News & Recognition
Research news, talks, coverage, service, and recognition.
Recent updates
When Google Answers Health Questions
Presented current research on uncertainty, guidance, and safeguards in Google AI Overviews at the Missouri School of Journalism Brown Bag Research Colloquium.
From concepts to classification
Discussed how to use machine learning and large language models for social science measurement in the J9000 Doctoral Theory Seminar.
AURA workflow published
Our AURA workflow for evaluating the alignment and usefulness of topics generated by models appeared in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
Read the articleKrishna Karra receives the Award for Academic Distinction
Missouri recognized Krishna’s academic work beyond the classroom. I nominated him after supervising his independent research in computer science.
Read the profileBuilding on this work
Credibility labels and judgments of false information
Michael Hameleers’s “This is Clearly Fake!” in American Behavioral Scientist builds on our 2020 study and related research on “fake news” as a weaponized term. It examines how prior beliefs relate to judgments of information in the United States and the Netherlands.
Institutional research coverage
How your words shape what you see online
Missouri School of Journalism · Coverage of my research as sole author on query wording and political Google results.
The surprising truth about “pink slime” journalism
Missouri School of Journalism / Reynolds Journalism Institute · A feature on our analysis of networks of local news sites generated algorithmically.
Journalism faculty selected for Mizzou fellows programs
Missouri School of Journalism · Announcement of my selection for the 2025–2027 Arts & Humanities Research and Creative Works Fellows Program.
New technique boosts online medical search results
Cornell Chronicle · Coverage of our method using word embeddings and networks for finding health videos that clinical search terms miss.
Talks and research presentations
Invited internal colloquium · Missouri School of Journalism · October 16
Invited internal seminar · J9000 Doctoral Theory Seminar · September 10
Data Science & Analytics Executive Week · MU Institute for Data Science & Informatics
Missouri School of Journalism and MU Institute for Data Science & Informatics
Global Fact 9 · External conference presentation · Online
Cornell Alumni Research Poster Open House
Department of Communication · Cornell University
Service to the field
- Scholarly reviewing
- Journal reviewing includes International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Mass Communication and Society, and Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. Conference reviewing includes ICA, NCA, AEJMC, AAPOR, ICWSM, and the International Conference on Computational Social Science.
- External grant review
- External reviewer for the Faculty Development Scheme, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, 2022.
- Research community
- Leading proposal development and team coordination for Missouri Journalism and RJI’s bid to host the 2027 C+J Symposium.
Awards and fellowships
- Arts & Humanities Research & Creative Works Fellow, University of Missouri, 2025–2027
- CTRSI Scholarship Award, Cornell University, 2023
Earlier paper awards
- Top Student-led Paper, AEJMC Political Communication Interest Group, 2019
- Second-Top Student Paper, ICA Ethnicity & Race Division, 2018
- Top Four Paper Award, ICA Health Communication Division, 2016
My research support includes service as key personnel on an NCI project on colorectal cancer information, 2021–2023 (R37CA259156), and current support as PI through Missouri’s Arts & Humanities Research & Creative Works Fellows Program, 2025–2027.
For the full scholarly record, including conference presentations and grants, see my CV.