Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Founding Director @perilresearch.bsky.social, testing ideas to prevent violence & build social cohesion. Author, Man Up, Hate in the Homeland, The Extreme Gone Mainstream. MSNBC columnist. Can accept many opinions as long as we agree all dogs go to heaven.
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Kind scholars of democracy, extremism, & violence
This is a list of scholars who work on tough topics incl a bit of gender, religion, immigration, race, education as it relates to democracy and mass violence- but are somehow also super kind, generous, & thoughtful. It is totally incomplete. Please nominate someone else who should be on this list!
@lincolnsquare.media
Where facts, experts, fearless media, and the ferocious opposition meet. We're fighting back against the American autocratic movement and fighting forward to create the America we all deserve. Join us. https://lincolnsquare.media
@mayaonstage.bsky.social
Life’s hard. Laugh harder. I fight f*ckery with a smile. Democracy👍🏾 Voting 🎉 Civil rights, yes please! The Breakdown @ The Lincoln Project Punching Up @ Resolute Square
@danielwied.bsky.social
#Democrat Married to my best friend. #SanDiego #California. Retired #USAF MSgt, civil service with the Navy. My wife is a teacher with UC San Diego. #BlueWave2026 #DEMSCONNECT #HandsOff fiftyfifty.one 💙💙🇺🇸💙💙 #BlueCrew #Resist #FuckTrump
@gandaresearchcoll.bsky.social
Research. Political Education. Collaboration. Organizing.
@dgrand.bsky.social
Prof at MIT working on misinformation/fake news, social media, polarization, intuition vs deliberation, cooperation, politics, and religion. (he/him) https://davidrand-cooperation.com/
@kathrynbrownell.bsky.social
Professor & Director of the Center for American Political History & Technology at Purdue University; Author of 24/7 Politics & Showbiz Politics; Senior Editor of Made By History
@dannagal.bsky.social
Professor of Communication & Political Science. NH to PHL. Improv comedian. Author: “Irony and Outrage” (OUP 2020), “Wrong” (JHU 2023). My views and mine alone. WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/view/dgoldyoung/home
@achimtruger.bsky.social
Professor of Socio-Economics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute for Socio-Economics + Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
@susanphilpott.bsky.social
Public historian of the struggle for justice and equality. Lover of podcasts and family, including our tiny dog Chester. Recently widowed.
@jonathanmijs.com
Sociologist at Boston University | studying meritocracy, inequality, segregation | previously: Erasmus University Rotterdam, London School of Economics, Harvard University, University of Amsterdam | www.jonathanmijs.com
@aflor017.github.io
Political science LGBTQ politics Assoc Prof @American University Distinguished Visiting Scholar @Williams Institute Associate Editor at PRQ https://www.american.edu/spa/faculty/aflores.cfm https://aflor017.github.io
@calebscoville.bsky.social
sociology prof @Tufts and 2025 Andrew Carnegie Fellow studying our contradictory relationship with nature. extraction, knowledge, conservation, political division. projects on the Delta Smelt and partisanship and the environment. https://calebscoville.com
@hebagowayed.bsky.social
Sociology Prof at CUNY (Hunter & Grad Center) sharing her own thoughts. Maker of resistance humus. Author of REFUGE. Now writing on the violence & COST OF BORDERS. she/هي https://linktr.ee/hebagowayed لسه عايزين عيش حريه و عداله اجتماعية
@andifugard.info
Senior Director at @veriangroup.com, leading the Quantitative Impact Evaluation Hub. London-based. They/them. Personal account – views mine. Posts auto delete after a month. Mastodon: https://sciences.social/@andi Web: https://andifugard.info/
@dgraham.bsky.social
Journalist, nouvelle-lettrist, and unionist at The Atlantic. Rubber City -> Bull City. dgraham@theatlantic.com THE PROJECT out now: https://smarturl.it/GHz99R
@rmtownsend.bsky.social
Deliberation, democracy & public engagement scholar #TeamRhetoric #Commsky politics in US & #CEE #transportation, public memory, Town Meeting. Lifter. #WMASS Aromanian @TownModerator.bsky.social
@rlevay.bsky.social
Senior editor of sociology and anthropology at Princeton University Press. Cofounder Paths in Publishing. Running, books, kids, somewhere out west.
@alexiakatsanidou.bsky.social
Political Scientist: democratic crises and political behaviour Head of Survey Data Curation at @gesisorg.bsky.social Professor of Empirical Social Research at the University of Cologne
@jjgreenjr.bsky.social
National Security Correspondent at WTOP/DC. Host of GLOBAL w/JJ Green http://bit.ly/3GhfKZl Privileged to win a national Edward R. Murrow, fly with the Thunderbirds, and be a witness to history every day. Newly arrived here from that other place!
