RAFFMA's Festival de Calaveras was featured on Spectrum News 1, and Brian Levin (criminal justice) discussed the 'red flags' in the comments made by a California 50th District Congressional Candidate about the group Defend East County.
Thomas Pierce (economics, emeritus), James Fenelon (sociology), Barbara Sirotnik (information and decision sciences), Brian Levin (criminal justice), David Yaghoubian (history) and Anthony Silard (public administration) were included in recent news coverage on a variety of topics.
Brian Levin (criminal justice) was interviewed by news media to share his perspective on the arrest of a group of 13 suspected terrorists who authorities say had plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Meredith Conroy (political science) participated in a politics chat on the FiveThirtyEight website in advance of the Oct. 7 vice presidential debate, and Brian Levin (criminal justices) was interviewed about the psychology behind people joining extremist groups and movements.
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.
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.