Cynthia Miller-Idriss

MSNBC Columnist

Cynthia Miller-Idriss is a professor in the School of Public Affairs and the School of Education at American University, where she directs the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL). Her most recent book is “Man Up: The New Misogyny and the Rise of Violent Extremism.”


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