Jack G R Wippell
Biographic Data
| ID | 4267370 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jack G R Wippell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jack G R |
| FAMILY NAME | Wippell |
| SIGNATURE | WIPPELL J G R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8818-7436 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Turning Hazard Models Inside Out
Regression Inside Out (RIO) describes a set of related methods based on a decomposition of regression coefficients by individual cases. In this article, we offer three important extensions of RIO: 1) we generalize RIO to any model for which linear predictors are estimated; 2) we introduce an adapted bootstrap approach for determining whether case-level contributions differ from the baseline average contribution for cases; and 3) we describe how R…
Radicals in the community: County risk and resilience to right-wing extremism in the United States
This study examines the community foundations of right-wing radicalization in the United States. Using county-level data, we compare the socio-demographic, economic, and political profiles of communities where two types of right-wing radicals originated—individuals arrested at the January 6th Capitol Insurrection and violent right-wing extremists—with those of the broader U.S. population. Although both groups differ from the national average, imp…
Authoritarian cultures in the shadow of democracy
Research on democratic backsliding primarily focuses on national governments and party systems, yet sociologists have repeatedly emphasized the role of local culture in institutional outcomes and the distribution of power. Extending on early research on “authoritarian personalities,” I argue that sociological approaches offer useful tools for understanding the subnational erosion of democracy. Specifically, I theorize a set of community-level con…
Organizational status and online-offline mobilization cycles
Scholars of social movements and culture are increasingly interested in the dynamic relationship between online discourse and offline mobilization. Although prior work typically frames online discourse as a precursor to offline activism, emerging research on right-wing extremist (RWE) mobilization hints at a reciprocal relationship. Recognizing the group-based organizational structure of many contemporary social movements, I put forward a framewo…
Creating an Anti-Transgender Moral Panic
A moral panic about transgender identities is rapidly growing, driven by widespread misinformation and sensationalist rhetoric. analyzing fox news broadcasts, the authors identify rhetorical strategies broadcasters use to fuel the panic
Codifying Binaries: Moral Entrepreneurs and Anti-Transgender Legislation in U.S. State Legislatures Between 2018 and 2024
Amid an escalating moral panic surrounding the transgender community in the United States, state legislatures have become a central site of struggle. This study examines the moral framing of 896 state bills targeting transgender rights introduced between 2018 and 2024. Drawing from scholarship on moral panics and social movement framing, we develop hypotheses about both the content of these bills and their legislative fate. We test these by lever…
Preventable tragedies: A longitudinal analysis of state firearm laws and K-12 school shootings in the United States (2000–2019)
Gun violence is a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States, and school shootings represent one of its most traumatic and visible manifestations. These events can generate severe and long-lasting consequences for children, but also extend beyond direct victims to affect entire communities. Yet responses to this public health crisis remain mired in political polarization: some advocate for stricter firearm regulati…
Birth of a scapegoat: An actor‐affect‐affordance model of symbolic attribution in the digital age
How do scapegoating narratives emerge, diffuse, and solidify within digital media ecosystems? This paper introduces an actor‐affect‐affordance (3A) model to explain how complex social problems become symbolically attributed to marginalized groups. This framework is applied to the rise of the “trans terrorism” narrative that followed the 2023 Nashville school shooting, which framed mass shootings as the product of an alleged “gender ideology epide…
Bound by blood and bloodshed: Sibling ties and participation in genocidal violence
Focusing on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we examine how sibling relationships—one of the most salient familial bonds—influence individual engagement in violence during mass atrocity. Drawing on an adaptation of differential association and social learning theories for contexts of mass atrocity, we analyze a novel dataset linking over 300,000 siblings from Rwanda's post‐genocide gacaca court records. We find that the probability an individual perp…
From the fringe to the floor: Radical right networks and legislative collaboration in U.S. state legislatures
A multiplex network approach to understanding extremist organizations: A case study of the Proud Boys
The hate industry: Mass Media, Moral Panic, and the Mobilization of Anti Transgender Prejudice
Mass media plays a central role in shaping public attitudes towards minorities, and recent years have seen increased scrutiny of the transgender community. Drawing on cultivation and priming theories of the relationship between media exposure, belief, and behavior - and integrating these with the sociological concept of moral panic - this study examines the nature and potential consequences of this attention. Using a database of Fox News broadcas…
“To protect and serve” … and rule: Constitutional sheriffs and the emergence of far-right extremism within local politics
Mobilizing extremism: An examination of the travel patterns of right-wing extremists in the United States
