Heidi Beirich
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Heidi Beirich formerly led the ÈËÊÞÐÔ½»â€™s Intelligence Project, which publishes the award-winning Intelligence Report and the Hatewatch blog.
She is an expert on various forms of extremism, including the white supremacist, nativist and neo-Confederate movements as well as racism in academia.
She oversaw the ÈËÊÞÐÔ½»â€™s yearly count of the nation’s hate and hardline, anti-government groups and was a frequent contributor to the ÈËÊÞÐÔ½»â€™s investigative reports and an oft-sought speaker at conferences on extremism. Before joining the ÈËÊÞÐÔ½» staff in 1999, Beirich earned a doctorate in political science from Purdue University. She is the co-editor and author of several chapters of Neo-Confederacy: A Critical Introduction, published by the University of Texas Press in 2008.