Jack G. R. Wippell is a PhD Student in the Department of Sociology, at The Ohio State University, and a graduate affiliate of both the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and the Translational Data Analytics Institute. His research examines the emergence, diffusion, and mobilization of ideologies, extremism, and political violence, with a methodological emphasis on integrating computational, quantitative, and qualitative approaches. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in journals such as: Social Problems; Journal of Criminal Justice; Politics, Groups & Identities; and Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression. His public scholarship has featured by the Global Network on Extremism and Technology, Fair Observer Magazine, the Center for Research on Extremism, and the European Consortium for Political Research.