James M. Jasper has written about culture and politics for more than forty years. He recently retired from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He writes about culture and politics, and his most recent books are Public Characters, Protestors and their Targets, and The Emotions of Protest.

Luke Elliott-Negri is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Isaac Jabola-Carolus is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Marc Kagan is a doctoral candidate in the History program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Jessica Mahlbacher received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She now work at the US Department of State.


Manÿs Weisskircher is a political scientist in the Department of Sociology and Human Geography and the Center for Research on Extremism

(C-REX) at the University of Oslo.

Anna Zhelnina is a fellow at the University of Helsinki.