Our Faculty and Students
We work to develop a national community of scholars, practitioners and policymakers who collaborate to develop the theories, applications, educational practices and policies needed to foster an informed democratic society in a cybermediated environment.
Center Directors
Faculty
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Geoffrey Dobson
Adjunct Faculty
Postdocs
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Iuliia Alieva
Post-doctoral Associate
The Software and Societal Systems Department
Graduate Students
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Druta Bhatt
Public Policy & Management
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Judeth Oden Choi
Human Computer Interaction Institute
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Jiajia Hu
HCII: Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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James Michelson
Knight Fellow
Philosophy
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Isabel Murdock
Knight Fellow
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Jack Parker
Knight Fellow
Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Sakthi Kumar Arul Prakash
Knight Fellow
Mechanical Engineering
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Christopher Rodriguez
Knight Fellow
Behavioral Marketing & Decision Research
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Mansi Sood
Knight Fellow
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Staff
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Associated People
Former Members
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Cori Faklaris
Former Knight Fellow
Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Ramon Villa-Cox
Former Knight Fellow
Institute for Software Research
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Kiron Skinner
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Jeremy Straughter
Former Knight Fellow
Institute for Software Research
Institute for Software Research
Douglas Sicker
College of Engineering, Design and Computing
University of Colorado Denver
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Aurelia Augusta
Former Knight Fellow
Institute for Software Research
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Mason Broxham
Former Knight Fellow
Philosophy
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Aman Tyagi
Former Knight Fellow
Engineering and Public Policy
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Ryan Kenny
Engineering and Public Policy
Associated Groups | Past Students |
DFRL Labs - Atlantic Council | Lt. Col. David Beskow, PhD |
SEI/CERT Division - Carnegie Mellon University | Sumeet Kumar PhD |
Iain Cruickshank, PhD
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Rebecca Hehl, Engineering and Public Policy
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