Dr. Samantha Bradshaw is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Policy & Global Security in the School of International Service at American University. Her research and public writing examine issues around technology, democracy, and security, including disinformation and foreign influence operations. As a leading expert on new technologies and democracy, Dr. Bradshaw’s research has been featured in outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and Bloomberg Magazine, and she has published in several academic journals, including New Media & Society, Political Communication, and the International Journal of Communication. Dr. Bradshaw obtained her D.Phil. from Oxford University in 2020 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University