@alyssamerc.bsky.social
your favorite game journo’s favorite game journo twitch.tv/alyssamerc on monday/wednesday/friday https://linktr.ee/AlyssaMerc bylines at rolling stone, kotaku, jezebel, jalopnik, digital trends, gamesradar, sfx
@saengler.bsky.social
Professor in Comparative Politics @leuphana, party competition, European politics, CEE, democracy, corruption, radical right, former @IPZ_ch | PhD @IPWunibern #FirstGen
@gefjonoff.bsky.social
Postdoc at University of Hamburg & Leuphana University Lüneburg | PhD from Gothenburg University | Political behavior, gender and politics, radical right, young men. gefjonoff.com
@lisazanottiphd.bsky.social
Senior fellow CEU | Co-EiC @PRXJournal | I have a thing for polarized cleavages, sports and pasta | My views. 🇪🇺
@vmkitchen.bsky.social
University of Waterloo prof. I study security. www.teamkitchenresearch.ca
@broxton8r.bsky.social
University of Sheffield. Currently writing PhD proposal. Criminology. Interests in far right extremism, online hate, and media and crime. Metalhead gamer, wrestling fan and book lover
@gorenlj.bsky.social
Political Scientist. Pop Culture Enthusiast. Cook. Knitter. Always solving mysteries in small British villages.
@discodiscourse.bsky.social
University of Liverpool. I tend to write about discourse, argumentation & racism. Editor of Critical Discourse Studies. Website, for all your John-related needs >> https://johnerichardson.wixsite.com/home ORCID: 0000-0003-1251-8184
@sashaperigo.bsky.social
Writer, housing policy advocate, and data analyst. Former comms EBHO & Tenants Together, columnist for the SF Examiner, & homelessness co-chair with DSA SF. Stanford computer science alumna. Antifascista siempre. 🌹🏳️🌈
@sarahburris.bsky.social
Reporter @RawStory some at @Alternet & @Salon *opinions might be jokes* Threads: @sarahburris Spoutable: @sarahburris Email: sarah at rawstory.com Oklahomie in Washington, D.C. Animal lover Recovering social media expert Not ready for four more years
@phoebepetrovic.bsky.social
Investigative reporter & researcher chronicling threats to democracy. Then: Wisconsin Watch & ProPublica LRN. Soon: Documented. Wearer of N95s and maker of quilts.
@moira.bsky.social
Climate, economic justice & human rights research, advocacy & policy visioning. Fellow with @cplusc.bsky.social studying disaster insurance & global policy. Board co-Chair of @lawgaction.bsky.social. Amo a 🇨🇴. Living on Ohlone land. she/ella/ela.
@hannahcrileyy.bsky.social
occasional writer/organizer, all the time abolitionist. into good journalism and a better atlanta. hannahcriley.com thejumpline.substack.com
@drrjkavanagh.bsky.social
"I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do." James Baldwin. Public Defender (in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and now Baltimore City) and Writer. Australian New Yorker now in Washington DC. She/her. Views my own.
@drtiffanyaflowers.bsky.social
Writer~Professor~Literacy Advocate~Blogger~Creative~Community Organizer-Consultant Native Chicagoan living in the south. YouTube: @tiffanyaflowers Spoutible: @Prof_Flowers Fanbase: @drtiffanyaflowers Medium: The Black Aesthetic Tradition Blog
@alessandronai.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the University of Amsterdam, ASCoR @ascor.bsky.social Dark politics, Political communication & psychology, Negative campaigns, Leader personality, Persuasion | Editor at EJPR @ecpr.bsky.social http://www.alessandro-nai.com
@kakape.bsky.social
science journalist. author. molecular biologist. curious. interested in #microbes, #misinformation and all things #blue contributing correspondent at @science.org co-host of @pandemia.bsky.social 2024 KSJ fellow at MIT Signal: kakape.93
@rweingarten.bsky.social
AFT President. Teacher. Unionist. Fighting for a better life for children, families & communities through educ & eco opportunity, fairness & freedom & democracy Wife of Sharon Kleinbaum.
@atherton.bsky.social
War, robots, & bad futures but imagining better. I edit @cipolicy.bsky.social's International Policy Journal, opinions my own. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Husband to @alymay.bsky.social & father of 2. Front takes towards enemies.
@ablum.bsky.social
Executive Director, Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego. Fan of ☮️, 🚴♀️, and good 🥃.
@simona-goldin.bsky.social
A writer who teaches, a teacher who writes. Studying & supporting children and youths' fundamental capability to grow, learn, and flourish. Research Professor, UNC.
@citizenoftheworld.bsky.social
@abaerbock.diplo.de
Offizieller Bluesky Account von Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock | Official Bluesky Account of Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock
@realnatesnyder.bsky.social
Former Candidate for DNC Chair • National Security Leader • @POTUS/@POTUS44 Admin • @SEIU & @NavalWarCollege alum • @Latinos44 Board • Sayer of 'Wooder' https://www.natefordnc.com/