Some episodes of mass political violence are much deadlier than others and under what conditions perpetrators in government and society opt for brutality as a means of accomplishing their goals. The concept of 'mass political violence' to explain genocide and other mass killings in the modern world.

Zachary A. Karazsia is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Valdosta State University where he is an affiliate faculty member in the Africana Studies program, the faculty adviser for the Model United Nations program, and chair of the Working Group on Conflict and Security. He received his Ph.D. from Florida International University, attended MIT's inaugural Summer Wargaming Institute in 2024, was a fellow at the 2015 American Political Science Association Africa Workshop on Conflict and Political Violence, and previously served as a Limited Term Assistant Professor at Georgia Southern University.