What Do We Know About Terrorism?

University of Iowa, March 31-April 1, 2025

Conference Organizers, Brian Phillips and Sara Mitchell

Schedule for 2025 Terrorism Conference

Conference Papers

Burcu Pinar Alakoc, University of Chicago (co-authors: Gary Ackerman, Victor Asal, and Amira Jadoon), What Do We Know About the Organizational Dynamics of Terrorism?" Discussant: Brian Lai

Navin Bapat, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, The Future of Terrorism in an Age of Disinformation. Discussant: Page Fortna

Emma Leonard Boyle, Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg, Terrorist Disengagement and Deradicalization. Discussant: Graig Klein

Alex Braithwaite, University of Arizona, Transnational Dimensions of Terrorism. Discussant: Hyeran Jo

Mia Bloom, Georgia State University (virtual presentation), Women, Gender, and Terrorism. Discussant: Burcu Pinar Alakoc

Virginia Page Fortna, Columbia University, Terrorism In Civil War. Discussant: Elizabeth Menninga

Holley Hansen, Oklahoma State University, and Stephen Nemeth, Oklahoma State University, Understanding Right-Wing Terrorism: Trends, Threats, and Responses. Discussant: Erin Miller

Hyeran Jo, Texas A&M University, Financing Terrorism. Discussant: Seray Yalaz

Erin Miller, Patterns of Terrorism since 1970. Discussant: Harmonie Toros

Tamar Mitts, Columbia University, and Nusrat Farooq, Columbia University (virtual presentation), Terrorism and Social Media. Discussant: Holley Hansen

Sophia Moskalenko, Georgia State University (virtual presentation), Why Individuals Engage in Terrorism: From Group Dynamics to Mass Identity. Discussant: Emma Leonard Boyle

James Piazza, Pennsylvania State University (presentation by Brian Phillips), Causes of Terrorism. Discussant: Navin Bapat

Efe Tokdemir, Bilkent University and University of Chicago and Graig Klein, Leiden University, Measuring the End: A Review of Factors Determining Terrorist Group Demise. Discussant: Stephen Nemeth

Harmonie Toros, University of Reading, What Terrorism Does: A Critical Terrorism Studies Approach. Discussant: Efe Tokemir

Seray Yalaz, American University (co-author: Joseph K. Young, University of Kentucky), Definitions of Terrorism. Discussant: Brian Phillips

Other Participants

Faculty

Sara Mitchell, co-organizer

Brian Lai, discussant

Elizabeth Menninga, discussant

Kelly Kadera, participant

Graduate Students

Ahmed Bulbul, participant

Thomas Dainty, participant & scribe

Adam Lappe, participant & scribe

Soojin Lee, participant

Carly Millerd, participant & scribe

Madeline O’Brien, participant

Sherlean Roberts, participant

Nathan Timbs, participant & scribe

Staff

We are extremely grateful to the staff in the Department of Political Science at the University of Iowa for their assistance including Kate Casaletto and Wendy Sandersfeld.