Publications

Articles in Peer-reviewed Publications

Topal, Reyhan. 2024. “A Techno-Docility Approach to Repression and Surveillance of Uyghurs.” Asian Survey 64 (1): 143-167. DOI: 10.1525/as.2023.2079647

Topal, Reyhan. 2023. “An Empirical Assessment of China’s Counterterrorism Efforts and Securitization of Turkic Muslims.” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 46 (9): 1745-1765. DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2021.1892604

Topal, Reyhan and Farzin Shargh. 2023. “Teaching Students How to Find and Identify Reliable Online Sources: A Series of Exercises.” Journal of Political Science Education. 1-10. DOI: 10.1080/15512169.2022.2163899

Topal, Reyhan and Farzin Shargh. 2022. “Bringing the Students Back in: How to Re-Engage Students in a ‘Post-Covid’ World.” Political Science Educator 26 (1): 17-20.

Book Chapters

Topal, Reyhan. 2025. “Cybersecurity Research in International Studies.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of International Studies, edited by Nukhet Sandal. USA: Oxford University Press (forthcoming).

Asal, Victor, Reyhan Topal, and Charmaine N. Willis. 2022. “Abstract Blitzing and Beyond: Teaching Political Methodology.” In Teaching Graduate Political Methodology, edited by Mitchell Brown, Shane Nordyke, and Cameron Thies, 62-69. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Topal, Reyhan. 2018. “A Cyber-psychological and Behavioral Approach to Online Radicalization.” In Psychological and Behavioral Examinations in Cyber Security, edited by John McAlaney, Lara A. Frumkin, Vladlena Benson, 210-221. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Topal, Reyhan. 2016. “The Past and Present of the U.S.-Syria Relations.” In Syria: Domestic and International Politics, edited by Mehmet Akif Okur and Nuri Salik, 263-289. Ankara: Nobel Publications.

Book Review

Topal, Reyhan. 2022. “The Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology is Reshaping Power, Politics, and Resistance.” (By Steven Feldstein) The Information Society. 1-2. DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2022.2014222

Other Publications

Topal, Reyhan (with Global Voices team). 2022. “Unfreedom Monitor.” Global Voices, April 2022. Available online.

Topal, Reyhan. 2022. “Decolonizing Data to Tackle Digital Authoritarianism.” Global Voices, May 30, 2022. Available online.

Topal, Reyhan. 2022. “Still Flattening the Curve? Increased Risk of Digital Authoritarianism after COVID-19.” Global Voices, March 30, 2022. Available online.

Willis, Charmaine N. and Reyhan Topal. 2020. “Between Remote Teaching & Learning: Teaching Assistants in the Time of COVID-19.” APSA Educate, May 5, 2020. Available online.