets and careers of homeland security.
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The Psychology of Terrorists
Erin sits down with John Horgan, Ph.D., distinguished professor of psychology at Georgia State University, to discuss deradicalization versus disengagement and the importance of in-depth interviews with those with extreme beliefs. They also discuss Horgan's recent scaling of Mount Aconcagua in...
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Family and Suspicious Activity Reporting
On the latest episode of the podcast, host Erin Grace speaks with NCITE researcher Karyn Sporer, Ph.D., to discuss her research conducting life histories with family members of violent extremists and the role they play in radicalization identification and intervention.
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Prosecuting Terror: Atomwaffen Division
Interim host Blake Ursch speaks with Seamus Hughes, NCITE senior research faculty and policy associate, to examine Hughes' research on the prosecution and sentencing of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division.
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Revisiting Bourbon Street: Meta Glasses
Erin sits down with Sam Hunter, Ph.D., NCITE senior scientist and director of academic research, to discuss the use of Meta smart glasses by the perpetrator of the New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans.
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New Year's Attack in New Orleans
Erin sits down with NCITE director Gina Ligon, Ph.D., to examine the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans. They discuss the difference between directed versus inspired attacks, the use of vehicles as a weapon, the persisting influence of the Islamic State, and NCITE research on behavioral threat...
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The Human Trafficking-Terrorism Nexus
Erin sits down with NCITE graduate student Elle Ward to discuss her UNO-funded research on the human trafficking-terrorism nexus. They discuss why the nexus exists, risk factors leading to hotspots, and the sometimes-blurry line between terrorists and trafficked individuals. Ward was able to…
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Post-Assad Syria and HTS
On the latest episode of the podcast, Erin speaks with Martha Crenshaw, Ph.D., NCITE researcher and professor emerita from Stanford University, to discuss the Syrian rebel group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and what a post-Assad Syria may look like. Drawing from a career spanning over five…
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Threats to Public Officials
Interim host Blake Ursch speaks with NCITE senior research faculty and policy associate Seamus Hughes about his research on threats to public officials in the light of the recent presidential election. Hughes draws from nearly a decade of researching such threats and discusses how the...
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Experiences of Election Workers
On the latest episode of the podcast, host Erin Grace speaks with NCITE researcher Steven Windisch, Ph.D., on his research speaking to election workers about the threat environment. Windisch is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology and the associate director of the...
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Oct. 7: One Year Later
"The noise in America right now is very loud." One year following the attack on Israel by Hamas, the scope and intensity of the conflict has expanded beyond Israel's borders to Lebanon and Iran, increasing regional and global tensions. In a newly published white paper requested by DHS, the NCITE...
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Middle East Conflict: A Closer Look At Hezbollah
Erin sits down with Martha Crenshaw, Ph.D., NCITE researcher and professor emerita from Stanford University, to discuss Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, covering its conflict with Israel, its ties to Iran, and recent developments in the Middle East.
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Misogynist Violence Part 2: Men at Risk
Erin sits down with Sam Hunter, Ph.D., NCITE head of strategic initiatives, to discuss what factors lead men to misogyny, and through it, extremism.
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Misogynist Violence Part 1: Explaining the Problem
Erin sits down with Brenna Helm, NCITE research associate and doctoral candidate (ABD) at Michigan State University, to discuss the rise of misogynist violence today. Resources on Extremist Misogyny - Leidig, E. (2023). The women of the far right: Social media influencers and online…
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Extreme Rhetoric Online
Erin sits down with Matt Jensen, Ph.D., NCITE researcher and co-director of the Center for Applied Social Research at the University of Oklahoma, to discuss extreme rhetoric in online spaces. Key themes include: credibility, deception, social identities, and the mirror and boomerang effects of...
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Emergency Response to Critical Infrastructure Failures
Erin sits down with Diane Mack, director of emergency management for the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, to discuss emergency response in the wake of critical infrastructure failures. Resources Plan For Disasters: https://www.ready.gov/ Team Rubicon:...
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Outdoor Event Security
Erin sits down with NCITE senior research associate Tin Nguyen, Ph.D., to discuss the challenges of outdoor event security and the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Tune in Thursday at 12 p.m. CT | 1 p.m. ET for the latest webinar in NCITE's 2024 Speaker Series: "Behavioral…
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Attempted Assassination
Erin sits down with Sam Hunter, Ph.D., NCITE head of strategic initiatives, to discuss the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania. Hunter shares his research examining the U.S. domestic violent extremist landscape.
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The Deep Roots of Modern White Supremacy
Erin sits down with sociologist and NCITE researcher Pete Simi, Ph.D. to discuss white supremacy in the U.S. today. Simi co-authored the book Out of Hiding: Extremist White Supremacy and How It Can Be Stopped in 2023 along with sociologists Kathleen Blee, Ph.D. and Robert Futrell, Ph.D.
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The Early Career Researcher Perspective
Guest host Blake Ursch sits down with NCITE graduate student Callie Vitro to discuss what it means to be an early career researcher studying terrorism and violent extremism. Vitro talks about her recent trip to the U.K. and explains how a beloved TV detective sparked her interest in criminology.
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What is IS-K?
Erin speaks with Amira Jadoon, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science at Clemson University, about the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (IS-K), the terror group behind a deadly attack at a concert venue in Moscow.
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Malevolent Use of AI
Erin sits down with Sam Hunter, Ph.D., NCITE head of strategic initiatives and professor of industrial and organizational psychology to discuss how extremists could use AI technology to cause harm.
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Jordan Drone Strike, New York Weapons Cache
Host Erin Grace sits down with Austin Doctor, Ph.D., NCITE head of counterterrorism research initiatives and an assistant professor of political science at UNO, to discuss a drone strike in Jordan that killed three U.S. servicemen and a pair of New York brothers who were found with a cache of...
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On NCITE Insights, hosts Erin Grace and Blake Ursch interview leading experts in psychology, criminology, political science, and more to make sense of today’s headlines as they relate to terrorism. NCITE Insights is produced by the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center, based at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO).
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