University of Maryland

OUR TEAM

Dr. Susannah Paletz  
Principal Investigator (PI)
Associate Professor, College of Information Studies (iSchool)
University of Maryland

Dr. C. Anton Rytting (Co-PI) 
Associate Research Scientist, Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS)
University of Maryland

SCIENTISTS

Dr. Ewa Golonka
Associate Research Scientist, Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS)
University of Maryland

Dr. Cody Buntain  
Assistant Professor, College of Information Studies
University of Maryland

Ms. Eglė Murauskaitė  
Senior Researcher for European Security Affairs, ICONS Project/START (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism)
University of Maryland

Dr. Nick B. Pandža
Assistant Research Scientist, Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS)
University of Maryland

Mr. Devin Ellis   
Senior Faculty Research Specialist, Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS)
University of Maryland

Dr. Alicja Keplinger  
Assistant Professor, Institute of Psychology
University of Wrocław 

Dr. Michael Johns 
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Institute for Systems Research 

Dr. Kelly Jones
Assistant Research Scientist, Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS)
University of Maryland

Mr. Patrick Sheehan
Graduate Student, Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation, UMD

Lithuania:
Aurelija Tylaitė
Gabrielė Kundrotaitė
Austėja Serbentaitė

Poland (University of Wrocław):
Agata Bieniek
Anna Kostrzewa
Agata Kuzia
Klaudia Kuźnicka
Małgorzata Perczak-Partyka
Rafał Rosiak
Laura Russak
Ewa Szczepska
Marta Urbańska 

United States:
Nataliya Stepanova, University of Maryland

Past Research Assistants:
Deven Kumar, University of Maryland
Karolina Tokarek, University of Wrocław

Staff Contributing to the Project:
Bret Howard, Assistant Director of Finance, ARLIS 
Eva Coll, Experiential Education Specialist, START
Jessica Rivinius, Communications Director START
Rick Phillips, Communications, ARLIS

Additional Researchers on the Precursor Project:
Dr. Nikki Adams, Associate Research Scientist, ARLIS
Dr. Brooke Auxier, Pew Research Center, former graduate research assistant
Mr. David Ryan, former START intern
Ms. Grace Stanton, former START intern
Dr. Petra Bradley, former Associate Research Scientist, ARLIS

 

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