Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss (Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right) joins Brad in the Bunker for a a very special episode of the Jam this week. We dispensed with our typical interview.
Instead, Brad and Dr. Miller-Idriss dove headfirst into her work, which focuses on the threats facing down America: radical right-wing white supremacists, the radicalization of teenagers online, and QAnon and its impact on teenagers.
You can find out more information about Dr. Miller-Idriss’ work at the Polarization and Extremism Research Innovation Lab.
About Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Cynthia Miller-Idriss is an award-winning author and scholar of extremism and youth radicalization. She directs the Polarization and Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) in the Center for University Excellence (CUE) at the American University in Washington, DC, where she is also Professor in the School of Public Affairs and in the School of Education.
Dr. Miller-Idriss is also Director of Strategy and Partnerships at the U.K.-based Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right and serves on the international advisory board of the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) in Oslo, Norway. She has testified before the U.S. Congress and has briefed the UN Security Council’s Counter Terrorism Committee on white supremacist extremism and white nationalist terrorism, and frequently serves as a keynote speaker and expert panelist on trends in white supremacist extremism to global academic and policy communities as well as staff and representatives in U.S. and international government agencies and embassies.
A globally-recognized expert on far right youth, Dr. Miller-Idriss is the author, co-author, or co-editor of six books, including Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right, forthcoming from Princeton University Press in fall 2020.
In addition to her academic work, Miller-Idriss writes frequently for mainstream audiences, with recent by-lines in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, CNN, The Hill, The Guardian, Le Monde, Salon, and more. She appears regularly in the media as an expert source and political commentator, most recently on Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, NBC’s Evening News with Lester Holt, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, NBC’s The Today Show, the UK’s BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed, France 24’s The Interview, Ireland’s The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk and in Austria’s DATUM Magazin.
Dr. Miller-Idriss frequently advises or consults with foundations and organizations seeking expertise on radicalization and extremism, and has provided expert consultation in legal cases involving radicalization and extremist violence.
Books
- Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right
- The Extreme Gone Mainstream: Commercialization and Far Right Youth Culture in Germany
- Middle East Studies for the New Millennium: Infrastructures of Knowledge
- Blood and Culture: Youth, Right-Wing Extremism, and National Belonging in Contemporary Germany
- Gender and the Radical and Extreme Right: Mechanisms of Transmission and the Role of Educational Interventions
- Seeing the World: How Us Universities Make Knowledge in a Global Era
