Experts Guide

Farhadi is an expert on violent extremism, religion and conflict, peacebuilding, geopolitics and geoeconomics, with a particular emphasis on the Great Power Competition in the "Silk Road" region of Central and South Asia.

Sloan's research interests include inequalities in emotional experiences and expressions within organizations and the social shaping of emotion, with a particular emphasis on public fear concerning the threat of terrorism and associated policy preferences. She has also studied the emotional experiences and roles of social identity and social networks in women’s involvement in terrorist organizations in the Middle East.

Borum is director of Intelligence and National Security Studies at USF and a past consultant for the U.S. Secret Service. His research and expertise focuses on terrorism, intelligence concepts, intelligence analysis, information behavior, strategy and decision-making, interrogation and criminal psychology.

Pieri studies extremism -- both domestic and international, including jihadist movements. He can discuss far right activity in the U.S., antisemitism. He is the author of four books, and numerous peer-reviewed articles which focus on the relationships between religion, politics and violence.