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Assistant Professor, Communication
Professional Service
- Health Communication.
Member. Editorial board.
07/01/2024 - present
- Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review.
Associate Editor.
07/01/2024 - present
- International Communication Research Journal.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/01/2019 - present
- The Social Science Journal .
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/01/2018 - present
Internal Service
- Humanities Scholars Faculty Mentor.
08/01/2023 - present.
College service.
- Graduate committee.
Member,
08/01/2022 - present.
Department service.
- Student Media Council.
Faculty member,
08/01/2019 - present.
University service.
- Undergraduate Committee.
Member,
08/01/2019 - present.
Department service.
Honors & Awards
- Rebecca Morton Best Article Award. Best article published in Journal of Experimental Political Science.
American Political Science Association ,
09/01/2023
- Distinguished Junior Scholar Award.
American Political Science Association Political Psychology Section,
09/01/2023
- One of three interventions that significantly reduced anti-democratic attitudes, support for political violence, and partisan animosity. $6,153 award (Sole author).
Strengthening Democracy Challenge,
08/22/2022
- Honorable Mention, Walter Lippmann Best Published Article Award.
APSA Political Communication Section,
08/31/2021
- Rising Star in the Humanities.
University of Utah,
08/01/2021
- Publons top reviewers in Social Science [2019] (Top 1% in field).
Publons,
12/01/2019
- Preregistration Challenge Prize (Lead author).
Center for Open Science,
12/01/2018
- Top Paper. Intergroup Communication Interest Group. (Sole author).
International Communication Association ,
05/25/2017
In the Media
- To Address Online Misogyny, Borrow from the Disinformation Defense Playbook. 09/21/2023.
https://www.newsweek.com/address-online-misogyny-b...
- We won’t always agree — and that’s OK — but we can disagree better. 07/22/2023.
https://magicvalley.com/opinion/disagee-better-spe...
- NewsHour 5/31 episode. 05/31/2023.
https://www.pbs.org/video/may-31-2023-pbs-newshour...
- The Future of Media Literacy Education. 05/18/2023.
https://reason.com/2023/05/18/the-future-of-media-...
- Strengthening Democracy, One Experiment at a Time. 04/19/2023.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-resist...
- How to tackle political polarization --- the researchers trying to bridge divides. 03/01/2023.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00573-5
- How to Get People to Be More Civil. 02/17/2023.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/make-it-...
- Meet the People Working on Getting Us to Hate Each Other Less. 02/08/2023.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/opinion/politic...
- Media Trends: Why Misinformation Is Here To Stay. 01/12/2023.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nelsongranados/2023/0...
- Short takes on unfocused politicians, off-focus protests and unlawful law enforcers. 11/04/2022.
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editori...
- Democracy under attack: Time to condemn political violence. 11/04/2022.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3719670-democ...
- How can the U.S. help prevent more political violence? 11/01/2022.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/01...
- Misinformation and hate are trending in this election year. 10/31/2022.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/politics/misinforma...
- Perspective: How a bipartisan ad from Utah helped reduce partisanship. 10/27/2022.
https://www.deseret.com/2022/10/27/23423361/utah-b...
- Utah opponents made a campaign ad together. Here’s what it achieved. 10/23/2022.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3674004-utah...
- How to Save Democracy. 10/21/2022.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/...
- Here’s what persuades Americans to support democracy over party. 09/13/2022.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/13...
- Stanford's 'Strengthening Democracy' study. 09/06/2022.
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/06/1121283518/stanford...
- Prebunking: how to build resilience against online misinformation. 09/05/2022.
https://news.trust.org/item/20220905082832-oy3f7/
- The Next Revolution with Steve Hilton, September 4th episode. 09/04/2022.
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6311888570112#sp=show-...
- How scientists used YouTube to prevent millions of people falling for misinformation. 08/28/2022.
https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/team-scientist...
- New study on reducing polarization in the U.S. 08/25/2022.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?522435-4/washington-...
- Can you inoculate people against misinformation before they even see it? This study says yes. 08/25/2022.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/08/can-you-inoculat...
- Challenge Yields Experimental Interventions to Strengthen U.S. Democracy. 08/24/2022.
https://techpolicy.press/challenge-yields-experime...
- Researchers try to find ways to turn down America's political temperature. 08/22/2022.
https://katv.com/news/nation-world/researchers-try...
- Study looks to strengthen how we feel about democracy. 08/19/2022.
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/study-look...
- What's stunning about the misinformation trend -- and how to fix it . 10/07/2021.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/opinions/facebook-m...
- Researchers reveal corrosive power of Trump’s lie of a stolen election. 07/02/2021.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/01/re...
- Dunning-Kruger meets fake news. 06/02/2021.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/dunning-kr...
- Three in four Americans overestimate their ability to spot false news stories, study finds. 06/01/2021.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/...
