Blueprint for a Decentralized Intelligence Lab: FIA’s Vision for AI-Powered Social Research

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is a research and prevention lab dedicated to understanding and disrupting manipulation and coercive control—especially as they affect women, neurodivergent individuals, and survivors of trauma. We develop cutting-edge tools that help users recognize patterns of psychological abuse, from relationship fraud to workplace coercion. Our work integrates behavioral science, survivor testimony, and psychological trait modeling into a unique research framework that makes invisible forms of harm measurable and actionable. We are building tools such as: A Player Identifier Chatbot that detects manipulative behavior patterns, Simulation environments to teach resistance to psychological pressure, A trait-based scoring system (UNES) used to encode manipulative personalities and predict trauma risk, And a peer-to-peer support system for skill-based emotional resilience. We operate like a field lab—constantly collecting case data, building synthetic profiles, and analyzing social dynamics. But we're also increasingly facing a scale problem: the scope of coercion is vast, and the manual curation of insights is too slow to meet demand. That’s where AI agents come in. This project is both an analytical deep dive and a creative research mission. The student will explore the current state of AI agents (e.g., LangChain, CrewAI, Autogen) and map out how these tools could power FIA’s next-generation platform. They’ll analyze our internal datasets, knowledge structures, and user-facing needs to propose a bold, technically grounded vision for how we can use AI agents to: Automate social trait tagging across case libraries Scaffold hypothesis testing in trauma and abuse research Power chat-based learning systems for survivor discernment Coordinate decentralized research across global contributors Generate structured outputs from chaotic relational data Track patterns in coercive control and relationship fraud Create semi-autonomous research assistants with specific “expertise” This is not a build project—it’s an architectural research and design project . The student will research what’s possible, what’s emerging, and what hasn’t been done yet.

Exploring Blockchain and DAO Feasibility for FIA’s Decentralized Peer-to-Peer Model

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is a social enterprise focused on helping women build social discernment and agency in navigating power dynamics. We operate a decentralized, peer-to-peer structure —with virtual community programs and member-driven decision-making processes. Your team will assess the feasibility of integrating blockchain and DAO infrastructure into FIA’s operational model— with an emphasis on the business and governance implications . This will include: ✅ Providing an overview of blockchain and DAO structures —and how they enable secure, decentralized governance and transparent record-keeping. ✅ Evaluating the potential benefits and challenges of blockchain adoption in FIA’s context—such as trust-building, secure identity verification, or transparent resource sharing. ✅ Conducting a case study analysis —reviewing how similar small or mid-sized social enterprises have used blockchain to streamline operations and governance. ✅ Proposing specific blockchain applications that could enhance FIA’s efficiency and transparency—like smart contracts for shared decision-making, or token-based membership validation.

Cybersecurity Virtual Fair Deployment

The FIA Cybersecurity Virtual Fair is a peer-led, interactive event that helps women—especially those facing heightened digital risks—take immediate, practical steps to secure their online lives. Over the past year, FIA has conducted extensive research and content development for the fair, including: ✅ A marketing and outreach plan ✅ Partnership opportunities and engagement strategies ✅ Preliminary drafts of micro-course modules and quizzes ✅ A pre-assessment survey for tailoring booths ✅ Early drafts of booth content on key topics (like 2FA, phishing, password management, and more) However, these materials exist in a fragmented, draft stage . What’s needed now is for a skilled team to integrate, polish, and finalize everything— turning these materials into a professional, deployable program .

