Reyhan Topal
Assistant Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of Social Sciences
Administration
Department of The Graduate School
Education
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Ph.D., Political Science
State University of New York a, 2025
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MS, International Relations
Middle East Technical Univ, 2015
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BA, International Relations
Bilkent University, 2012
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
Teaching Interests
I offer courses designed for our Ph.D. program in Intelligence, Defense, and Cybersecurity Policy, including (but not limited to) cybersecurity, AI, digital surveillance and control, social media intelligence, the psychology of cyberspace, and counterterrorism.
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- A Techno-Docility Approach to Repression and Surveillance of Uyghurs, 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- An Empirical Assessment of China’s Counterterrorism Efforts and Securitization of Turkic Muslims, 2023
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Teaching Students How to Find and Identify Reliable Online Sources: A Series of Exercises, 2023
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- A Cyber-psychological and Behavioral Approach to Online Radicalization, 2019
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
Research Interests
My research interests include technology, political violence, security, authoritarianism, and civil resistance. More specifically, I examine the implications of AI-powered surveillance both domestically and transnationally, the use of online platforms to resist state repression, and the effects of emerging technologies on various dimensions of collective action.
