Jessica Dawson
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Army Cyber Institute; Ph.D., Associate Professor, West Point, New War Research Consortium
2022
Jessica Dawson holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Duke University and is her research is focused on the digital disruption of social processes, with recent focus on microtargeting enabled manipulation of individual’s choices. Her research centers on the use of narratives around military service, for example narratives of soldiers’ sacrifice for the nation, to influence and change views of patriotism and freedom since the Vietnam War. She has advised military senior leaders about the threats to the force of online extremism.
This cannot be thought of as a conference or a summit. The stakes are simply too high and the data/conversation and methods to drive action more valuable/motivating than any gathering I have attended. I took more than 100 pages of notes and have shared them with my CBS News leadership team, anchors, producers, and correspondents. Nothing about this gathering was easy. The agony around this topic is real. But no one curious about it could ask for a more devoted, rational, or unflinching look into this dark but decipherable world.
