Dr. David May

Principal Investigator

Dr. David May is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at Mississippi State University. He leads our team of scientists and open source intelligence gathering experts (…read more)

Dr. Raymond Barranco

Co-PI

Dr. Raymond E. Barranco is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Mississippi State University. He has more than 20 peer-reviewed publications (…read more)

Dr. Michael Potter

Co-PI

Dr. Mike Potter is an Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration. He has published (…read more)

Dr. Barton Moffatt

Co-PI

Dr. Barton Moffatt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion and a Co-PI on the MOSES project. A philosopher of science (…read more)

Dr. Drew Hamilton

Co-PI

Drew Hamilton is the Director of the Center for Cyber Innovation at Mississippi State University and a professor of computer science and (…read more)

Dr. Colleen Sinclair

Co-PI

Dr. H. Colleen Sinclair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Social Relations Collaborative at (…read more)

Dr. Megan Stubbs-Richardson

Co-PI

Dr. Megan Stubbs-Richardson is an Assistant Research Professor at the Social Science Research Center of Mississippi State University (MSU). She received her Ph.D. in (…read more)

Dr. Ethan Stokes

Co-PI

Dr. Ethan C. Stokes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations (A+PR) at the University of Alabama. His research interests (…read more)

Doug Girault

Research Engineer

Mr. Doug Girault is a Research Engineer at the Center for Cyber Innovation (CCI). He is a PhD student in Computer Science with a focus on (…read more)

Dr. Melanie Walsh

Research Associate

Dr. Melanie Walsh serves as a Research Associate on the project. With her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision, she brings with her a background in (…read more)

Sierra Nelson

Sierra Nelson is graduate student at Mississippi State University. She received her Bachelors of Science in Social Justice & Criminology from Delta State University. She is currently working on her Master’s degree in Sociology with a focus in Criminology, paying special attention to topics such as deviance and victimization. She is working as a graduate research assistant at the Social Science Research Center and is currently researching bullying in schools and suicide.

Jessica Hubbert

Jessica Brink Hubbert is a graduate student at Mississippi State University. She received her Bachelors of Science in Psychology from Mississippi State University. She currently is working on her Master’s degree in Sociology. Her research interests involve social problems, particularly pertaining to race and gender, as well as intimate partner violence and deviance in youth. She is working as a graduate research assistant at the Social science Research Center examining open source intelligence data.

William Bonduris

William Bonduris is from Greenville, South Carolina and is a graduate student in the Public Policy and Administration program at Mississippi State University. He received his Bachelor of the Arts in Political Science in May 2019 from Mississippi State University and is currently serving as a graduate research assistant at the High Performance Computing Collaboratory focusing on policy issues related to open source intelligence.

Josh Cohen

Josh Cohen is a graduate student at Mississippi State University. He previously specialized an US-China relations, and holds a Master of Laws in International China Studies from Beijing Foreign Studies University. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the College of William and Mary. Josh has recently transitioned to the cyber security field and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Cyber Security and Operations. He works as a graduate research assistant at the Center for Cyber Innovation.

Dylan Smith

Dylan Smith serves as an Undergraduate Research Assistant on the MOSES project. He is a Senior in the Philosophy program, and is also pursuing minors in both physics and mathematics at Mississippi State University. On the MOSES project, he works closely with Dr. Barton Moffatt on the moral and political implications of our research. Apart from his work on MOSES, his primary research interest is in moral psychology.

Taylor Johnson

Taylor Johnson is working with Dr. David May as an undergraduate research assistant at Mississippi State University’s Social Science Research Center examining open source intelligence data (OSID). She is working toward her bachelor’s degree in Criminology with a minor in Spanish and plans to graduate in May of 2021. Taylor’s research interests broadly include the criminal court system, wrongful convictions, and diametric views of incarceration.