Team Members

Sierra Nelson is a Research Associate at the Mississippi State University Social Science Research Center and MSU’s High Performance Computing Center (HPC2). She is also… Read More »Sierra Nelson, M.S.

Chris Lightsey joined CCI in 2016 as a Research Engineer. He holds a B.S. degree in computer science from Mississippi State University. Chris has been… Read More »Chris Lightsey

Clay Hardwick is program manager of the Center for Cyber Innovation (CCI) Open-Source Intelligence Lab (OSIL) at Mississippi State University (MSU), where he researches the… Read More »Clay Hardwick

Anna Gjika, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Sociology at SUNY New Paltz, where she teaches courses in criminology and also serves as Interim Director of the… Read More »Anna Gjika, PhD

Dr. Viswadeep Lebakula is a research and development associate in geoinformatics engineering in the geospatial science and human security division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory,… Read More »Viswadeep Lebakula, PhD

Jessica R. Collier is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Mississippi State University. Her research investigates how digital technologies, partisan biases, and… Read More »Jessica Collier, PhD

Maxwell Perkins is an Undergraduate Research Assistant and a Senior Information Systems Student at Mississippi State University. His professional interests seek to utilize computer software… Read More »Maxwell Perkins

Terri N. Hernandez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, teaches public relations courses in the Department of Communication at Mississippi State University. Her research examines inter/intragroup relations, consumer… Read More »Terri Hernandez, PhD

Dr. Ronald E. Cossman is a Research Professor and Research Fellow at the SSRC, Principal Investigator for the Northeast Mississippi Area Health Education Center and… Read More »Ronald Cossman, PhD

MacKenzie Paul is an Undergraduate Research Assistant working for the Social Science Research Center. In addition to her work in the DS3 lab, MacKenzie is… Read More »MacKenzie Paul