Amanda Moeller
- Research Associate
- NCITE
Bio
Amanda Moeller is a research associate at the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center (NCITE) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She earned her Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology with a minor in Social Data Analytics from Penn State University in 2026. Her research examines terrorism and mass violence, with particular attention to the psychological and organizational processes that shape these phenomena.
Her broader work in industrial-organizational psychology explores personality, implicit motives, trust, and human-AI interaction. Her work has appeared in American Psychologist, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Trends in Organized Crime, and the Journal of Business and Psychology. Across these areas, she combines an industrial-organizational perspective with an emphasis on rigorous measurement and quantitative methods to better understand individual and collective behavior.
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- Moeller, A.N. & Hunter, S.T. (2026). Narcos Inc.: Drug Cartels and the Architecture of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. Trends in Organized Crime, 1-22.
- Moelter, I. J., Boira-Lopez, A., Hunter, S., & Moeller, A. (2026). Creativity under pressure: A case study of drug cartel innovation. The Journal of Creative Behavior, 60(4).
- Lacey, K. N., Moeller, A. N., Leyden, A., Parsons, K., Welch, C., Ligon, G. S., & Hunter, S. (2025). The Gig Economy: A New Lens for Understanding Domestic Violent Extremism. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 1-18.
- Hunter, S. T., Neely, B., Welch, C., & Moeller, A. N. (2025). Reconciling Jekyll & Hyde: The Future of Masculinity Research Within the Domestic Violent Extremism Context. American Psychologist.
- LeBreton, J. M., Moeller, A. N., & Wittmer, J. L. (2022). Data Aggregation in Multilevel Research: Best Practice Recommendations and Tools for Moving Forward. Journal of Business and Psychology, 1-20.