Building Trust and Preventing Violence in Ideologically Polarized Communities: Lessons from Two Years of Practice
“To protect and serve” … and rule: Constitutional sheriffs and the emergence of far-right extremism within local politics
Mobilizing extremism: An examination of the travel patterns of right-wing extremists in the United States
Building Trust and Preventing Violence in Ideologically Polarized Communities: Lessons from Two Years of Practice
From the fringe to the floor: Radical right networks and legislative collaboration in U.S. state legislatures
A multiplex network approach to understanding extremist organizations: A case study of the Proud Boys
The hate industry: Mass Media, Moral Panic, and the Mobilization of Anti Transgender Prejudice
Mass media plays a central role in shaping public attitudes towards minorities, and recent years have seen increased scrutiny of the transgender community. Drawing on cultivation and priming theories of the relationship between media exposure, belief, and behavior - and integrating these with the sociological concept of moral panic - this study examines the nature and potential consequences of this attention. Using a database of Fox News broadcas…
Turning Hazard Models Inside Out
Regression Inside Out (RIO) describes a set of related methods based on a decomposition of regression coefficients by individual cases. In this article, we offer three important extensions of RIO: 1) we generalize RIO to any model for which linear predictors are estimated; 2) we introduce an adapted bootstrap approach for determining whether case-level contributions differ from the baseline average contribution for cases; and 3) we describe how R…
Radicals in the community: County risk and resilience to right-wing extremism in the United States
This study examines the community foundations of right-wing radicalization in the United States. Using county-level data, we compare the socio-demographic, economic, and political profiles of communities where two types of right-wing radicals originated—individuals arrested at the January 6th Capitol Insurrection and violent right-wing extremists—with those of the broader U.S. population. Although both groups differ from the national average, imp…
Authoritarian cultures in the shadow of democracy
Research on democratic backsliding primarily focuses on national governments and party systems, yet sociologists have repeatedly emphasized the role of local culture in institutional outcomes and the distribution of power. Extending on early research on “authoritarian personalities,” I argue that sociological approaches offer useful tools for understanding the subnational erosion of democracy. Specifically, I theorize a set of community-level con…
Organizational status and online-offline mobilization cycles
Scholars of social movements and culture are increasingly interested in the dynamic relationship between online discourse and offline mobilization. Although prior work typically frames online discourse as a precursor to offline activism, emerging research on right-wing extremist (RWE) mobilization hints at a reciprocal relationship. Recognizing the group-based organizational structure of many contemporary social movements, I put forward a framewo…
Creating an Anti-Transgender Moral Panic
A moral panic about transgender identities is rapidly growing, driven by widespread misinformation and sensationalist rhetoric. analyzing fox news broadcasts, the authors identify rhetorical strategies broadcasters use to fuel the panic
Codifying Binaries: Moral Entrepreneurs and Anti-Transgender Legislation in U.S. State Legislatures Between 2018 and 2024
Amid an escalating moral panic surrounding the transgender community in the United States, state legislatures have become a central site of struggle. This study examines the moral framing of 896 state bills targeting transgender rights introduced between 2018 and 2024. Drawing from scholarship on moral panics and social movement framing, we develop hypotheses about both the content of these bills and their legislative fate. We test these by lever…
Preventable tragedies: A longitudinal analysis of state firearm laws and K-12 school shootings in the United States (2000–2019)
Gun violence is a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States, and school shootings represent one of its most traumatic and visible manifestations. These events can generate severe and long-lasting consequences for children, but also extend beyond direct victims to affect entire communities. Yet responses to this public health crisis remain mired in political polarization: some advocate for stricter firearm regulati…
Birth of a scapegoat: An actor‐affect‐affordance model of symbolic attribution in the digital age
How do scapegoating narratives emerge, diffuse, and solidify within digital media ecosystems? This paper introduces an actor‐affect‐affordance (3A) model to explain how complex social problems become symbolically attributed to marginalized groups. This framework is applied to the rise of the “trans terrorism” narrative that followed the 2023 Nashville school shooting, which framed mass shootings as the product of an alleged “gender ideology epide…
Bound by blood and bloodshed: Sibling ties and participation in genocidal violence
Focusing on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we examine how sibling relationships—one of the most salient familial bonds—influence individual engagement in violence during mass atrocity. Drawing on an adaptation of differential association and social learning theories for contexts of mass atrocity, we analyze a novel dataset linking over 300,000 siblings from Rwanda's post‐genocide gacaca court records. We find that the probability an individual perp…
Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Scholarship (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Computer security (2 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works)