Data Privacy Enhancement for FIA

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is committed to empowering women by providing tools and resources to recognize and respond to coercive and manipulative behaviors. As FIA plans to expand its services, ensuring the privacy and security of user data is paramount. This project aims to evaluate and enhance FIA's current data handling practices to align with stringent privacy standards such as PIPEDA and GDPR. The project will involve researching best practices in data privacy, assessing FIA's existing data collection and storage methods, and recommending improvements. The goal is to create a robust framework that safeguards user information while supporting FIA's mission of social impact. By focusing on privacy, the project will help FIA build trust with its users and stakeholders. We’re inviting your team to: ✅ Conduct a review of FIA’s current and planned data handling (minimal as it is—like names, session scheduling, or chat interactions). ✅ Develop a data privacy policy that establishes: What data FIA might collect in the future (e.g., scheduling, user profiles, chatbot interactions). The legal and ethical justifications for collecting this data. How this data will be stored, protected, and eventually deleted or anonymized. ✅ Create practical data breach prevention and response protocols —ensuring FIA is ready for any future incidents, even as a small nonprofit. ✅ Propose a set of general data principles that reflect FIA’s mission of radical safety, respect, and minimal data collection —aligned with user empowerment and psychological safety. ✅ Provide a privacy checklist that FIA can use for any new feature, tool, or program it develops (like the Listening Lab’s secure scheduling tool or the ChatBoy app).

Designing a Secure, Scalable Communication Infrastructure for FIA’s Listening Lab

The Listening Lab is a peer-to-peer mental wellness program delivered over Zoom, where women join small, decentralized “pods” for weekly one-hour sessions. These pods function like a gym membership—women can join as many sessions as they want, meeting regularly to practice listening, speaking up, and discerning social dynamics in a safe, agenda-free space . It’s a preventative mental health program focused on helping women build confidence and emotional fitness in a world where power imbalances and manipulative social patterns are everywhere. The student team will develop a secure, scalable scheduling system —the backbone of FIA’s Listening Lab. This system will enable women to: ✅ Easily schedule and manage their sessions across multiple decentralized pods, ✅ Maintain privacy and security in how they join and navigate these pods, ✅ Access community roles and guidelines in a way that’s integrated, secure, and intuitive. This project addresses strategic IT challenges like data security, user privacy, and real-time scheduling performance— core concerns in modern, distributed environments .

Reproductive Agency Empowerment Toolkit

Students will develop a practical toolkit to assess and strengthen bodily autonomy —the right and ability of individuals to make decisions about their own bodies without coercion, manipulation, or misinformation. They will: ✅ Conduct interviews with women, health workers, and community members to understand how bodily autonomy is supported or undermined in their daily lives—what challenges exist, and what helps people assert this fundamental right. ✅ Use these real-world insights to create a developmental framework (inspired by Clare Graves) that maps out levels of bodily autonomy —from survival-based compliance to full self-determination and collective advocacy. ✅ Identify micro-skills that support bodily autonomy—like assertiveness, emotional regulation, and information-seeking. ✅ Map social media messaging that aligns with these levels—seeing what messages resonate with different stages of autonomy development. ✅ Develop a set of culturally sensitive questions that can be used by health workers, educators, or community leaders to assess bodily autonomy in individuals—questions that map directly to these micro-skills and levels. ✅ Create a comprehensive, adaptable toolkit to meet women where they are— not to judge, but to support growth and agency .

Bridging Research to Healthcare: Coercive Control Awareness Poster

The project aims to address the often-overlooked issue of coercive control in healthcare settings. Coercive control is a subtle yet damaging form of psychological and social abuse that significantly impacts health and well-being. Despite its seriousness, it is frequently absent from clinical conversations. The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) has compiled extensive research on this topic, including survivor-informed language and best practices for support. The goal of this project is to translate this rich research base into an educational poster that can be displayed in healthcare environments. This poster will serve as a tool for both doctors and patients to recognize and understand the implications of coercive control. By doing so, the project seeks to enhance awareness and improve the quality of care provided to those affected by this form of abuse.

Microaggression Awareness Quiz Development

This project introduces students to the idea of a pattern language —a set of recurring social tactics or moves that people use, often unconsciously, to maintain power or control in everyday interactions. Just like a language has grammar and vocabulary, these social patterns have predictable structures —ways of speaking or acting that repeat across different contexts and relationships. At FIA, we’ve developed a detailed pattern library that breaks down the power moves used in manipulation and microaggressions. You can view our detailed patterns here: https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_lG4vRWw=/. These patterns might seem minor or random at first, but they’re actually the basic recipes that reinforce larger systems of inequality—like racism, sexism, and classism. By learning to see this pattern language of oppression , students can recognize how these small social moves link up with broader civil rights struggles —and how feelings of powerlessness today often echo deeper historical patterns of domination.

