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Black smoke rises from the area of Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026. (Getty Images)
Graduate Research Assistant at the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab, PhD student at American University
Meili Criezis is a Graduate Research Assistant at the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL), a PhD student in Justice, Law, and Criminology at American University, and a Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) Contributor. Her research focuses on Islamic State propaganda, extremism in online spaces, and gender/political violence.