American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate

An intimate look at the social and psychological dimensions of white supremacist hate

Pete Simi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Chapman University. He has studied extremist groups and violence for more than 20 years, conducting interviews and observation with a range of violent gangs and political extremists. Dr. Simi is a member of the NCITE at the University of Nebraska, Omaha which is the newest university-based research center funded by the Department of Homeland Security and committed to the scientific study of the causes and consequences of terrorism in the United States and around the world. His research has been funded by the National Institute of Justice, National Science Foundation, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Defense.

• Pete Simi on ＂Learning to Hate,＂American Sociological Association
• ＂In Charlottesville trial, jurors learn to decode the secret slang of white supremacists,＂ Washington Post, Nov 18, 2021.

Robert Futrell is a Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology. He specializes in areas that include: social movements and social change, environmental sociology, urban sustainability, and science and technology. His current social movement scholarship focuses on the cultural and organizational dynamics of social movement persistence and political extremism.

• ＂From memes to race war: How extremists use popular culture to lure recruits,＂ Washington Post, April 30, 2021.