Meili Criezis

Graduate Research Assistant at the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab, PhD student at American University

.

Contact:

Biography

Meili Criezis is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL), a PhD student in Justice, Law, and Criminology at American University, and a Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) Contributor. Her research focuses on Islamic State propaganda, extremism in online spaces, and gender/political violence.

.
Caption
A fully veiled woman walks with her daughter as civilians fleeing the Islamic State's group embattled holdout of Baghouz gather in a field on February 13, 2019, in Deir Ezzor, Syria. (Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images)
.
.
Independent Researcher, Terrorism and Insurgency in South Asia
.
.
Graduate Research Assistant at the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab, PhD student at American University
Commentary
Long Read