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This internship will support START research focused on creating an open-source database of targeted violence in the United States that goes beyond terrorism and hate crimes to include school violence, workplace violence, and other grievance-based mass violence. The T2V database contains information on the crimes, preparatory actions, outcomes, and criminal proceedings of each event. Successful, failed, and foiled attacks are included in the database.

Supervisors: Elena Akers (eakers@umd.edu), Benjamin Evans (benevans@umd.edu), and Margaret Hayden(mhayden1@umd.edu)

Deadline: October 24, 2024 at 11:59pm ET

Required application materials: Resume, cover letter, and unofficial transcripts 

U.S. Citizenship Required: No

Team Meeting Times: To be determined

Responsibilities: Spring interns will assist T2V researchers to build and improve the quality of the T2V dataset by conducting in-depth research on terrorism and targeted violence events using publicly available sources and then synthesizing and recording the information for eventual inclusion into the dataset. Specifically, students will help to collect information on the crimes, preparatory actions, outcomes, and criminal proceedings of targeted violence events.

By working on this project, interns will gain invaluable experience of what it is like to work on a project with significant and real-time impact on preventing terrorism and targeted violence in the United States. Interns will also acquire insight into the various grievances of targeted violence, the contemporary state of extremist ideologies and groups in the United States, as well as transferable skills in conducting open-source research

Required/minimum qualifications:

  • Experience with open-source research and social science methods
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel
  • Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
  • Strong interest in research
  • Ability to work independently and in small groups
  • Students with knowledge of domestic extremist groups, hate crimes, forensic psychology, and grievance-based violence are strongly encouraged to apply