Matthew R. DeVerna

I'm a computational social scientist studying how artificial intelligence is reshaping the internet—how we find information, form beliefs, and relate to one another online. I combine large-scale data, experiments, and AI 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.