Jessica Beyer, Ph.D.

jlbeyer@gmail.com

University of Washington

Country: United States (Washington)

About Me:

Jessica Beyer is a Lecturer in the Henry M. Jackson School for International Studies. Her current research focuses on cybersecurity issues, particularly non-state actors and international security. Her past research explored political mobilization emerging from highly populated online communities and focused on actors such as Anonymous and other hacktivists, the Pirate Parties, and digital pirates. In 2012, she won the Association of Internet Researcher’s Dissertation Award. Her book, Expect Us: Online Communities and Political Mobilization, was published by Oxford University Press in 2014.

Research Interests

Political Communication

Conflict Processes & War

Internet

Social Media

Social Movements

Cybersecurity

Hackers And Hacktivists

Anonymous

Online Communities

International Relations