Dr. Becs Rogers

Dr. Becs Rogers currently serves as a Counterterrorism Fellow on Stanford University’s U.S.-Russia Forum and is engaged in Russian language study at the Melikian Center’s Critical Language Institute. Professionally, she works in Active Threat Preparedness for Hagerty Consulting, developing exercises for clients to combat domestic terrorism and white nationalist ideology. Becs received her Ph.D. in Public Policy in 2020, completing additional certificates in Intelligence Studies and Homeland Security. She has worked for the U.S. Department of Defense in the Strategy and Policy Directorate at U.S. Southern Command, aiding with projects in the Security Cooperation and Political-Military Affairs Divisions. Her work is published in multiple journals and she has presented her research at the U.S. Department of Defense, the Florida-Dominican Republic Higher Education Summit facilitated by the U.S. Embassy, and numerous Security Cooperation Working Groups domestically and abroad. Her areas of specialization include: white nationalism, right-wing extremism, and the alt-right; domestic terrorism; ethics of torture and the Geneva Conventions; perceptions and implications of 9/11 among special interest groups; and radicalization and networking in terror organizations.