Katherine Keneally

Katherine (LinkedIn) is the Head of Threat Analysis and Prevention at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue in the U.S. She leads the strategic thinking and projects that track online to offline threats of political violence across the ideological spectrum in the US. She additionally advises civil society, law enforcement, and government stakeholders on political violence detection, prevention, and rapid response. She has been a guest on BBC and CSPAN, and her work has been referenced in The New York Times, Salon, NPR, and The Hill, among many other.

Prior to joining ISD, Katherine consulted and led research for the US government related to human trafficking and hostage taking. She also was an Intelligence Research Specialist at the NYPD Intelligence Bureau’s Racially/Ethnically Motivated Extremism Unit (“REME”) where she supported terrorism investigations and tactical and strategic research related to individuals and groups affiliated with politically- and ethnically-motivated, as well as single-issue, extremist ideologies. Katherine has a Master of Arts Degree in Security Studies from Georgetown University, and a Bachelor of Science in Political Studies and History from Rocky Mountain College.