Right-Wing Studies
A list of scholars and journalists who research right wing politics. This is an in-process starter pack. Will add more as I get my bearings and find folks.
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@ajbauer.bsky.social
@reecepeck.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof @ The Cuny Grad Center & College of Staten Island. Author of Fox Populism (Cambridge, 2019). Populist rhetoric/partisan media/class politics. The Hill, Vice, Salon, Jacobin.
@amnadler.bsky.social
Media studies prof @ Ursinus College; author, Making The News Popular (http://bit.ly/31RfIlt); co-editor, News on the Right (http://bit.ly/2YgUcZX)
@benlorber8.bsky.social
Senior Research Analyst @PRAEyesRight. I write and train on antisemitism, white Christian nationalism, the MAGA Right, Israel/Palestine, Christian Zionism. Co-author Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism. benlorber.com
@automotricity.bsky.social
Rhetoric PhD @UTAustin. Race, Environment, Animals. Derrida-stan. Gaeilgeoir. Omuyizi. My website: daithirooney.github.io
@henryhenryhenry.com
political scientist, PhD via Vanderbilt // researcher @ UZH Zürich // studying the unfolding dystopia // platforms, political violence, extremism, etc. research & writing: henryhenryhenry.com land of enchantment
@libankerdc.bsky.social
Professor: Political Theory & US Culture. Author: UGLY FREEDOMS & Orgies of Feeling: Melodrama and the Promise of Freedom (both Duke). Books-in-progress: “Make Sovereignty Great Again” and “The Low Road” Web: https://tinyurl.com/Elisabeth-Anker
@cristinabeltran.bsky.social
NYU professor working in political theory, Latinx, and race & gender politics; most recent book is CRUELTY AS CITIZENSHIP. Skeptical of social media but keep hearing good things about Bluesky!
@michellelkahn.bsky.social
Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats
@phenominal.bsky.social
You don't know me... but i unfortunately know a lot about climate denial, propaganda and rightwing disinformation
@samhoadleybrill.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD student infected with Woke Mind Virus who wants you to read Charles Mills | CUNY Graduate Center
@casmudde.bsky.social
Dutchman in the South 🇺🇸 | Politicoloog 👨🎓 | European politics 🇪🇺 | far-right parties ✋ | soccer & politics ⚽ | punkrock 🎸 | movies 🎥 | columnist ✍️ | he/him/his 🚹 the “populism guy” who just wants to talk about soccer and politics 🤷♂️
@mgouldwartofsky.bsky.social
Scholar of the far right + the radical left. Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia. Author of The Occupiers (Oxford 2015), Blood and Soil (forthcoming). Nothing human is alien to me. https://mgouldwartofsky.substack.com/subscribe
@xriskology.bsky.social
Philosopher and historian of human extinction (sadly, an increasingly relevant topic). Coined the term “TESCREAL” w/ Timnit Gebru. Salon, Truthdig, WaPo, Aeon, etc.
@kathrynajoyce.bsky.social
Investigative editor @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social & journalist covering the right. Author of The Child Catchers & Quiverfull. Writing in various places. kathrynajoyce@gmail.com Signal: kathrynajoyce.01
@profceciliam.bsky.social
Historian @DukeU & author of "Making the Latino South" (UNC Press) Currently writing about the history of Latino conservatives More on www.ceciliamarquez.org
@katherinestewart.bsky.social
Money, Lies, and God; The Power Worshippers and other books. @religionreport & Forkosch awards @nytopinion @newrepublic @RNS ignoring argumentative strangers Katherinestewart.me Drop me a line at goodnewskatherine (@) gmail dot com
@riccardiswartz.bsky.social
assistant prof of religion and anthropology at Northeastern University. first gen. book w/ Fordham University Press. current projects: trad futurisms/digital dissidents.
