Our Team

Daniel Shawl
Project Coordinator

Anna Gjika, PhD
Assistant Professor

Clay Hardwick
Program Manager

Chris Lightsey
Research Engineer

Sierra Nelson, M.S.
Research Associate I and Sociology Doctoral Candidate

Mohammad Marufuzzaman, PhD
Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator, and Associate Department Head

Katerina Sergi, PhD
Assistant Research Professor

Lauren E. Etheredge
Research Associate I

Cloie Corley
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Megan Stubbs-Richardson, PhD
Director of DS3 Laboratory, Assistant Research Professor

Ben Porter, PhD
Assistant Professor

Sujan Ranjan Anreddy, PhD
Assistant Research Professor

Karissa Bergene,PhD
Assistant Director of Research Operations

Arthur G. Cosby, PhD
William L. Giles Distinguished Professor

Cindy L. Bethel, PhD
Professor

Ed Swan, PhD
Professor

Charlie Schloemer
Systems Administrator

MacKenzie Paul
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Terri Hernandez, PhD
Assistant Professor

Daniel Shawl
Project Coordinator

Anna Gjika, PhD
Assistant Professor

Clay Hardwick
Program Manager

Chris Lightsey
Research Engineer

Sierra Nelson, M.S.
Research Associate I and Sociology Doctoral Candidate
Sierra Nelson is a graduate student at Mississippi State University. She received her B.S. in Social Justice and Criminology from Delta State University and her M.S. in Sociology from Mississippi State University. She is pursuing a doctoral degree in Sociology with a focus in Criminology. She is interested in translating science into policy and programs, particularly in bridging the gap between criminology and criminal justice research and related policies and programs. Additionally, her research interests broadly include program/project evaluation, implementation science, and evidence-driven policies and practices. She is working on projects examining the use of open source intelligence to better understand common social and criminological issues—such as extremism and propaganda, homicide, suicide, and analysis of public sentiments surrounding policy and political and social events. She is currently employed as a graduate research assistant at the Social Science Research Center for the National Institute of Justice-funded project “Research on Juvenile Court Intake Practices and Reoffending.” She also collaborates with researchers at the HPC² Center for Cyber Innovation (CCI), producing research that effectively leverages open-source intelligence for more effective risk assessment and decision-making.

Mohammad Marufuzzaman, PhD
Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator, and Associate Department Head

Katerina Sergi, PhD
Assistant Research Professor

Lauren E. Etheredge
Research Associate I

Cloie Corley
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Megan Stubbs-Richardson, PhD
Director of DS3 Laboratory, Assistant Research Professor

Ben Porter, PhD
Assistant Professor


Sujan Ranjan Anreddy, PhD
Assistant Research Professor


Karissa Bergene,PhD
Assistant Director of Research Operations

Arthur G. Cosby, PhD
William L. Giles Distinguished Professor

Cindy L. Bethel, PhD
Professor



Ed Swan, PhD
Professor

Personal Site
http://web.cse.msstate.edu/~swan/index.html
Charlie Schloemer
Systems Administrator

Terri Hernandez, PhD
Assistant Professor
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