Matthew R. DeVerna

I am a computational social scientist studying the societal impacts of artificial intelligence. My research focuses on how AI systems influence information consumption patterns, social network dynamics, and collective behavior across digital platforms, with particular attention to implications for democracy and public discourse.

I am currently a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford's 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.