Conference Talks
My conference presentations reflect my commitment to public scholarship, interdisciplinary research, and academic collaboration. Since 2020, I have delivered 40+ presentations at national and international conferences, sharing work on violent extremism, disinformation, digital harm, and pedagogy. These talks span criminology, sociology, computational social science, and teaching and learning, enabling me to contribute to critical conversations at the intersection of technology, ideology, and social justice.
Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings
2025
Padda, K. (June 2025). Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism through the lens of Visual Analysis. Oral presentation at the SNS Visual Analysis & Contentious Politics. Cortona, Italy.
Padda, K. (June 2025). Their Words, Their Rage: How Incels Use Manifestos to Justify Violence. Oral presentation at the Annual Conference of the 41th Qualitative Analysis conference. Quebec, ON.
Padda, K., MacDonald, S., Wiens, B., Ruest, N. (June 2025). “All you have to do is publicly execute a few women who have lied”: Mapping the State of Online Misogyny and the Labor of Feminist Digital Counterprotest Within the Post-Pandemic Landscape. Oral presentation at the Annual Conference of the 41th Qualitative Analysis conference. Quebec, ON.
Padda, K. (June 2025). In Their Own Words: Framing Violence through a Thematic and Discourse Analysis of Extremist Manifestos. Oral presentation at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Sociological Association. Toronto, ON.
Padda, K. (April 2025). Fragmented Beliefs, United Threats: Network Analysis of Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism in Canada. Oral presentation at the Digital Feminist Network Summit. Waterloo, ON.
Padda, K. (February 2025). In Their Own Words: Framing Violence through a Thematic and Discourse Analysis of Extremist Manifestos. Oral presentation at the annual mid-year meeting of the Canadian Law and Society Association. Oshawa, ON.
2024
Padda, K. (November 2024). A Chain of Radical Influence: A Comparative Analysis of Extremist Manifestos. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. San Francisco, US.
Padda, K. (August 2024). Narratives of Radicalization: The Role of Manifestos in Shaping Extremist Violence. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in Pursuit of Social Justice. Montreal, Quebec.
Padda, K. (June 2024). Unravelling the Mindset Behind School Shootings: A Qualitative Analysis of Manifestos from the Jokela and Umpqua Tragedies. Oral presentation at the International Interdisciplinary Conference. Waterloo, ON.
Padda, K. (May 2024). Ideological Imprints: A Qualitative Exploration of Narratives in Extremist Manifestos. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the 40th Qualitative Analysis conference. Brantford, ON.
Padda, K. (May 2024). Unlocking the Multilingual Classroom: Effective Teaching Strategies. Workshop at the annual Conference of the Teaching and Learning Conference. Waterloo, ON.
Fladd, N., Padda, K., Munaretto, M., Ryan, A., and Taraban-Gordon, S. (May 2024). What Could High PhD Student Engagement Look Like at Waterloo? Panel presentation at the annual Conference of the Teaching and Learning Conference. Waterloo, ON.
Padda, K. (March 2024). Extremist Narratives: A Textual Analysis of Lone-Actors’ Manifestos. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Chicago, IL.
2023
Padda, K. (August 2023). The Storming of the Capitol: A Bourdieusian Analysis of the Erosion of American Democracy. Roundtable Discussion at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Philadelphia, PA.
Padda, K. (June 2023). Radical or Radicalized? Role of Power, Discourse, and Subjectivity in the Jan 6th Insurrection. Oral presentation at the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology. Melbourne, AU.
Padda, K., Cartwright, B., & Frank, Strange, SM. (May 2023). Employing Qualitative Analysis of Online Sexual Exploitation Ads to Inform the Development of Web-Crawling/Machine-Learning Technology: The Detection and Prevention of Human Trafficking/Sexual Exploitation. Oral presentation at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Sociological Association. Toronto, ON.
Padda, K., Strange, SM., Cartwright, B., & Frank, R. (May 2023). Thematic Analysis of the Major Disinformation Narratives and Discursive Techniques Employed by Russian, Chinese and Iranian Operatives: A Canadian Viewpoint. The Cybersecurity Revolution (SECREV), Remote.
Padda, K., Cartwright, B., & Frank, R Strange, SM. (April 2023). Employing Qualitative Analysis of Online Sexual Exploitation Ads to Inform the Development of Web-Crawling/Machine-Learning Technology: The Detection and Prevention of Human Trafficking/Sexual Exploitation. Oral presentation at The Weaponization of Digital Disinformation in Canada, Waterloo, ON.
Padda, K., Strange, SM., Cartwright, B., & Frank, R. (April 2023). Thematic Analysis of the Predominant Disinformation Narratives Employed by Adversarial Foreign Actors: A Canadian Viewpoint. Oral presentation at The Weaponization of Digital Disinformation in Canada, Waterloo, ON.
Padda, K. (March 2023). The Role of Social Media in Radicalization and Right-Wing Extremism. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Studies. National Harbour, MD.
Padda, K. (February 2023). Social Media During COVID-19: Technological, Ethical, and Legal Considerations. Oral presentation at the midwinter conference of the Canadian Law and Society Association. Brantford, ON.
Frank, G., Cartwright, B., Weir, G., Padda, K., & Strange, SM. (January 2023). Deploying Artificial Intelligence to Combat Covid-19 Misinformation on social media: Technological and Ethical Considerations. IEEE-sponsored The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 56).
2022
Padda, K. (November 2022). Countering Right-Wing Extremist Content on Social Media Using Artificial Intelligence: A Mixed Methods Approach. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology Conference. Atlanta, GA.
Padda, K. (October 2022). The Influence of Donald Trump on Jan 6th Insurrectionists: The Role of Power, Discourse, and Subjectivity. Terrorism, Security, and Society Annual Gala (TSAS).
Padda, K. (July 2022). A Comparative Analysis of Misinformation and Disinformation posted on Twitter during the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections. Terrorism and Social Media Conference (TASM 2022). Swansea, UK.
2021
Padda, K. (September 2021). Gathering and Analyzing Social Media Data with NVivo: Hostile Foreign Interference and Fake Information in U.S. Politics. Transcending Boundaries in Qualitative Research (NVivo Virtual conference).
Padda, K. (April 2021). Analyzing Social Media Data in NVivo: Hostile Foreign Interference and Fake News in U.S. Politics. Qualitative Research Showcase: An NVivo User Symposium.
2020
Padda, K. (August 2020) Online Hate Speech: Prospects for Legislation and Regulation. Oral presentation delivered at the annual meeting of the Computer & Information Sciences Summer School, University of Strathclyde. Glasgow, UK.
Padda, K. (November 2020) Disinformation Warfare and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election: Analysis of Facebook and Twitter Fake News. Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology Conference. Washington, D.C. [Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Padda, K. (February 2020). Disinformation Warfare and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election. Oral presentation delivered at the annual meeting of the Western Society of Criminology Conference. Phoenix, Arizona.
Padda, K. (February 2020). Alcohol and Other Drugs: Creating a Safer Campus. Oral presentation delivered at the annual meeting of the Western Society of Criminology Conference. Honolulu, Hawai’i