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Sydney Litterer

Sydney Litterer
  • PhD Student
  • School of Criminal Justice
  • BS 2019, University of Kentucky

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Curriculum Vitae

Biography

Sydney Litterer is a doctoral student in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. Her primary research interest is violent extremism, with a focus on how extremists interact in online spaces, rationalize violence, and acquire social and political power in democratic countries. She is also interested in researching misinformation and disinformation. Sydney graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2019 with a B.S. in mechanical engineering and a certificate in peace studies. She has worked as a research assistant with the RAND Corporation since 2019.

Selected Publications

Litterer, S., Scrivens, R., Wojciechowski, T. W., & Frank, R. (2025). Exploring the Evolution of Posting Behavior and Language Use in a Racially and Ethnically Motivated Extremist Forum. Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression.

Goldfeld, D. A., Mayer, L. A., Brown, J. S., Cochran, S., Hastings Roer, E., Litterer, S., Mason, R., Mignano, J., McBirney, S., & Villegas, C. A. (2024). Amping Airpower—Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing for the U.S. Air Force: Military Utility, Market Dynamics, and Warfighter Adoption (RR-A1524-2), Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

Litterer, S. (2023). Conservative Anger and Police Misconduct: Exploring Conservative Discussion of Police on Social Media. Deviant Behavior.

Romita Grocholski, K., Savitz, S., Litterer, S., Cooper, M., McKinney, C., & Ziebell, A. (2023). Assessing the Impact of Diverse Intermediate Force Capabilities and Integrating Them into Wargames for the U.S. Department of Defense and NATO (RR-A1544-1), Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

Litterer, S., Brookes, J., Worman, S., & Shlapak, D. (2023). Network Logistics Games: Design and Implementation (RR-A470-2), Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

Parker, E., Gonzales, D., Kochhar, A. K., Litterer, S., O'Connor, K., Schmid, J., Scholl, K., Silberglitt, R., Chang, J., Eusebi, C. A., & Harold, S. W. (2022). An Assessment of the U.S. and Chinese Industrial Bases in Quantum Technology (RR-A869-1), Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

Romita Grocholski, K., Savitz, S., Wong, J. P., Litterer, S., Khan, R., & Cooper, M. (2022). How to Effectively Assess the Impact of Non-Lethal Weapons as Intermediate Force Capabilities (RR-A654-1), Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

Martin, B., Linick, M. E., Fraade-Blanar, L., Gardner Burns, J., Foran, C., Romita Grocholski, K., Hastings, K. C., Litterer, S.J., Lynch, K.F., & Mondschein, J. (2021). Measuring Strategic Readiness: Identifying Metrics for Core Dimensions (RR-A453-1). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

Mayer, L. A., Schmid, J., Litterer, S.J., & Blumenthal, M. S. (2021). A Structured Elicitation Approach to Identify Technology-Based Challenges With Application to Inform Force Planning for Technological Surprise (RR-A701-1), Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

Wirth, A. J., Litterer, S., Loredo, E. N., Baldwin, L. H., & Sanchez, R. (2021). Keeping the Defense Industrial Base Afloat During COVID-19: A Review of Department of Defense and Federal Government Policies and Investments in the Defense Industrial Base (RR-A1392-1), Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.