Ares Boira Lopez
- Research Specialist
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Bio
Ares Boira Lopez is a research specialist at the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education center (NCITE) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is on track to earn her Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of Oklahoma in May 2025.
Boira Lopez specializes in creativity and innovation, leadership, extremist ideological rhetoric online, and advanced research methods. During her time at an NCITE university partner institution, she contributed to research exploring the effects of online ideological rhetoric on social media users.
Since joining NCITE, Boira Lopez has been instrumental in developing improved evaluation tools for prevention programs and insider threat management, applying her expertise to address critical challenges in counterterrorism and violence prevention.
Research Interests
Leadership and teams, generative AI and creativity, ideological organizations, emotions and performanceEducation
B.A. Psychology; University of Missouri - Saint Louis (UMSL)
M.A. Industrial-Organizational Psychology; Illinois State University
Ph.D. ABD Industrial-Organizational Psychology; University of Oklahoma
Additional Information
Bio
Ares Boira Lopez is a research specialist at the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education center (NCITE) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is on track to earn her Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of Oklahoma in May 2025.
Boira Lopez specializes in creativity and innovation, leadership, extremist ideological rhetoric online, and advanced research methods. During her time at an NCITE university partner institution, she contributed to research exploring the effects of online ideological rhetoric on social media users.
Since joining NCITE, Boira Lopez has been instrumental in developing improved evaluation tools for prevention programs and insider threat management, applying her expertise to address critical challenges in counterterrorism and violence prevention.
Research Interests
Leadership and teams, generative AI and creativity, ideological organizations, emotions and performanceEducation
B.A. Psychology; University of Missouri - Saint Louis (UMSL)
M.A. Industrial-Organizational Psychology; Illinois State University
Ph.D. ABD Industrial-Organizational Psychology; University of Oklahoma