Active research projects include: News Media Production & Consumption, Social Movements & Media, Social Networks, Measuring and Promoting the Quality of Online Discussions.
Research Experience
Currently an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information; Previously a Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research New York.
Education
PhD: from the Computer Science Department at University of California, Santa Barbara in December 2012; Bachelors: from the Computer Science Dept. @Bilkent University in Turkey in 2007.
Background
Research interests: Computational Social Science; Focus: at the intersection of computer science, statistics, and social sciences; Summary: particularly interested in applying large-scale data analysis techniques to study problems with social, political, and policy implications.