Dr. Jackson is an Assistant Professor in the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany. His research focuses on American far-right extremism, online extremism, and methods and tools for studying online extremism. He also studies how political activists use social media to pursue their political goals, with a focus on activism around guns in America. Publications include a forthcoming article in Terrorism and Political Violence and a report for the Program on Extremism at George Washington University. Dr. Jackson has also been a visiting researcher with VOX-Pol, an EU-funded network of excellence on violent online political extremism.