Empowered Discernment: Social Martial Arts Animation

At the Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) , our mission is to teach people about social discernment —the ability to recognize manipulation, power games, and social dynamics that keep people stuck or controlled. But we’re running into a problem: many women aren’t excited about learning social discernment because they’ve been taught that if someone manipulates or abuses you, it must mean there’s something wrong with you—like you’re weak or “not enough.” We want to challenge that narrative completely. We believe that learning to see through social manipulation isn’t a sign of weakness or self-doubt—it’s part of a long history of liberation movements . From civil rights to gender justice to community activism, people have always needed to see through power to protect themselves and to stand up for each other. Especially now , with so many recent political events—from police violence to public gaslighting to political strongmen who use charm and fear to manipulate the public—people feel powerless, and it’s easy to internalize that feeling as shame or personal failure. But social discernment offers a way to channel that sense of powerlessness into clarity and collective action . Learning about the narcissistic tactics used by abusers—whether in personal relationships or on the national stage—shows that these manipulations aren’t random or personal weaknesses. They’re patterns that can be seen, named, and ultimately countered —making social discernment both deeply personal and profoundly political . Create a two-minute animated educational video that reframes social discernment from the outdated “abuse education” narrative—often associated with images of powerless, insecure women—and instead frames it as a form of social martial arts: a disciplined, empowering practice for reading power plays and staying agile in a world full of hidden pressures. Your animation should tap into the widespread feeling of powerlessness that people are experiencing right now and channel it into a story that shows social discernment as a tool for regaining agency and navigating social dynamics with independence and precision.

Empowering Narratives: Animation for Social Discernment

At the Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) , our mission is to teach people about social discernment —the ability to recognize manipulation, power games, and social dynamics that keep people stuck or controlled. But we’re running into a problem: many women aren’t excited about learning social discernment because they’ve been taught that if someone manipulates or abuses you, it must mean there’s something wrong with you—like you’re weak or “not enough.” We want to challenge that narrative completely. We believe that learning to see through social manipulation isn’t a sign of weakness or self-doubt—it’s part of a long history of liberation movements . From civil rights to gender justice to community activism, people have always needed to see through power to protect themselves and to stand up for each other. Especially now , with so many recent political events—from police violence to public gaslighting to political strongmen who use charm and fear to manipulate the public—people feel powerless, and it’s easy to internalize that feeling as shame or personal failure. But social discernment offers a way to channel that sense of powerlessness into clarity and collective action . Learning about the narcissistic tactics used by abusers—whether in personal relationships or on the national stage—shows that these manipulations aren’t random or personal weaknesses. They’re patterns that can be seen, named, and ultimately countered —making social discernment both deeply personal and profoundly political .

Redefining Autism Diagnosis: A Policy Framework for Autistic Girls/Women

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) has already sponsored research into how autism criteria are defined and how they fail to capture the lived experience of autistic girls and women—particularly how this leads to missed diagnoses and increased vulnerability to coercion and sexual assault. Building on this existing research, this project will: Map the Decision-Making Process : Identify the key players and committees (e.g., APA, DSM subcommittees, insurance lobbies) who shape diagnostic criteria and public messaging. Analyze Diagnostic Gaps and Biases : Show how the current DSM framework ignores autistic girls’ masking, trauma history, and vulnerability, and how it perpetuates a deficit model instead of a neurodivergent perspective. Conduct Interviews : Engage with key informants—such as clinicians, researchers, advocacy groups, and autistic women—to capture a 360-degree view of how these decisions are made and how they impact real lives. Transcribe and synthesize these interviews to inform the final report. Investigate Health Department Leverage Points : Explore how initiatives like the US Autism Registry could reinforce outdated deficit models or support a divergence-based approach. Propose Systemic Policy Changes : Develop actionable recommendations to shift from the deficit model to a neurodivergent framework, ensuring early interventions include social discernment skills that protect autistic girls from coercion.

