Matthew R. DeVerna

I'm a computational social scientist studying how artificial intelligence reshapes information ecosystems. I combine large-scale data, experiments, and system audits to map this shifting landscape and its downstream effects on beliefs and behavior. Currently, my work focuses on search, social media, and emerging AI-mediated environments.

I am currently a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford's Tech Impact and Policy Center (formerly the Cyber Policy Center), working with Dr. Jeffrey Hancock in the Social Media Lab. I have a PhD in Informatics from Indiana University, where I worked with Dr. Filippo Menczer at the Observatory on Social Media. Before that, I earned an MA in Psychology from New York University, where I collaborated with Dr. Josh Tucker at the Center for Social Media and Politics and was advised by Dr. John Jost.