Barbara Sirotnik (statistics, business analytics, and supply chain management) discussed the High Desert Survey and the region’s economy, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed on a wide range of topics related to extremist groups.
Barbara Sirotnik (statistics, business analytics, and supply chain management) will speak at an Oct. 4 event on Facebook and YouTube focusing on the High Desert communities, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about the Patriot Movement AZ far right group and the Proud Boys extremist group.
The news media continued to call on Brian Levin (criminal justice) to get his analysis in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s failure to categorically condemn white supremacy and his comment during the Sept. 29 presidential debate that the extremist group the Proud Boys “stand back and stand by.”
Brian Levin (criminal justice) shared his analysis of the extremist group the Proud Boys in the wake of the Sept. 29 presidential debate, and Anthony Silard (public administration) wrote about recognizing and overcoming anxiety.
David Yaghoubian (history) was interviewed for a segment discussing Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif’s comment that U.S. sanctions against his country amount to “medical terrorism.”
A Sept. 26 rally in Portland, Ore., by the extremist group the Proud Boys was the topic of two articles for which the expertise of Brian Levin (criminal justice) was sought.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed about a Black Lives Matter stand in Murrieta that has been targeted for harassment, and about the case of a man suspected of, among other activities, organizing a camp for “civil disorder” for a far-right militia group.
Meredith Conroy (political science), Brian Levin (criminal justice) and Alemayehu G. Mariam (political science, emeritus) were included in recent news coverage in their areas of expertise.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed for an article about U.S. Attorney General William Barr directing federal prosecutors to file sedition charges against protestors. He and other experts say the government is fighting the wrong battle.