The Listening Lab - Marketing Strategy Development

The Feminine Intelligence Agency is launching a new wellness tool called The Listening Lab designed to support women's mental health and wellbeing through authenticity supports. The project aims to develop a comprehensive marketing strategy that effectively communicates the benefits of this tool to the target audience. The learners will analyze current market trends, identify key demographics, and craft a strategic plan that aligns with the agency's brand values. The project will involve researching competitors, understanding consumer behavior, and exploring innovative marketing channels. The goal is to create a strategy that not only raises awareness but also encourages engagement and adoption of the wellness tool. This project provides an opportunity for learners to apply their marketing knowledge and skills in a real-world context, focusing on a product that promotes mental well-being.

Listening Lab Launch Market Roadmap

The Listening Lab is a new peer-to-peer wellness initiative developed by the Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) . Designed as a structured, non-therapeutic alternative to traditional mental health spaces, the Lab brings women together across race, class, and age to share presence, deepen empathy, and reconnect with their emotional intuition. Unlike self-improvement models, the Lab offers a rare space where no one needs to perform progress. It’s one hour outside of capitalism—no fixing, just listening. FIA is seeking a student team to help develop a market entry strategy that honors this unique offering while identifying the best pathways to reach aligned early adopters, especially in wellness, education, and community spaces.

Policy Strategy for Combating AI-Assisted Coercive Control

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is a research and public policy organization dedicated to advancing Social Discernment —the ability to detect manipulation early, respond effectively, and protect personal and collective agency in complex social environments. FIA is developing a comprehensive curriculum, scalable tools, and legal frameworks to address coercive control, emotional exploitation, and tech-enabled manipulation in relationships and digital life. Our work focuses on: 🧠 Social Discernment Curriculum : A new field of emotional intelligence that helps people recognize coercion, power games, and deceptive language before harm occurs. 📱 Player Identifier Chatbot : A predictive tool that analyzes early relationship patterns to help users recognize emotionally dangerous individuals. 🔍 AI Language Training App ( ChatBoy ) that teaches users to spot manipulative language across different contexts—dating, work, friendship, and family. 🧘‍♀️ Peer-to-Peer Wellness Platform : A non-therapeutic, group-based support system designed for women navigating emotional burnout and frustration in high-conflict or confusing relationships. 🔐 Cybersecurity for Women : A decentralized, peer-led training program that focuses on emotional safety, social engineering, and digital resilience—especially for those targeted by psychological abuse or coercion online. FIA’s work bridges public policy, digital safety, and emotional intelligence to help individuals and institutions detect invisible threats and respond with clarity, ethics, and courage. This project explores how the United States might adopt policies to criminalize coercive control in intimate and institutional relationships, following the lead of countries like the UK, Scotland, and Ireland. Specifically, it will examine how emerging technologies—particularly generative AI—are amplifying patterns of manipulation, isolation, and psychological domination, a phenomenon we refer to as AI-Assisted Psychological Exploitation (AIPEx) . The student will assess: How Britain successfully passed coercive control laws (strategy, framing, resistance) Why similar efforts have struggled in the U.S. (cultural, legal, and political factors) How new threats—especially tech-enabled coercion—may change the narrative or legislative appetite The outcome will be a policy roadmap for how coercive control could be reframed, regulated, or outlawed in the U.S., including legal frameworks, political feasibility, and public engagement strategies. 📘 Policy Problem: The U.S. lacks legal frameworks to address non-physical forms of abuse like gaslighting, digital surveillance, emotional manipulation, and isolation tactics—despite their well-documented psychological and economic impacts. The problem is compounded by AI tools that are being misused to amplify these tactics at scale (e.g., deepfakes, real-time surveillance, chatbot mirroring, voice cloning). This project addresses both a market failure (unregulated tools enabling harm) and a government failure (lack of legal protections and prevention strategies for psychological abuse). 🧩 Key Questions to Explore: What legislative, advocacy, and cultural strategies made coercive control laws pass in the UK and Ireland? What would a U.S.-specific policy roadmap need to look like—legally, politically, and culturally? Could technology-driven manipulation (AIPex) be a wedge issue for reform or regulation? What risks or resistance would this proposal face from political, tech, or legal sectors?

