Anwar Mhajne is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stonehill College. She specializes in international relations and comparative politics. Her research focuses on gender, religion, cybersecurity, digital politics, disinformation, and Middle Eastern politics. Her writing has been featured in the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Religion and Politics, Culturico, The Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Conversation, The Times of Israel, Haaretz, Middle East Eye, +972 Magazine, Quartz, The Defense Post, The Jerusalem Post, Carnegie Endownment for International Peace, Al Bawaba, The New Arab, and The National, among others.
Alexis Henshaw is Associate Professor of Political Science at Troy University. Her research interests include civil conflict, gender issues in international security, and Latin American politics. She is the author of Why Women Rebel: Understanding Women's Participation in Armed Rebel Groups (Routledge, 2017) and Digital Frontiers in Gender and Security (Bristol University Press, 2023), and is a co-author of Insurgent Women: Female Combatants in Civil Wars (Georgetown University Press, 2019). Her work has also appeared in International Feminist Journal of Politics, Foreign Policy Analysis, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Journal of Global Security Studies, and Politics & Gender.