Prof. Bruce Bimber
digital media in collective action; belief in conspiracies and falsehoods; social media and democratic backsliding
Daniel Cervantes
US presidency and political rhetoric
Pierce Christoffersen
news & digital media, public policy, technology & metrics
Prof. Dan Lane
social media and political engagement, intergroup relations, political inequality
Sterling Lankford
public opinion, selective exposure, and falsehoods
Nancy Molina-Rogers
digital media, collective action, marginalized groups, race/ethnicity, intergroup communication
Hannah Overbye
media effects, algorithm bias, human-computer interaction, and marginalized groups
Prof. Prateekshit "Kanu" Pandey
the role of humor and satire in democratic participation, news sharing, and individual political agency in democratic contexts
Yifei Wang
social identity in social media
Recent Alums
Prof. Julien Labarre, CSU Dominguez Hills
Tara Mandrekar, Ourmedia.org
Prof. Daniel Gomez, New Mexico State University
Dr. Shanshan Lu
Ilia Nikiforov, Independent Consultant
Dr. Rajkamal Singh, New York University
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