Listening Lab Expansion Strategy

The Listening Lab is a scalable, community-driven wellness initiative designed to provide nervous system regulation and emotional support through structured peer pods. It serves individuals experiencing intense emotions who may not want or be able to access therapy. The program avoids peer therapy pitfalls by assigning rotating coaching and creative roles instead of advice-giving, fostering empowerment, expression, and emotional resilience. FIA has already developed the core theory, initial simulation, and a draft design. We are seeking graduate students in public health to help advance this into a pilot-ready model by selecting focus areas aligned with their interests and competencies. Project Options for Students (Choose 1–2): 1. Program Design & Health Promotion Strategy Translate Listening Lab’s theory into a detailed health promotion program. Design participant-facing materials (e.g., facilitation guides, safety disclaimers, onboarding forms). Identify public health frameworks (e.g., trauma-informed care, social support theory) to structure the intervention. Deliverable: A full intervention logic model or promotional campaign plan. 2. Technology Feasibility & Peer Role Design Recommend digital tools to facilitate remote peer pods (e.g., Zoom, Discord, Circle). Help shape peer roles that promote participation and emotional safety. Design protocols to ensure participants don't engage in untrained therapy behaviors. Deliverable: A set of peer pod role cards and a technology comparison chart. 3. Evidence-Based Evaluation Strategy Conduct a literature review on community-based emotional regulation programs. Design an evaluation plan to measure safety, satisfaction, and potential health outcomes. Recommend pre/post metrics or participant surveys for low-barrier data collection. Deliverable: A 2-page evaluation plan + annotated bibliography. 4. Community Outreach & Equity Plan Identify target populations for the pilot (e.g., college students, single mothers, neurodivergent adults). Develop an inclusive outreach and recruitment plan, considering stigma and access barriers. Suggest community partners or local organizations for pilot testing. Deliverable: A strategic outreach brief and equity checklist.

Peer-Led Cybersecurity Education Pilot

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is building a peer-led, event-based cybersecurity system designed to empower women and non-technical users with the skills to protect themselves from common digital threats—including surveillance, stalking, and social engineering. We’ve already completed foundational research, built a prototype assessment, and identified core vulnerabilities based on real-world risks. Your task: Help transform our research and early prototypes into a polished, working system that’s ready for pilot testing. You’ll collaborate with FIA to design educational modules, finalize the scoring logic, and implement the backend logic or technical processes needed to bring the event to life. 🎯 Goals for the Project: Refine and finalize FIA’s digital risk assessment questionnaire (already drafted). Build a modular education system that maps risk scores to actionable content. Create booth-matching logic , guiding participants to specific learning stations. Polish post-event score adjustments , measuring user improvement. Package all materials in a clean, usable format for a future pilot event.

Scaling the Listening Lab Initiative

he Listening Lab is a non-clinical, psychologist-reviewed group wellness experience designed for emotional regulation, especially for individuals who are emotionally overwhelmed but not seeking formal therapy. Participants gather in structured “pods” with designated roles to avoid advice-giving and encourage expressive, coaching-style, and creative interaction. This project offers students an opportunity to develop operational, technical, and strategic plans to scale the Listening Lab in healthcare-adjacent environments such as community wellness centers, university mental health programs, and domestic violence prevention services. Key Capstone Focus Areas Students will choose one or more of the following to develop as a team: AI Integration – Chatbot Support System Design a training framework for a chatbot that can help keep pods on track (e.g., when members go off-topic, offer grounding techniques or redirect questions). Propose ethical and practical guardrails (e.g., data privacy, non-therapeutic scope, prompt design). Technology & Application Design Develop requirements and mockups for a digital platform or mobile app to host and manage pod participation. Consider calendar integration, onboarding, role assignment, session structure, and light analytics (e.g., post-session check-ins). Strategic Marketing & Partnership Plan Identify potential healthcare or wellness organizations as partners. Draft outreach and communication strategy for user acquisition and institutional support. Design a marketing plan tailored to underserved or therapy-averse populations. Training Methodology & Implementation Playbook Create clear, accessible training materials that explain how to participate in a pod (e.g., facilitator guides, sample scripts, role explanations). Recommend digital onboarding and role rotation processes that minimize facilitation burden.

Which biological signals show the earliest measurable signs of acute stress in response to perceived interpersonal threat — and which consumer wearables can best detect them?

