J. M. Berger
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J. M. Berger

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J.M. Berger is the author of four critically acclaimed books. Berger's most recent nonfiction book, Extremism (MIT Press, 2018), was named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2019 and has been reviewed as "meticulous," "an excellent primer," "exceptional" and "elegantly written." His debut novel, Optimal (2020), is a dystopian tale about a world run by algorithms and social media. Reviewers have praised it as "gripping," "absorbing" and "great storytelling." Berger is a writer and researcher focused on extremism as a Senior Research Fellow for the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. His research encompasses extremist ideologies and propaganda online and offline, including the development of social media and semantic analytical methodologies. He has worked as a consultant on these issues for Silicon Valley companies and the U.S. government.
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