- Americans most confident in spotting ‘Fake News’ may be the most vulnerable to it. 06/01/2021.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-american...
- Those Who Think They Can Spot Misinformation Are More Likely to be Duped by It, Study Finds. 05/31/2021.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2021/05/31/misinformat...
- Overconfident of spotting fake news? If so, you may be more likely to fall victim. 05/31/2021.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/may/31/conf...
- Most Americans think they can spot fake news. They can't, study finds. 05/31/2021.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/31/health/fake-news-st...
- How to Debunk Misinformation about COVID, Vaccines and Masks. 04/01/2021.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-...
- 7 ways to avoid becoming a misinformation superspreader. 03/18/2021.
https://theconversation.com/7-ways-to-avoid-becomi...
- Expertise Under Assault. 03/05/2021.
https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document....
- Five myths about misinformation. 11/06/2020.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/...
- Getting Wise to Fake News. 09/11/2020.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/health/misinfor...
- A dialogue is becoming increasingly difficult or even impossible. 09/02/2020.
https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/corona-...
- `Outright Lies': Voting Misinformation Flourishes on Facebook. 07/16/2020.
https://www.propublica.org/article/outright-lies-v...
- Using digital media reinforces inequalities in political participation. 07/13/2020.
https://bit.ly/2Ogz26O
- Coronavirus anti-vaxxers: here’s how to change their minds. 07/08/2020.
https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-anti-vaxxe...
- Learn to Spot Fake Health News with These 5 Tips. 06/28/2020.
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/learn-to-sp...
- The little things (pop-ups, notifications, warnings) work to fight fake news, new evidence shows. 06/26/2020.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/06/the-little-thing...
- Facebook Will Warn Users Sharing Outdated Content. 06/26/2020.
https://www.consumerreports.org/social-media/faceb...
- Here’s why it’s important to be digitally literate and avoid spread of misinformation. 06/24/2020.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/here...
- In the UK, social media use associated with COVID-19 conspiracy theories. 06/23/2020.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/in-the-uk-...
- Facebook Gave Tips to Spot Fake News. A Study Says They Work Surprisingly Well. 06/22/2020.
https://www.consumerreports.org/social-media/faceb...
- The Damage of Trump’s Voter-Fraud Allegations Can’t Be Undone. 06/19/2020.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/...
- Misrepresentative. 04/03/2020.
https://www.nationalaffairs.com/blog/detail/findin...
- The Empirical Effects of Disinformation. 02/20/2020.
https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcast-brenda...
- Focus here, not there: These are the gaps in political misinformation research. 10/11/2019.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/10/focus-here-not-t...
- Media Bubbles Aren’t The Biggest Reason We’re Partisans. 10/08/2019.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/media-bubbles...
- U.S. Democrats and Republicans can’t even agree on the weather: Reuters/Ipsos. 07/25/2019.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climate-pol...
- 'We All Owe Al Gore An Apology': More People See Climate Change In Record Flooding. 06/08/2019.
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/08/730456004/more-peop...
- Some Real News About Fake News. 06/07/2019.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/...
- What do Europeans know about the EU before they go to the polls. 05/17/2019.
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2019/05/17/what...
- Skepticism And The Persuasive Power Of Conversion Stories. 05/01/2019.
https://skepticalinquirer.org/2019/05/skepticism-a...
- Is America’s media divide destroying democracy? 04/16/2019.
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2019/0416/I...
- Some real facts about fake news and its influence on U.S. elections. 03/19/2019.
https://www.latimes.com/la-sci-sn-fake-news-electi...
- We can’t combat fake news if we don’t really understand it. 03/07/2019.
https://medium.com/s/story/we-cant-combat-fake-new...
- Why fears of fake news are overhyped. 02/12/2019.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/11/why-fears-of-fake-...
- Antivaxxers and the Plague of Science Denial. 02/08/2019.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unse...
- New Research Shows Facebook Making Strides Against False News . 02/07/2019.
https://about.fb.com/news/2018/10/inside-feed-mich...
- Researchers say fears about ‘fake news’ are exaggerated. 02/07/2019.
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/researchers-fa...
- Facebook’s global crackdown on information operations is getting more intense. 02/06/2019.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/6/18212890/faceboo...
- Happy hour roundup. 02/06/2019.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/05...
- Bienvenidos a la era de los extremos climáticos. 02/03/2019.
https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/02/01/ciencia/15490...
- Estados Unidos se hiela mientras Australia se quema. 01/30/2019.
https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/01/30/ciencia/15488...
- Kontroverse Themen: Gesinnungswechsel regen zum Nachdenken an. 01/21/2019.
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de...
- Ex-GMO skeptics may be best advocates for crop biotech. 01/18/2019.
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/01/18/conv...