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is an innovation lab that builds tools to prevent manipulation, coercive control, and relational abuse. We focus on scalable, tech-enabled solutions that help people improve their social discernment — the ability to spot subtle red flags in relationships before they escalate. This project investigates how wearable health technology can be used to detect early signs of distress in high-pressure or coercive relationships. By identifying measurable biological responses (e.g., heart rate variability, skin conductance), we hope to understand which biomarkers are most useful for real-time detection of emotional harm.

Create prototype MVP for one of our projects

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is an innovation lab building scalable, peer-to-peer tools for emotional wellness, relationship discernment, and digital safety. We have a suite of in-development products — each designed to prevent harm before it escalates — and we are looking for a team of engineering students to choose one and take it forward. This project is ideal for students who want to critically engage with real-world social challenges using engineering, design, and AI-based innovation. You’ll get to explore complex human factors (like trust, emotion, manipulation, safety), while applying your technical skills in areas such as product development, systems design, UX research, and AI integration.

Peer-to-Peer Wellness Program Enhancement

The Listening Lab is a wellness innovation designed by the Feminine Intelligence Agency to support emotional regulation through peer-based group pods. These pods serve as affordable, accessible alternatives to therapy for individuals navigating intense emotions and seeking prevention before turning to unhealthy coping mechanisms. Unlike traditional peer therapy groups, the Listening Lab assigns structured roles that discourage unsolicited advice or unqualified therapeutic intervention. Instead, participants are guided toward coaching, artistic expression, and somatic regulation. The Lab has already undergone simulation testing by psychology students and an evaluation of ethical risks by mental health professionals.

Empowerment Dashboard Design with Synthetic Data

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is a social innovation startup that builds tools to help women and other vulnerable populations recognize coercion, build psychological resilience, and protect themselves in relationships, workplaces, and digital environments. We’ve developed a suite of educational tools based on years of psychological research, including: The Agency Calculator – A diagnostic tool that scores users on 20 dimensions of personal agency (e.g., boundaries, emotional regulation, critical thinking, autonomy). The BlindSpot Quiz – A self-awareness tool that reveals a user's potential manipulation blind spots or psychological vulnerabilities. The Player Identifier Chatbot – An AI-guided conversation tool that scores patterns in past or present relationships to detect early warning signs of coercive control. All tools are grounded in a custom-built trait scoring system, and the backend is currently being migrated to a graph database (Neo4j) to support interactive analysis and visualization. The Goal of This Project: Your job is to take our structured psychological framework and design a user-facing data dashboard using synthetic data . This dashboard should help users: Understand their strengths and areas for growth across the 20 agency traits See how their relationship history or quiz patterns affect their risk profile Get personalized suggestions for chatbot training modules or education content Track their learning journey or improvement over time This dashboard should be visually intuitive , empowering , and curious-user-friendly . Think of it as the bridge between psychological insight and actionable growth. Data Provided: You’ll be given structured synthetic datasets that mirror real patterns from FIA’s tools (no real user data, no PII). These datasets will include: Trait scores from the Agency Calculator (0–10 scale, 20 traits) Vulnerability cluster types from the BlindSpot Quiz Player-type pattern flags from relationship assessments Sample chatbot session logs (e.g., user selected “Egocentric Evan,” answered 6/10 confrontation questions) Suggested learning modules and growth paths (Optional) simulated session timestamps for visualizing progress over time

AI-Driven Research Think Tank Internship Proposal: Visioning the Future of Relationship Fraud Detection

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) has developed a research-backed web app called ChatBoy , designed to help users recognize and respond to manipulative communication. The app includes over 1,700 scenario-based questions and responses, each carefully crafted and approved by psychologists using a behavioral trait scoring system built over years of research. Right now, ChatBoy functions like a quiz—it’s effective, but static. This project invites a student to help us build the next-gen MVP by transforming those same questions and characters into interactive, personality-driven AI agents using generative AI tools. We’re not looking for a polished or commercial product—just something functional that demonstrates how ChatBoy could evolve. We’ll provide all the structured content: character personalities, speech patterns, and behavioral logic. Your job is to plug that into an AI architecture (like LangChain, GPT Agents, or something similar) to produce 16 dynamic character bots that users can talk to. You’ll take our data, add some flair, and create an MVP that shows what’s possible when real-world behavioral insights meet modern AI.

