Jessica L. Beyer
About
Jessica L. Beyer is an Acting Assistant Professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the co-Lead for the Jackson School’s Cybersecurity Initiative. Her research focuses on international cybersecurity politics, online communities, and dis/misinformation. Her past research explored political mobilization emerging from highly populated online communities and focused on actors such as Anonymous and other hacktivists, the Pirate Parties, and digital pirates. In 2012, she won the Association of Internet Researcher’s Dissertation Award. Her book, Expect Us: Online Communities and Political Mobilization, was published by Oxford University Press in 2014.
Education
- University of Washington, Ph.D. Political Science, 2011
- University of Washington, M.A. Political Science, 2005
- University of Bath, U.K., M.A. International Studies, Trans-Atlantic Master’s Program, 2000
- University of Washington, B.A. International Studies, Jackson School of International Studies, 1999
Selected Courses
- JSIS 478 Global Disinformation
- JSIS 495 Task Force - Cybersecurity, Activism, and Ordinary People
- JSIS 495 Task Force - U.S. Policy and International Cybersecurity Norms
- JSIS B 100 International Cybercrime
- JSIS B 100 Issues in International Studies: International Cybercrime
- JSIS B 355 Cybersecurity in International Studies
- JSIS B 480 Fundamentals of Global Cybersecurity
Selected Publications
Trolling Scholars Debunk the Idea That the Alt-Right’s Shitposters Have Magic Powers
Publication type:
Article
Co-Author(s):
Whitney Phillips and Gabriella Coleman
Published in:
motherboard.vice.com
Publication Date:
2017
Who is hacking U.S. election databases and why are they so difficult to identify?
Publication type:
Article
Published in:
Reuters.com
Publication Date:
2016
You Are Not Welcome Among Us -Pirates and the State
Publication type:
Article
Co-Author(s):
Fenwick McKelvey
Published in:
International Journal of Communication, Volume 9
Publication Date:
2015
The Emergence of a Freedom of Information Movement? -Anonymous, WikiLeaks, the Pirate Party, and Iceland
Publication type:
Article
Published in:
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Publication Date:
2014
The Dynamics of Backlash Online -Anonymous and the Battle for WikiLeaks
Publication type:
Article
Co-Author(s):
Jennifer Earl
Published in:
Research in Social Movements, Conflicts, and Change
Publication Date:
2014
Expect Us -Online Communities and Political Mobilization
Publication type:
Book
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Publication Date:
2014
Small States in International Relations
Publication type:
Book
Co-Author(s):
Iver B. Neumann and Sieglinde Gstohl
Publisher:
University of Washington Press and University of Iceland Press
Publication Date:
2006
