Emily Falk: Associate Dean of Research, Annenberg School

Emily Falk has been named the new Associate Dean of Research for the Annenberg School. Held by a member of the standing faculty, the role was created in 2019 to oversee all school-based centers and develop strategies for expanding the school’s research infrastructure.

Communication
Marketing
Psychology

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Bridging Wikipedia’s Gender Gap, One Article at a Time

Wikipedia has a major gender inequity problem- 90% of the site’s editors are men, and women are vastly underrepresented as subjects in the encyclopedia. In a new study, Sandra González-Bailón and Isabelle Langrock evaluate how feminist interventions are closing the gap, and how they could improve.

Communication

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Mark Zuckerberg’s Disaster Is Taking Silicon Valley With It

With a single earnings report and a disastrous conference call, Mark Zuckerberg wiped out $240 billion in value from his company. Ron Berman discusses how online advertising works in this recent New York Magazine article.

Marketing

Ubiquity of Data

The Psychology of Making Big Things Happen and Ideas Spread

Damon Centola shares his wisdom on how ideas and beliefs spread through social networks as well as how they can spark change in the behavior of their supporters on this episode of the Unmistakable Creative Podcast.

Communication
Sociology

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Weijie Su receives SIAG/DATA Early Career Prize

Congratulations to Weijie Su, who has received the 2022 SIAG/DATA Early Career Prize in recognition of his contributions in the analysis of accelerated methods for convex optimization and the development of privacy-preserving data analysis methodologies.

Statistics

Ubiquity of Data

Hard Barriers and Soft Power: Study Assesses Outsider Perceptions of Border Walls

A new study from researchers Diana Mutz and Beth Simmons, published in PNAS, explores how border walls damage a country’s international image, with real soft power implications.

Communication
Political Science

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Duncan Watts elected 2021 AAAS Fellow

Duncan Watts is one of ten scholars representing five schools across the University of Pennsylvania that has been named to the 2021 class of American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows.

Communication
Computer and Information Science
Operations Information and Decisions

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Want to reduce political polarization? Start by looking beyond politics

New research from Duncan Watts sheds light on how even hardliners can be swayed when coming in contact with opposing viewpoints. His recent study explores how the mechanisms behind intra-group receptivity can be applied to anonymous, informal political communication.

Communication
Computer and Information Science
Operations Information and Decisions

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Zack Ives named a 2021 ACM Fellow

Congratulations to Zack Ives, who has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery for contributions to data integration, sharing, and management for scientific applications. The ACM Fellows program recognizes the top 1% of ACM Members for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology.

Computer and Information Science

Ubiquity of Data

Parental praise associated with longer toddler toothbrushing, a barometer of persistence

Using a first-of-its-kind video-based study, Penn and Yale developmental psychologists, including Warren Center affiliate Dani Bassett, found that how parents talk to their 3-year-old during toothbrushing matters to the child’s behavior.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

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Emily Falk: Associate Dean of Research, Annenberg School

Bridging Wikipedia’s Gender Gap, One Article at a Time

Mark Zuckerberg’s Disaster Is Taking Silicon Valley With It

The Psychology of Making Big Things Happen and Ideas Spread

Weijie Su receives SIAG/DATA Early Career Prize

Hard Barriers and Soft Power: Study Assesses Outsider Perceptions of Border Walls

Duncan Watts elected 2021 AAAS Fellow

Want to reduce political polarization? Start by looking beyond politics

Zack Ives named a 2021 ACM Fellow

Parental praise associated with longer toddler toothbrushing, a barometer of persistence