@reedvanschenck.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Communication @ IE University. Researching reactionary digital networks and infrastructures. 🇺🇸 living in 🇪🇸 #TeamRhetoric #MediaStudies Views = mine
@katz.theracket.news
Author of GANGSTERS OF CAPITALISM and THE BIG TRUCK THAT WENT BY. Newsletter: http://theracket.news | Signal: jmkatz.18 | a.k.a. @KatzOnEarth | Avi by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social
@cat-tebaldi.bsky.social
Postdoc @ culture & computation lab | language & gender & far right | Still trying to make anti-fascist semiotics happen
@avielroshwald.bsky.social
History Professor. Comparative study of nationalism. Latest book—Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023) https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Occupied-by-Aviel-Roshwald/9781108790826
@ceaubin.bsky.social
"A scholar and a hater" - The Guardian Historian of Nazis & America & Nazis in America • Friendly neighborhood wizard Being mean to bad guys at https://thisguysucked.com and your local podcast app
@akms.bsky.social
Asst. Professor of Sociology & Inaugural Richard Lachmann Chair, CUNY Queens College. Formerly NYU (PhD), Harvard (postdoc). Sociologist of race, citizenship, fascism, AI. www.skarpelis.com, she / her
@roxanamuenster.bsky.social
PhDing in digital social movements, culture, and lifestyle politics at Cornell | CITAP affiliate | formerly Brookings, The Economist & LSE | love a good random fact
@smgonzalezwi.bsky.social
Historian of Midwestern Latinos, labor, religion, and sanctuary. Author of Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in 20th Century Wisconsin.
@tylerleeds.bsky.social
Sociology PhD student at UC Berkeley working on media, theory, and conservative politics. Retired journalist and incoming assistant professor at U Delaware
@luisherran.bsky.social
Mexican. Historian of the Latin American Right, the Cold War and 20th Century Mexico. UNAM / New School for Social Research. Assistant Professor of History at the University of New Mexico
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social
Bestselling author of THEY KNEW, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY and THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP. https://sarahkendzior.substack.com/
@pastpunditry.bsky.social
Historian of conservatism, media, and the presidency at Vanderbilt. Author of PARTISANS & MESSENGERS OF THE RIGHT. Cohost of @thisdaypod.com from Radiotopia. Frequently posting on IG stories @pastpundit
@cajohnson-craig.bsky.social
Research on the right-wing and conservative theology. Fifteen Minutes of Fascism: https://soundcloud.com/user-627234964 https://www.youtube.com/@fifteenminutesoffascism Author, How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism: https://shorturl.at/jjwZz DMs open.
@annelottejanse.bsky.social
Dr. | Historian of German, European, and transnational far-right extremism since 1945 | Currently also helping teachers discuss disruptive events with their pupils @ TerInfo, Utrecht University https://www.uu.nl/staff/JCJanse
@hankowings.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @ UPenn / Political Theory, Religion, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Conservatism / First-gen from rural Ohio / Bahá’í
@drbrandonharris.bsky.social
Husband + cat dad + Prof in AL studying: twitch, gaming, platforms, media industries, labor, & content creators one unhinged study at a time.
@odedmarom.bsky.social
Postdoctoral fellow at USC. Studies political conflict, radicalism, and partisanship in everyday life. See also: American Libertarians, the New Right, and gut microbes!
@peterforberg.com
UC Berkeley sociology // prev UChicago technology, political mobilization, governance, ideology, birding peterforberg.com // signal: pforberg.26
@aprilanson.bsky.social
she/her settler studying ecofascism and anti-racist/colonial enviro humanities. prof at uconn. prev. prof at sdsu, postdoc at penn. views do not rep my employer.
@shannimcg.bsky.social
Professor at UNC. Principal investigator at CITAP. Researching & writing on political comm: identity, social media, public opinion, data, news. BOOK: Media & January 6th (Oxford) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/media-and-january-6th-9780197758533
@sjacks26.bsky.social
Researching right-wing extremism in the U.S, conspiracy theories, extremist language, etc. Professing in Albany, NY Black Lives Matter he/him My Oath Keepers book: bit.ly/2DOUuh7 CV: https://tinyurl.com/meyy6xpd
@wihorne.bsky.social
Writer. Radical. Historian at UMD. PhD in History from GW. In Case of Emergency: https://tinyurl.com/mvmrcuvk. (he/him)
@norocel.bsky.social
🇫🇮🇸🇪 #Firstgen AssocProf at #Lunduniversity former #MSCA IF #ULBruxelles I use #intersectionality in 💻 #extremism & #radicalright #populism #welfarechauvinism #criticalbigdata #criticalAI
@profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social
Sociologist at USC. Carnegie Fellow & Harvard Carr Center Racial Justice Fellow. Writer. Thinker. 📚Author of The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement.
