Brenna Helm

PhD Candidate

138 Baker Hall

helmbren@msu.edu

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Brenna Helm (she/her) is a PhD candidate in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. Brenna is a RSAC Security Scholar and fellow at the Institute for Research on Male Supremacy. Her research focuses on extremism, extremists’ use of the Internet, online subcultures, and bias-motivated crimes. Brenna has a particular interest in male supremacism and far-right extremism, as well as the role of gender within these movements. Much of her work to date has examined affordances o

Education

MA 2019, Ohio University

BA 2017, Otterbein University

Publications

The Role of Perceived Injustice and Need for Esteem on Incel Membership Online - Year: 2022 Authors: Liggett-O'Malley, R. & Helm, B. Journal: Deviant Behavior

Examining an Incel Subculture on Reddit - Year: 2022 Authors: Helm, B., Scrivens, R., Holt, T.J., Chermak, S.M., & Frank, R. Journal: Journal of Crime and Justice

’A Human Being Like Other Victims’: The Media Framing of Trans Homicide in the United States - Year: 2021 Authors: DeJong, C., Holt, K., Helm, B., & Morgan, S. Journal: Critical Criminology

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