Pasha Dashtgard Research Assistant Professor Justice, Law & Criminology
- Degrees
- Ph.D in Social Psychology
M.A. in Mental Health Counseling
Ed.M in Education - Bio
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Pasha Dashtgard is the Director of Research for the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL). He has a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the department of Psychological Science at the University of California, Irvine, and was formerly a postdoctoral Fellow at Loyola Marymount University鈥檚 Psychology Applied Research Center (PARC). He attended Columbia University, Teacher's College for his MA in Mental Health Counseling and Ed.M in Education.
Dr. Dashtgard leads PERIL鈥檚 research and evaluation team, overseeing national testing of all prevention and intervention tools alongside primary research in the form of nationally-representative surveys, focus groups, and ethnography. Pasha鈥檚 research interests include masculinities, online radicalization, PTSD, and large-scale mental health policy/service delivery. Research projects include analysis using his Male Supremacy Scale (MSS) and its intersections with online behavior, PTSD in solitary confinement, and various projects intervening with populations beset by misinformation, conspiratorial thinking, and political polarization.
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Teaching
Spring 2025
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JLC-496 Selected Topics:Non-Recurring: Qualitative Research Methods