Karla J. Cunningham
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Education
Overview
Biography
Karla J. Cunningham is a political scientist at the RAND Corporation, with expertise in political violence and political change. Drawing on applied backgrounds in intelligence and law enforcement, she studies factors that contribute to instability including terrorism, insurgency, organized crime, and unrest. She is the author of six published and two forthcoming publications on female terrorism including "Gender, Islam, and Conservatism" (in Kathleen Blee and Sandra McGee Deutsch, eds., Women of the Right, University of Pennsylvania Press). Cunningham received her M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Buffalo.
Research Focus
Selected Publications
"Iran's Near Abroad," in John Gordon, et. al., Domestic Trends in the United States, China, and Iran: Implications for U.S. Navy Strategic Planning, RAND (MG-729-NAVY), 2009
Karla J. Cunningham, "Female Survival Calculations in Politically Violent Settings: How Political Violence and Terrorism are Viewed as Pathways to Life," Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 32(7):561-575, 2009
Gregory F. Treverton, et. al., Film Piracy, Organized Crime, and Terrorism, RAND (MG-742-MPA), 2009
Karla J. Cunningham "The Evolving Participation of Muslim Women in Palestine, Chechnya, and the Global Jihadi Movement," in Cindy D. Ness, ed., Female Terrorism and Militancy: Agency, Utility, and Organization, Routledge, 2008
Karla J. Cunningham, "Countering Female Terrorism," Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 30(2):113-129, 2007
Karla J. Cunningham "Women, Political Violence, and Post-Conflict Citizenship," in William J. Crotty, ed., Political Terrorism and Democratic Development, Northeastern University Press, 2005
Karla J. Cunningham, "Cross-Regional Trends in Female Terrorism," Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 26(3):171-195, 2003
Karla J. Cunningham, "Factors Influencing Jordan's Information Revolution: Implications for Democracy," Middle East Journal, 56(2):240-256, 2002
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