Coercion Signals in Relationships: A Data-Driven Approach to Abuse Prevention

At the Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA), our mission is to provide women with data-backed insight into relationship dynamics , especially in the early stages — when awareness can still lead to prevention. This project invites students to work on a groundbreaking AI tool that helps identify patterns of emotional manipulation and predict trauma outcomes before they escalate into serious psychological harm. Using structured synthetic datasets generated by our Player Identifier Chatbot, students will help us explore the difference between benign behaviors and early-stage coercion tactics — building visualizations, dashboards, and models that make emotional risk understandable and actionable for everyday users. The goal is to create visual tools that empower women to distinguish between what’s emotionally immature and what’s actually dangerous — reducing false positives, increasing early detection, and improving digital safety for people navigating high-stakes interpersonal dynamics.

FIA Brand Audit and Strategic Enhancement

FIA (Feminine Intelligence Agency) is pioneering a new approach to women’s personal and professional empowerment by introducing Social Discernment (SD)—the ability to recognize covert manipulation, power dynamics, and hidden aggression before they escalate into harm. Students in the Brand Management course will conduct a comprehensive brand audit of FIA (Feminine Intelligence Agency) to assess its current brand positioning and provide strategic recommendations for improving brand awareness, audience engagement, and long-term brand equity. FIA is pioneering a new category of personal development called Social Discernment (SD)—a skill set designed to help women recognize covert aggression, manipulation tactics, and power dynamics before they become trapped in harmful relationships or workplace situations. However, one of our biggest challenges is that most women believe they are immune to abuse and don’t see themselves as potential targets—which means they are often resistant to engaging with any product framed as abuse prevention. Because of this, FIA has positioned Social Discernment as an exciting, must-have skill for high-achieving women rather than a defensive measure against abuse. Our challenge is ensuring that this framing works in practice—that women perceive Social Discernment as a powerful tool they want to invest in, rather than something they associate with vulnerability or victimhood. Students will conduct a brand analysis, evaluate FIA’s current Social Discernment campaign, and provide recommendations on how to refine and strengthen the brand to increase engagement, credibility, and market success. Key Branding Challenges & Objectives 1️⃣ Introducing a New Concept: Social Discernment Why SD Exists: Women vastly underestimate how covert aggression works. They assume abuse is obvious and dramatic, when in reality, the most dangerous forms of manipulation are subtle, strategic, and escalate slowly over time. Why Women Resist SD: Most women think "I’m smart, I would never fall for this," making it difficult to convince them to take proactive measures. Our Solution: Instead of framing SD as abuse prevention, we are marketing it as a fascinating and empowering skill set—something that gives women a tactical edge in all areas of life (romance, friendships, workplaces, and family). Your Task: Evaluate whether FIA’s current messaging and brand strategy around SD is working. Does it make Social Discernment feel like a must-have skill? Or does it still feel too close to “abuse prevention,” making women avoid it? 2️⃣ Brand Differentiation & Competitive Positioning We provide advanced-level training in covert power moves, manipulation tactics, and social strategy—teaching women to detect subtle aggression before it escalates. Your Task: Analyze competing brands in the women’s personal development space and develop a strategy for clearly positioning FIA as an elite-level skill-building platform, rather than just another self-help or empowerment initiative. 3️⃣ Evaluating & Strengthening FIA’s Brand Equity How well does FIA’s current branding explain what we do? Does our Social Discernment messaging make people want to engage—or does it still trigger resistance? Does FIA feel like an aspirational brand—something women want to associate with? How can we refine our messaging to make Social Discernment a trend that high-achieving women must know about? 4️⃣ Ensuring Brand Consistency Across Digital Channels FIA has multiple brand touchpoints, including a website, social media, digital products, and AI tools. Students will assess whether the brand’s messaging, visual identity, and tone are consistent across these platforms. They will provide recommendations for ensuring a unified, professional, and engaging brand presence that aligns with FIA’s mission.

