Laura Kurek
About Me
I am a Ph.D. student advised by Ceren Budak and Eric Gilbert at the University of Michigan in the School of Information. I research d/misinformation and other types of manipulation on the internet using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
Prior to starting my Ph.D., I worked in industry for several years as a data science specialist at Accenture Federal Services. In 2017, I spent a year in the Ural Mountains on a Fulbright Scholarship.
Education
- Ph.D. in Information, School of Information, University of Michigan, 2027 (expected)
- B.S. in Science, Technology, & International Affairs, Georgetown University, 2016
Research Interests
- D/misinformation
- Social Computing
- Computational Social Science
Updates
- June 2024: Started a tech policy internship at the Center for Democracy and Technology
- May 2024: Workshop paper accepted to Wiki Workshop ‘24, Knowledge Integrity track
- April 2024: Workshop paper accepted to ICWSM ‘24, Digital Disinfo workshop
- February 2024: Defended and passed the pre-candancy milestone
- October 2023: Attended CSCW ‘23 in Minneapolis
- September 2023: Virtually attended the EU Joint Research Center Disinformation Workshop
- July 2023: Attended ACL ‘23 in Toronto
- May 2023: Pre-candidacy paper proposal approved
- August 2022: Started a Ph.D. in Information at the University of Michigan