William Parkin – The Conversation

A visitor looks at the faces of some of the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing at the Oklahoma National Memorial museum in Oklahoma City. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

September 10, 2020

19 years after 9/11, Americans continue to fear foreign extremists and underplay the dangers of domestic terrorism

Jeff Gruenewald, University of Arkansas; Joshua D. Freilich, City University of New York; Steven Chermak, Michigan State University; William Parkin, Seattle University, and Brent Klein, University of South Carolina

The Sept. 11 bombings killed almost 3,000 Americans. But if you exclude that unique event for the last two decades of terrorist activity, a different picture of US vulnerability appears.

A makeshift memorial outside the Tree of Life synagogue. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

October 31, 2018

Ideologically motivated far‑right extremists have killed close to 500 people since 1990 – and 10 percent were targeted based on religion

Jeff Gruenewald, Indiana University Indianapolis and William Parkin, Seattle University

The shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue joins a list of more than 200 other ideologically motivated attacks by far-right extremists since 1990.

White nationalist demonstrators guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va. AP Photo/Steve Helber, File

January 5, 2018

Did far‑right extremist violence really spike in 2017?

William Parkin, Seattle University; Joshua D. Freilich, City University of New York, and Steven Chermak, Michigan State University

Despite all the media attention the far-right and so-called “alt-right” got in 2017, the numbers paint a different picture.

A woman holds a flag as she looks out over the National Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

February 22, 2017

Threats of violent Islamist and far‑right extremism: What does the research say?

William Parkin, Seattle University; Brent Klein, Michigan State University; Jeff Gruenewald, Indiana University Indianapolis; Joshua D. Freilich, City University of New York, and Steven Chermak, Michigan State University

Data on violent incidents in the US reveal that our focus on Islamist extremism since 9/11 may be misguided.

Hate crime or terrorism? REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

June 15, 2016

The Orlando shooting: exploring the link between hate crimes and terrorism

Joshua D. Freilich, City University of New York; Jeff Gruenewald, Indiana University Indianapolis; Steven Chermak, Michigan State University, and William Parkin, Seattle University

Was this a crime about hate or political ideology? Extremist experts use data to explain what type of crime took place in Florida, and why it matters.

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