Data Nexus will host Megan Squire, deputy director for data analytics and open source intelligence at the Southern Poverty Law Center,on Feb. 13.
Megan Squire, deputy director for data analytics and open source intelligence at the Southern Poverty Law Center, will visit Elon University to explain how she used techniques from data science and cybersecurity to build the SPLC’s first Data Lab, charged with tracking and exposing hate and extremism using digital methods.
Squire’s award-winning research into complex socio-technical issues such as extremist group membership and financing has been featured in numerous media publications including Wired, NPR, The New York Times and CNN.
The event will be held Feb. 13 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in LaRose Student Commons 200.