Conference Talks 

Padda, Karmvir K. “Gendered Harms in Manosphere Memes.” Presented at the European Society of Criminology (ESC), September, Warsaw, Poland.

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Padda, Karmvir K. “Mirror Worlds and Misogyny: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of
Incel Discourse Across Mainstream and Alt-Tech Platforms.” Presented at the Digital Conference at King’s College London, June, London, UK.

Padda, Karmvir K., Nick Ruest, and Shana MacDonald “Mic check for misogyny: Podcasting, supremacist masculinities, and the radicalization of gendered violence.” Presented at the Digital Conference at King’s College London, June, London, UK.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Read Me When I’m Dead: Manifestos and the Gendered Rage Behind Lone-Actor Attacks.” Presented at the Behavioural and Social Sciences in Security, June, Cardiff, UK.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Designed for Harm: Affordances, AI and Gendered Harm in Gaming.” Presented at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, April, Waterloo, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Designed for Harm: Affordances, AI and Gendered Harm in Gaming.” Presented at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, April, Waterloo, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K. “From Grievance to Action: Understanding Behavioural Externalization in School Violence Manifestos.” Presented at the symposium of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism, February, Oshawa, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Mirror Worlds of Misogyny: Mainstream and Alt-Tech Platform Governance.” Presented at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, December, Waterloo, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Their Words, Their Rage: How Incels Use Manifestos to Justify Violence.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Qualitative Analysis Conference, June, Québec City, QC.

Padda, Karmvir K., Shana MacDonald, Brianna Wiens, and Nick Ruest. “‘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.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Qualitative Analysis Conference, June, Québec City, QC.

Padda, Karmvir K. “In Their Own Words: Framing Violence through a Thematic and Discourse Analysis of Extremist Manifestos.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association, June, Toronto, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Fragmented Beliefs, United Threats: Network Analysis of Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism in Canada.” Presented at the Digital Feminist Network Summit, April, Waterloo, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K. “In Their Own Words: Framing Violence through a Thematic and Discourse Analysis of Extremist Manifestos.” Presented at the midyear meeting of the Canadian Law and Society Association, February, Oshawa, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K. “A Chain of Radical Influence: A Comparative Analysis of Extremist Manifestos.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, San Francisco, CA.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Narratives of Radicalization: The Role of Manifestos in Shaping Extremist Violence.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in Pursuit of Social Justic, August, Montreal, QC.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Unravelling the Mindset Behind School Shootings: A Qualitative Analysis of Manifestos from the Jokela and Umpqua Tragedies.” Presented at the International Interdisciplinary Conference, June, Waterloo, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Ideological Imprints: A Qualitative Exploration of Narratives in Extremist Manifestos.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Qualitative Analysis Conference, May, Brantford, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Unlocking the Multilingual Classroom: Effective Teaching Strategies.” Workshop presented at the annual Teaching and Learning Conference, May, Waterloo, ON.

Fladd, Nadine, Karmvir K. Padda, Monica Munaretto, Ashley Ryan, and Svitlana Taraban-Gordon. “What Could High PhD Student Engagement Look Like at Waterloo?” Panel presented at the annual Teaching and Learning Conference, May, Waterloo, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Extremist Narratives: A Textual Analysis of Lone-Actors’ Manifestos.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March, Chicago, IL.

Padda, Karmvir K. “The Storming of the Capitol: A Bourdieusian Analysis of the Erosion of American Democracy.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August, Philadelphia, PA.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Radical or Radicalized? Role of Power, Discourse, and Subjectivity in the Jan 6th Insurrection.” Presented at the World Congress of Sociology, June, Melbourne, Australia.

Padda, Karmvir K., Barry Cartwright, and Richard Frank. “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.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association, May, Toronto, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K., Sarah-May. Strange, Barry Cartwright, and Richard Frank. “Thematic Analysis of the Major Disinformation Narratives and Discursive Techniques Employed by Russian, Chinese, and Iranian Operatives: A Canadian Viewpoint.” Presented at SECREV: The Cybersecurity Revolution, May, Online.

Padda, Karmvir K., Barry Cartwright, Sarah-May Strange, and Richard Frank. “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.” Presented at The Weaponization of Digital Disinformation in Canada conference, April, Waterloo, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K., Sarah-May. Strange, Barry Cartwright, and Richard Frank. “Thematic Analysis of the Major Disinformation Narratives and Discursive Techniques Employed by Russian, Chinese, and Iranian Operatives: A Canadian Viewpoint.” Presented at The Weaponization of Digital Disinformation in Canada conference, April, Waterloo, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K. “The Role of Social Media in Radicalization and Right-Wing Extremism.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March, National Harbor, MD.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Social Media During COVID-19: Technological, Ethical, and Legal Considerations.” Presented at the midwinter meeting of the Canadian Law and Society Association, February, Brantford, ON.

Richard, Frank, Barry Cartwright, George Weir, Karmvir K. Padda, and Sarah-May Strange. “Deploying Artificial Intelligence to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: Technological and Ethical Considerations.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 56), January, Maui, HI.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Countering Right-Wing Extremist Content on Social Media Using Artificial Intelligence: A Mixed Methods Approach.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November, Atlanta, GA.

Padda, Karmvir K. “The Influence of Donald Trump on Jan 6th Insurrectionists: The Role of Power, Discourse, and Subjectivity.” Presented at the annual gala of Terrorism, Security, and Society (TSAS), October, Ottawa, ON.

Padda, Karmvir K. “A Comparative Analysis of Misinformation and Disinformation Posted on Twitter during the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections.” Presented at the Terrorism and Social Media Conference (TASM), July, Swansea, UK.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Gathering and Analyzing Social Media Data with NVivo: Hostile Foreign Interference and Fake Information in U.S. Politics.” Presented at Transcending Boundaries in Qualitative Research (NVivo Virtual Conference), September, Online.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Analyzing Social Media Data in NVivo: Hostile Foreign Interference and Fake News in U.S. Politics.” Presented at Qualitative Research Showcase: An NVivo User Symposium, April, Online.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Online Hate Speech: Prospects for Legislation and Regulation.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Computer & Information Sciences Summer School, August, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.

Padda, Karmvir K. “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, November, Washington, DC (cancelled due to COVID-19).

Padda, Karmvir K. “Disinformation Warfare and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Society of Criminology, February, Phoenix, AZ.

Padda, Karmvir K. “Alcohol and Other Drugs: Creating a Safer Campus.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Society of Criminology, February, Honolulu, HI.