Mia Bloom

 ( 1968 Births ) 

Mia M. Bloom is a Canadian academic, author, and Professor of Communication at Georgia State University. She was formerly an associate Professor of International Studies at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park and a fellow at the International Center for the Study of Terrorism at Penn State.

Bloom received a PhD in political science from Columbia University, a Master's in Arab Studies from Georgetown University and a Bachelor's from McGill University in Russian, Islamic studies and Middle East Studies. Her studies specialize in ethnic conflict, rape in war, , female terrorists, and terrorist communications. Bloom was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations in 2003–2008. Bloom has also taught and researched at numerous universities. She has appeared on CNN, PBS Newshour, MSNBC, and Fox News.

• Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror (Columbia University Press, 2005)
• Living Together After Ethnic Killing: Exploring the Chaim Kaufman Argument (edited with Roy Licklider, Routledge, 2007)
• Bombshell: Women and Terror (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011)
• (2025). 9781501712067, Cornell University Press. . ISBN 9781501712067