Strategic Partnership Development Plan

The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is a groundbreaking initiative dedicated to equipping women with tools and strategies to navigate complex interpersonal dynamics and counter manipulative power moves. Through educational resources, innovative tools like the Agency Calculator, and tailored workshops, FIA helps women recognize and mitigate manipulation tactics, fostering autonomy and resilience. The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is a mission-driven organization seeking to expand its impact through strategic partnerships. This project focuses on designing a structured and actionable partnership framework to help FIA collaborate with organizations in education, technology, and professional development. By leveraging shared resources and co-branded initiatives, FIA aims to optimize its growth potential and align with high-value partners. MBA candidates will act as consultants, applying their expertise in strategic operations and project management to identify potential partners, design collaboration models, and create sustainability strategies. The project will culminate in a comprehensive report and presentation, equipping FIA with the tools and insights needed to develop impactful partnerships that drive measurable growth.

Empowering Cybersecurity: Combating Social Engineering with AI

Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is expanding its services to include cybersecurity solutions aimed at protecting women from digital threats, particularly in the realm of social engineering . As generative AI tools continue to advance, they are transforming traditional manipulation tactics, making them more sophisticated, personalized, and pervasive. This project will task cybersecurity students with researching the landscape of generative AI tools and analyzing how these technologies are reshaping the field of social engineering. The students will identify specific threats that generative AI poses, particularly in scenarios like coercive control and psychological exploitation, and develop actionable recommendations for women to mitigate these risks. The final deliverables will directly support FIA’s goal of offering cutting-edge cybersecurity education and services to its customers.

Social Media Engagement Campaign for Feminine Intelligence Agency

Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) educates women about sophisticated stealth tactics used in relationships, workplaces, and social dynamics. We are looking for social media interns to help us create engaging, visually appealing content for our two lead-generating tools: the Player Typology Chatbot and the Blind Spot Assessment . These tools help individuals uncover manipulation tactics and identify cognitive biases, giving them the tools to make more informed decisions in their lives. Interns will work with our extensive database of manipulation moves, connecting these principles to popular TV shows, movies, or relevant social issues that are currently resonating with their generation. By tapping into current trends and media, they will help us create content that resonates with college students, our target psychographic. Whether it’s drawing parallels between the power dynamics in popular shows or illustrating cognitive biases through everyday situations, the goal is to make these topics relatable and engaging.

Exploring Social Discernment: A Journalistic Approach

Are you ready to contribute to a cutting-edge conversation at the intersection of technology, human rights, and relationships? The Feminine Intelligence Agency (FIA) is seeking talented and driven student journalists to help us raise awareness and establish thought leadership in the emerging field of social discernment. At FIA, we focus on equipping women with the skills to recognize and respond effectively to manipulation and power dynamics, especially in a world increasingly shaped by generative AI, coercive control, and the erosion of women’s rights. Through your work, you’ll play a pivotal role in bringing these critical topics to a wider audience while building a portfolio of compelling and impactful features.

Understanding the Health Impacts of Coercive Control

The Feminine Intelligence Agency seeks to collaborate with Mercy University’s Global Health course to explore the mental and neurological effects of coercive control. Coercive control involves subtle, ongoing manipulation through tactics like criticism, surveillance, and isolation, which can have profound impacts on mental health and brain function. This project aims to research and analyze how these behaviors affect brain chemistry, emotional regulation, and decision-making. By leveraging classroom knowledge in global health, students will conduct a comprehensive literature review and data analysis to understand these impacts. The ultimate goal is to produce a data-driven report that provides women with accessible, evidence-based insights into the health consequences of coercive control, empowering them to address harmful behavior confidently.

Cybersecurity Empowerment Cooperative for Women

The Feminine Intelligence Agency aims to establish a cooperative that serves as a supportive, peer-to-peer cybersecurity agency for women. The goal is to create a safe digital environment where women can learn and share cybersecurity skills to protect their online privacy and personal information. This project focuses on developing a structured program where each member can learn a specific cybersecurity skill through brief training sessions lasting 1-2 hours. These skills will empower members to identify and mitigate digital risks, particularly in personal relationships. The cooperative will foster a community of women who support each other in navigating the digital world safely, enhancing their confidence and security online.