Varsha Koduvayur is a manager at Valens Global, where she focuses on domestic violent extremism and geopolitics. In this role, she works on public-facing research on the domestic violent extremist space, with a particular emphasis on white supremacy and racially motivated violent extremism. Varsha also leads the geopolitics division at Valens, where she undertakes geopolitical research for private-sector clients. Prior to joining Valens, Varsha was a senior research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where she covered the Gulf Arab states. Prior to that, Varsha was a researcher in the Middle East practice at Eurasia Group, and a Junior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her work has appeared in Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, and CNN Business, among other outlets. She holds a B.A. in international relations and Arabic from Michigan State University.
My network of professionals working on countering hate in all its forms grew exponentially after attending Eradicate Hate in 2021. The myriad voices represented at Eradicate Hate, from big tech companies to academic researchers to those with lived experience, reinforced to me the importance of cross-cutting and collaborative approaches to counter hate and its devastating impacts on society. I’ve been fortunate to sustain and build those networks with many of those I met at Eradicate Hate in 2021.
