CSINT Summer Internship
The CSINT summer internship is a competitive learning opportunity offered to American University graduate students aimed at developing professional skills that will enable them to enter or better navigate the workplace. The internship is designed to provide professional and research experience for students with an interest in a variety of research topics, including, but not limited to cybersecurity, autonomy & artificial intelligence, the ethics of new technologies, synthetic biology, extremism, social media, & the future of democracy, digitally-mediated misinformation, disinformation, & malinformation. changing technologies & the future of work, drones (UAVs, RPVs) & other robotics, the future of nuclear weapons, and the history of technology. CSINT provides students with an open, supportive,and collaborative setting where they have the chance to advance their research and writing skills, publish articles on the CSINT website, support research projects, engage in data entry, work on virtual events, help with social media accounts, and be involved in the production of videos or presentations.
2022 CSINT Summer Intern
Jackson Cook
Jack Cook is a current graduate student in the School of International Service's Global Governance, Politics, and Security program. Regionally, he is interested in the geopolitics of the Middle East and North Africa. Academically, his interests include cyber operations, counter-terrorism, and 21st century authoritarianism.
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2021 CSINT Summer Interns
Nicholas Davis
Nicholas Davis entered the 2021 Summer Internship program as a graduate student in the Global Governance, Politics, and Security Program, concentrating in global security. A graduate of Oregon State University, his main research areas of interest revolve around issues of misinformation and active measures operations, irregular warfare, and strategic power competition and the evolution of grand strategy in the 21st century.
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Monica Middleton
Monica Middleton entered the 2021 Summer Internship program as a graduate student in the the Global Governance, Politics, and Security Program. She works as a Teacher’s Assistant for AU and is the Communications Director for the Journal of International Service. Monica has two bachelor’s degrees, one from St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, and the second from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Japan.
CSINT Publication:

The FBI’s Operation Trojan Shield:
Infiltrating Criminal Groups through their Phones
By: Nicholas Davis

Book Review - Messing with the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News
2020 CSINT Summer Intern
Reid Barbier
Reid Barbier entered the 2020 Summer Internship as a graduate student in the School of International Service at American University, working towards his masters degree in the Foreign Policy and National Security program.
CSINT Publications:
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America Besieged: Cyber Strategy in an Age of Vulnerability
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The Purpose and Mission of the Space Force
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Book Review - Burn-In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution
CSINT Videos:
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A Quick Look at Augmented Reality
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CSINT Interview with Reid Barbier
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A Quick Look at Hypersonic Missiles
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A Quick Look at Facial Recognition