Dr. Victoria Romero, a senior scientist at Charles River Analytics, was invited by the Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) team to speak at a recent teleconference. SMA partners with federal organizations, industry, think tanks, and academia, to explore the concepts of radicalization and political extremism over the last several years. SMA assists military planners and operators to understand and respond to the threat of radicalization. Dr. Romero discussed The Role of Narrative Transportation in Creating Persuasive Messages on March 11, 2014, as part of the SMA speaker series.