Social Work and the Psychosocial Journey Out of Far-Right Extremism

Over the last 30 years, domestic far-right extremism has risen to become the greatest threat to peace and safety in the United States. In the last few years alone, racialized, minoritized, and marginalized individuals and communities have been forced to feel the pain and experience the consequences of domestic far-right terrorism.

Danny W. Carroll II, PhD, MSW, is the BSW Program Director at Whatcom College and Executive Director of the Center for Extremism Prevention and Intervention. His primary research interests are white supremacy, anti-racist social work practice, race-based trauma and traumatic stress, and the role social work can play in responding to far-right extremism.