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Sarah J Halford is a Harvard College Fellow at Harvard University's Harvard College within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Her research centers on social movements, culture, and media with critical focus on mis/disinformation, institutional distrust, conspiracy theories, and online radical movements. As a qualitative researcher specializing in digital ethnography, she examines how distrust in institutions drives recruitment and sustained participation in fringe communities.
Dr. Halford earned her PhD from Brandeis University in 2024. Her methodological expertise in digital ethnography provides unique insights into the cultural mechanisms of online radicalization and belief systems. Key research domains include:
- Dynamics of misinformation dissemination across digital platforms
- Sociological foundations of conspiracy theory adherence
- Cultural anthropology of online extremist communities
- Institutional legitimacy crises in contemporary society
- Comparative analysis of social movement mobilization
- Media ecology of radical belief systems
Her scholarly contributions appear in The Sociological Quarterly and Global Public Health, with additional work published through the Center for Artistic Activism. Current research clusters include Comparative Sociology and Social Change, Culture, and Political and Historical Sociology.
