Episode 8: The Disinformation-Radicalization-Misogyny Nexus

In the eighth episode of the Precision-Guided Podcast, Josh interviews SSP student Emma Jouenne and SSP adjunct faculty member Professor Kyleanne Hunter on their paper regarding the weaponization of online misogyny as a form of information warfare. The three discuss gender norms in national security, online radicalization, and security within the digital space. 

About the Guests

Dr. Kyleanne Hunter, PhD, is a Marine Corps combat veteran with multiple combat deployments as an AH-1W “Super Cobra” attack pilot. She finished her active duty time in the Marine Corps’ Legislative Liaison Office in the House of Representatives. She is as Assistant Professor of Military and Strategic Studies at the United States Air Force Academy and the co-director of the Athena Leadership Project. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, and a Masters of Arts and a Doctorate from University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. Dr. Hunter’s research focuses on the intersection of social integration and military effectiveness, with a focus on gender and unconventional warfare. While completing her dissertation was a researcher in residence at University of San Diego’s Kroc School of Peace and Justice. She was co-primary investigator for the Nonviolent Actors in Violent Conflicts project funded by the Carnegie Foundation. Her work has been published in Journal of Peace Research, Armed Forces & Society, and Signs, as well as popular publications such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, The Atlantic, and San Diego Union Tribune. She is co-editor of Invisible Veterans: What Happens When Women Become Civilians Again (Preager Press, 2019) with Kate Thomas Hendricks. Dr. Hunter is also an adjunct professor of Security Studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. She was the former Chair of the Employment and Integration Subcommittee for the Secretary of Defense’s Advisory Committee of Women in the Services (DACOWITS). She was part of the Department of Veterans Affairs inaugural class of “Women Veteran Trailblazers,” and named as one of HilllVets 100 most influential veterans in 2018. She serves on the advisory board for Impact:PEACE. She and her husband reside in Colorado Springs, CO.

Emma Jouenne has worked as a first responder on Parents for Peace’s helpline, helping dozens of families in need of support in cases of radicalization. She also developed the methodology behind P4P’s interventions by collecting, storing and analyzing radicalization processes among the families reaching out to the helpline and codifying and standardizing the intervention protocols. She presented her methodology at the Association for Threat Assessment Professionals in Omaha, Nebraska on Developing Holistic Solutions to Protect Youth from Extremism in October 2021. And she recently testified before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs at an investigative hearing entitled: “Helping Veterans Thrive: The Importance of Peer Support in Preventing Domestic Violent Extremism.” In her capacity as Director of Programs & Research, she is spearheading partnerships with universities across the United States to evaluate P4P’s work and assess its replicability.

Views expressed are personal and do not represent the views of GSSR or any other entity.