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TRC Director Gruenewald’s Pryor Center Lecture on the Capitol Riots and Far-Right Flashpoints
From the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History: "Jeff Gruenewald, associate professor and Director of the Terrorism Research Center in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Arkansas, presented 'Far-Right...
Meredith Lerma
Meredith Lerma is a former intern and graduate student in the TRC now working in Crime Analysis. Thank you to Meredith for taking the time to chat with us! To learn more about internships with the TRC, click here. When were you with the TRC? I first worked with the...
TRC in the News
The Terrorism Research Center was mentioned in: University of Arkansas News - May 21, 2021 Nine Faculty Projects Selected for Course Materials Conversion Funding University of Arkansas News - May 4, 2021 Terrorism Research Center Director Gruenewald Discusses...
Data Snapshot: Victims of Anti-Asian Bias Homicides in the United States, 1990-2019
Yasmeen Klein, JD
We checked in with Yasmeen Klein (JD), one of the many successful alumni of the TRC internship program, and a triple major in Political Science, International Relations, and Middle Eastern Studies with a minor in History while at the U of A. While working in the TRC,...
Findings From the Bias Homicide Database Fill Gaps in Understanding of Lethal Hate Crimes
Recent research from the Bias Homicide Database finds that people are killed every year by hate or bias crimes because of who they are perceived to be or what they represent. Victims may be targeted solely because of their race, ethnicity, where they worship, who they...
Congratulations to the TRC’s 2020 graduate students!
Congratulations to the TRC's 2020 graduate students! Congratulations to TRC graduate students Kyle Kaminicki, Meredith Lerma, and Evan Mudgett for completing their MA degrees at the University of Arkansas! Kaminicki and Mudgett earned their MA degrees in...