@transform6789.bsky.social
political analyst & independent scholar. Author of “Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins & Afterlife of James Mason's ‘Siege’” (Routledge, 2024) www.patreon.com/spencersunshine
@noellecook.com
Forthcoming book: The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging (Broadleaf Books, Jan 2026) | Associate Producer, TheConspiracistsFilm.com (2024)
@maureeneger.bsky.social
Political sociologist researching immigration, welfare states, (neo-)nationalism, democracy and more Associate Professor, Umeå University 2024-25 CASBS Fellow, Stanford University Incoming Associate Professor, USC https://www.maureeneger.com/
@jasonaw.bsky.social
I'm a reporter covering the far right. jason.a.wilson@protonmail.com Formerly @jason_a_w on twitter
@josephenderson.bsky.social
I study climate change and environmental education: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_Fm_bMEAAAAJ&hl=en
@avitek.bsky.social
Political science professor. Teacher/researcher of terrorism and extremism with a focus on the far-right. Posting through it. #BillsMafia
@feolski.bsky.social
Dad. Political Theorist. Writes on white nationalism, the far right, critical theory. Author: The Rage of Replacement (2024, UMN Press). Words at The Washington Post, Slate, The Guardian.
@aysed.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Studies at Boston University; Political Com & Computational Methods. Middle Easterner, she/her
@bdaviess.bsky.social
Extremism, conspiracy theories, housing. Recovering housing attorney. Currently ARC @arcglobal.bsky.social She/they
@nellstra.bsky.social
Historian of transnational politics & religion between US & Latin America. Postdoc, SDSU. Co-founder, histcatmex.bsky.social. Social justice. Foodie. https://nathanellstrand.com/
@lorcancneill.bsky.social
PhD Student at UNC Hussman & CITAP | Studying polcomm, platforms, & democracy | GW SMPA & NC State alum
@biella.bsky.social
Professor of Anthropology @Harvard, Hacker Studies & More https://gabriellacoleman.org/
@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
@minter.bsky.social
Pittsburgh resident and enthusiast, PhD Candidate at Georgetown University studying the racist far right in elections and political violence. Also sports. Email me at sheaminter@proton.me
@edsall.bsky.social
PhD Student @ U. Minnesota • CITAP affiliate • Class, Partisan Media, Populism, US Conservatism
@nbrody.bsky.social
Comm Prof at The University of Puget Sound studying technology and relationships. www.pugetsound.edu/directory/nicholas-brody
@chelseaebin.bsky.social
Assistant prof of poli sci at Drew University; researches the right, Christian nationalism, male supremacism, IRMS co-founder and FRAN fellow.
@clarajuarezmiro.bsky.social
Beatriz Galindo Fellow @cpoliticaub.bsky.social | Previously @hubbardschoolumn.bsky.social & @jscvienna.bsky.social Studying populism, online communities, audiences.
@dianacasteel.bsky.social
PhD candidate | UIC | CITAP Affiliate | studying female conservative content creators | vegan | Oreo-based
@cindyxma.bsky.social
assistant prof. in race & media at university of leeds | UNC CITAP affiliate | sociotechnical systems, political discourse & racial inequity
@caddiealford.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Rhetoric & Writing at VCU // critical platform, AI, and media studies + rhetorical theory Co-Director of AI Futures Lab 📕 = Entitled Opinions: Doxa After Digitality First Gen #TeamRhetoric https://caddiealford.com
@jfarkas.bsky.social
Assistant Professor. Author of 'Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy' (https://t.ly/1JHye), University of Copenhagen, Firstgen 🎓. he/him. Free access to my work: http://www.johanfarkas.com/research
@meredithpruden.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in metro ATL. Researching harmful online content, far-right media & politics. Affiliate @UNC CITAP. Fellow @TheIRMS. Member @Coalition for Independent Tech Research & @Media, Data & Democracy Co-op. Words are mine. Duh. she/her
@maryjoy.bsky.social
Teaches (law and society, political theory at SLAC in New England) and bakes. Occasionally writes on all things related to conservative movement. Presumptive Republican Nominee for Governor of Oregon (IYKYK)
@raulperez.bsky.social
sociologist and author of The Souls of White Jokes (Stanford University Press) https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=30308
@atg-dbp.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Culture & Media @ The New School. Living at the crossroads of Media Theory, Black Horror / Zombie Movies, and AI / Digital Culture.
@curdknupfer.bsky.social
Associate professor of political communication @ddc-sdu.bsky.social, University of Southern Denmark. Focus on digital & right-wing media + parties. Associate Editor @ International Journal of Press/Politics
@mariavamvalis.bsky.social
Climate justice education for well-being. Working in service of collective transformative systems change through education, facilitation, research, strategy & writing. she/her
@mikekoncewicz.bsky.social
Political Historian of the 1960s and 1970s, Associate Director of NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge (@ipk.bsky.social), Author of They Said No to Nixon and Tom Hayden Biography (forthcoming).
