Samer Al-khateeb, PhD

Associate Professor

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Contact

SamerAl-Khateeb1@creighton.edu
Computer Science, Design, Journalism
College of Arts and Sciences
Computer Science & Informatics
HCCA - Hitchcock Center for Communication Art - 203 A

Samer Al-khateeb, PhD

Associate Professor

Samer Al-khateeb is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, Design and Journalism (CSDJ), specializes in the quantitative analysis of publicly available social media data related to topics such as deviance in social media, social cyber forensics, social bots, internet trolls, disinformation/misinformation, fake news, and cyber propaganda campaigns. He also has experience with qualitative analysis, such as directed and summative content analysis, e.g., topic modeling, toxicity, sentiments, and correlation analysis. His most recent research examines the use of social science theories to construct computer simulation models. He is currently working on a project to model the mob phenomenon by leveraging factors extracted from social science theories and deep learning. The project aims to develop a model that can simulate mobs to gain a deeper insight into the behaviors of those involved in the mob and to predict the outcome of such events.

Research Focus

  • Analysis and Modeling of:
    • Deviant Behaviours on Social Media.
    • Cyber Collective Actions.
    • Mobs, Deviant Cyber Flash Mobs (DCFMs).
    • Cyber Propaganda Campaigns.
  • Social Network Analysis (SNA).
  • Social Cyber Forensics (SCF) techniques, methodologies, and tools.
  • Social Computing and Social Media Mining.
  • Social Bots Behaviors, Evolution, and Detection.
  • Content analysis, e.g., toxicity, sentiments, and correlation analysis.
  • Modeling of Human Behavior, e.g., Agent-based Modeling.

Department

Computer Science, Design and Journalism

Position

Associate Professor

Books

  • Thomson Robert, Renshaw Scott, Pyke Aryn A, Al-khateeb Samer, Burger Annetta, Park Patrick, Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling 2025
  • Thomson Robert, Hariharan Aravind, Renshaw Scott, Al-khateeb Samer, Burger Annetta, Park Patrick, Pyke Aryn, Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling 2024
  • Modeling and Simulation of Social-Behavioral Phenomena in Creative Societies
    Al-khateeb Samer, Agarwal Nitin, Studying Simulated Mobs Using Monte Carlo Method and the Theory of Collective Action [Book Chapter] 2023
  • Thomson Robert, Al-khateeb Samer, Burger Annetta, Park Patrick, A. Pyke Aryn, , Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling 2023
  • Design and Construction of Smart Cities
    Alassad Mustafa, Agarwal Nitin, Spann Billy, Al-khateeb Samer, Using Computational Social Science Techniques to Identify Coordinated Cyber Threats to Smart City Networks [Book Chapter] 2021
  • Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling
    Al-khateeb Samer, Agarwal Nitin, Anderson Madelyn, Studying the Role of Social Bots During Cyber Flash Mobs [Book Chapter] 2021
  • Open Source Intelligence and Cyber Crime
    Galeano Katrin, Agarwal Nitin, Al-Khateeb Samer, Galeano Rick, Studying the Weaponization of Social Media: Case Studies of Anti-NATO Disinformation Campaigns [Book Chapter] 2020
  • Social Networks and Surveillance for Society
    Al-Khateeb Samer, Hussain Muhammad Nihal, Agarwal Nitin, Leveraging Social Network Analysis and Cyber Forensics Approaches to Study Cyber Propaganda Campaigns [Book Chapter] 2019

Publications

  • Social Network Analysis and Mining
    Murray Rebecca, Orr Bridget, Al-khateeb Samer, Agarwal Nitin, Constructing a multi-theoretical framework for mob modeling
    15:1, p. 33 2025
  • Communication and sport
    Johnson Rich G., Madouh Mohammed, Al-khateeb Samer, Cupido Kyran, Romney Miles, Cheating or Fair Competition? A Structuration Analysis of Social Media Responses to Lia Thomas’ NCAA Swimming Championship 2025
  • Computational and mathematical organization theory
    Burright Jack, Al-khateeb Samer, A comparative analysis of the ethics of gene editing: ChatGPT vs. Bard 2024
  • Social Network Analysis and Mining
    Al-khateeb Samer, Burright Jack, Agarwal Nitin, Evaluating collective action theory-based model to simulate mobs
    14:1, p. 127 2024
  • Communication and sport
    Johnson Rich G., Cupido Kyran, Al-khateeb Samer, Forbes Ali, Targeted Social Media Harassment: A Comparative Analysis of Toxicity Directed at Men and Women Sports Reporters 2023
  • Al-khateeb Samer, Burright Jack, Murray Rebecca, Agarwal Nitin, AN AGENT-BASED MODEL OF MOBS USING THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTS OF COLLECTIVE ACTION 2023
  • Social Network Analysis and Mining
    Al-khateeb Samer, Agarwal Nitin, Flash mob
    11:1 2021
  • Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory
    Al-khateeb Samer, Agarwal Nitin, Social cyber forensics
    26:4, p. 412 - 430 2020
  • Defence Strategic Communications
    Agarwal Nitin, Galeano Rick, Goolsby Rebecca, Al-Khateeb Samer, Examining the use of botnets and their evolution in propaganda dissemination
    2:1, p. 87 - 112 2017
  • Journal on Baltic Security (Warsaw, Poland)
    Al-Khateeb Samer, Agarwal Nitin, Understanding Strategic Information Manoeuvres in Network Media to Advance Cyber Operations: A Case Study Analysing Pro-Russian Separatists’ Cyber Information Operations in Crimean Water Crisis
    2:1, p. 6 - 27 2016
  • The journal of digital forensics, security and law
    Al-khateeb Samer, Conlan Kevin J., Agarwal Nitin, Baggili Ibrahim, Breitinger Frank, EXPLORING DEVIANT HACKER NETWORKS (DHN) ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
    11:2, p. 7 - 20 2016
  • The journal of digital forensics, security and law
    Al-Khateeb Samer, Agarwal Nitin, DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR MODELING DEVIANT CYBER FLASH MOB: A SOCIO-COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH LEVERAGING HYPERGRAPH CONSTRUCTS
    9:2, p. 113 - 127 2014

Grants

  • Building a Computational Model of Mobs Leveraging Social Science Theories/Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research

  • Developing Socio-computational Methods to Strengthen Community Resiliency to Mitigate Cognitive Attacks/Sponsor: University of Arkansas at Little Rock

  • SBP-BRiMS 2025-2027 Conference Sponsorship/Sponsor: U.S. Department of the Army/DoD