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TRC Graduate Research Assistant Examines Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Mass Shootings
Congratulations to Brynn Schuetter who successfully defended her master’s thesis on April 19th! Using open-source data and a multi-method approach, her thesis finds that ideologically motivated mass shooters prepare for their attacks in significantly different ways...
Unlocking Insights: University of Arkansas Hosts NSF REU Site for Crime Analytics
The University of Arkansas is hosting a new NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site this summer aiming to foster innovative, data-driven approaches to the study of crime and security data. The goal of the program is to impart transferable skills to...
Alumni Spotlight with Dr. Brent Klein
Alumni Spotlight - Dr Brent Klein Growing up in small-town Arkansas, Dr. Brent Klein began his professional journey as an intern for Terrorism Research Center and is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of...
Laurie Mitchell Joins the Terrorism Research Center as New Program Manager
Laurie Mitchell joined the Terrorism Research Center Program Manager on January 29th. Laurie earned her MS in Applied Sociology from the University of Texas-Dallas in 2022 and brings with her several years of experience in program management and evaluation,...
The TRC Welcomes Spring 2024 Interns
The Terrorism Research Center (TRC) is excited to welcome our Spring 2024 class of research interns! Spring 2024 interns include: Abagail Worthington, Addison Miller, Alexi Kendrick, Alexis Puckett, Ashlyn Boyd, Brandon Gibbins, Bree Westfall, Carter McKissack,...
New NIJ Article Highlights Decades Worth of Research Findings from the TRC
Read the article: What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism. The new issue of the NIJ Journal: Domestic Radicalization, Violent Extremism, and Terrorism features a paper co-written by the TRC Director Dr. Jeff Gruenewald about how NIJ-funded research...
Check out the TRC’s 2024 Prospectus!
Preliminary Findings on Risk and Protective Factors for Radicalization Across Extremist Offenders, Crimes, and Outcomes
Criminology Faculty Awarded NSF Grant to Lead Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Criminology faculty from the Department of Sociology and Criminology were awarded $343,163 by the National Science Foundation for their multi-year project titled, "Research Experiences for Undergraduate (REU) Site: Connecting Research to Practice in Crime Analytics." ...
Terrorism Research Center Receives Funding to Study Ways to Prevent Targeted Violence in U.S.
Researchers at the U of A's Terrorism Research Center were recently awarded $751,842 from the Department of Homeland Security to study how individuals mobilize toward violence, including violent extremism, school shootings and other forms of mass shootings. The...