Center on Terrorism

Center on Terrorism

Welcome to the Center on Terrorism at John Jay College of Criminal Justice

John Jay College lost 67 students and alumni as a result of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan on September 11, 2001. The Center on Terrorism at John Jay College was founded in the wake of those attacks and remains the only university-based entity devoted to terrorism research and education in the New York City area. Center researchers have published a range of books, article, chapters and reports covering different aspects of terrorism and counter-terrorism, from an interdisciplinary and policy-relevant perspective. The Center hosts the Friday Seminar Series which brings to the John Jay campus leading researchers and practitioners active in the field. The series is linked to John Jay’s Advanced Certificate in Terrorism Studies which offers a distinctive graduate-level program of study for those seeking to enhance their credentials and better understand terrorism and counter-terrorism. 

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Profs. Peter Romaniuk and Shuki Cohen (terrorism@jjay.cuny.edu).

Friday seminar series continues on November 5th
 
Please join us on Friday, November 5th (3-5pm) as our Friday seminar series continues. We are delighted to host Dr. Erin Saltman, who will speak on, "Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism Online: Technical and Targeted Approaches for Cross-Platform Impact."
 
Dr. Saltman is the Director of Programming at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (gifct.org). She was formerly Facebook’s Head of Counterterrorism and Dangerous Organizations Policy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. As a practitioner, she works with multi-sector stakeholders building out strategic counterterrorism and counter extremism programs online in partnership with international tech companies and NGOs. Dr Saltman’s background and expertise includes both far-right and Islamist extremist processes of radicalization within a range of regional and socio-political contexts. Her research and publications have focused on the evolving nature of online extremism and terrorism, gender dynamics within violent extremist organizations and youth radicalization. Previous roles include senior research and program positions at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD Global), where she remains a Research Fellow. Dr Saltman is a graduate of Columbia University (BA) and University College London (MA and PhD).
 
The seminar will be held via Zoom and is free and open to the public. We ask that you register by clicking here.
 
FYI, Dr. Saltman's recent publications include:
 
 
Saltman, Erin, Farshad Kooti & Karly Vockery. “New Models for Deploying Counterspeech: Measuring Behavioral Change and Sentiment Analysis.” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (2021), https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2021.1888404 
 
Saltman, Erin & Tom Thorley. "Practical and Technical Considerations in Expanding the GIFCT Hash Sharing Database." Broadening the GIFCT Hash Sharing Database Taxonomy: An Assessment and Recommended Next Steps (July 2021), https://gifct.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/GIFCT-TaxonomyReport-2021.pdf
 
Saltman, Erin. "Challenges in Combatting Terrorism and Violent Extremism Online." Lawfare (11 July 2021), https://www.lawfareblog.com/challenges-combating-terrorism-and-extremism...
 
Lapowsky, Issie. "This Big Tech group tried to redefine violent extremism. It got messy." Protocol (26 July 2021), https://www.protocol.com/policy/gifct-erin-saltman
 
 
More research and publications can be found at: https://www.erinsaltman.com/
 
Our final seminar for the fall semester will be on Friday, December 3rd, when Prof. Darryl Li (University of Chicago) will present on his book, The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire and the Challenge of Solidarity (Stanford University Press, 2020).
 
Best regards
 
Peter Romaniuk and Shuki Cohen