@ojutel.bsky.social
Skateboarding, Tech-criticism, Blockchain colonialism and platform geopolitics, film, LFC.
@lisaduggan.bsky.social
Commie Pinko Queer writer, activist, professor at NYU. Author of Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed and The Twilight of Equality. Co-editor of the American Studies Now series at UC Press. Find me at lisaduggan.substack.com
@llassabe.bsky.social
historian, author, speaker, podcaster | RESISTANCE FROM THE RIGHT: CONSERVATIVES AND THE CAMPUS WARS (UNC Press, 2023) | 🎧 American Campus podcast www.laurenlassabe.com
@seejenspeak.bsky.social
political theorist, asst professor at Loyola Chicago. studying digital technologies, democratic practices, (software) architecture, & civic engagement. she/her
@andycarr.bsky.social
he/him | 🏳️🌈 nerd stuff | mid selfies studying US law & politics: LPE, bureaucracy, reactionary movements | union stuff @ The New School | past adjunct @ Fordham ('22-'24) | leftist opinions mine and mostly bad New York, NY
@mikecowburn.bsky.social
Research Fellow in the DEMOLAW ERC project at Zeppelin Universität Party Factions | Candidate Selection | Legislative Politics | PolComm | Primaries Author: Party Transformation in Congressional Primaries https://tinyurl.com/4w6tfvjx www.mikecowburn.com
@drsarteschi.bsky.social
Full Professor of SW & Criminology | Extreme violence researcher. Books about #Sovereigncitizens | Support my work: https://ko-fi.com/drsarteschi | Opinions own & RPs not endorsements
@fredclarkson.bsky.social
Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates. Writer about religion & politics for four decades. Author. Editor. Public speaker. Occasional commentator. Former caregiver to my late parents. Backyard denizen. Not necessarily in that order.
@evianeleidig.com
Expert in reactionary politics, online harms & platform governance | The Women of the Far Right: Social Media Influencers and Online Radicalization 📚 💻 evianeleidig.com
@johnshuntington.bsky.social
Historian of 20th century U.S. politics. Author of Far-Right Vanguard: The Radical Roots of Modern Conservatism. Community college prof. Fan of soccer, baseball, and black labs. You can follow my leukemia journey here: https://johnshuntington.substack.com
@timothyjlombardo.bsky.social
Historian. Professional and personal interests in cities, politics, labor, punk rock, beer, higher ed, and all things Philadelphia. Author, Blue-Collar Conservatism (https://tinyurl.com/587bfhcy). Other projects in the works, probably
@rhetoricpj.bsky.social
I live in pittsburgh and like it. wrote a book about conservative populism. have spent the last 15 years studying the right. go arsenal! I like gin. Book: https://www.uapress.ua.edu/9780817321093/i-the-people/
@jsweetli.bsky.social
suspended/censored by Elon Musk bc journalism Words in Rolling Stone, The Intercept, The Guardian, POLITICO, The Nation +
@julieingersoll.bsky.social
Author: "Building God's Kingdom" (OUP). I teach and write about religion, politics, violence, and the far right. Providing updates from the Florida dystopia, I'd rather be in my camper.
@siobhanftb.bsky.social
She/Elle EN/FR. Policy, critical public health, medical anthropology, cats. IU 651. Opinions are my own. Ex-journo under Siobhan O'Leary (bylines: Rewire.News, VICE, Shadowproof). Public speaker, irregular blogger. 🏳️⚧️ liberation now.
@stecula.bsky.social
A concerned citizen. Polish by birth, Canadian and American by choice. It gets worse before it gets worse.
@aurelmondon.bsky.social
Researching the mainstreaming of reactionary/far-right politics Co-convenor of @reacpolrn.bsky.social Reactionary Democracy w. @aaronwinter.bsky.social and co-editor of The Ethics of Researching the Far Right Full profile: https://shorturl.at/CiYKm
@beccalew.bsky.social
Postdoctoral scholar @ Stanford. I research the history of the right in Silicon Valley and online. Email me at beccalewis@protonmail.com. She/her
@drkarenlcox.bsky.social
Award-winning historian. Professor Emerita. Lady scribbler. Author of four books & my share of op-eds in NYT, WaPo, CNN, Time, & Smithsonian Magazine. #NC #WV
@qop.bsky.social