Carnegie Mellon University

Center for Informed Democracy & Social - cybersecurity (IDeaS)

CMU's center for the study of disinformation, hate speech and extremism online

IDeaS Center for Informed Democracy & Social-cybersecurity

Our Faculty and Students

We work to develop a national community of scholars, practitioners and policymakers who collaborate to develop the theories, applications, educational practices and policies needed to foster an informed democratic society in a cybermediated environment.

Adjunct Faculty

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Iain Cruickshank
IDeaS and CASOS

Postdocs

Scott Leo Renshaw

Scott Leo Renshaw

Post-doctoral Associate
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Knight Fellows

Daniele Bellutta

Knight Fellow
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Yuan An

Knight Fellow
Heinz College
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Druta Bhatt

Knight Fellow
Public Policy & Management
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Daniel Connolly

Knight Fellow
Social and Decision Sciences

Orkun Irsoy

Knight Fellow
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Catherine King

Knight Fellow
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Christine Lepird

Knight Fellow
The Software and Societal Systems Department
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James Michelson

Knight Fellow
Philosophy

Jeremiah Milbauer

Knight Fellow
Language Technologies Institute
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Samantha Phillips

Knight Fellow
The Software and Societal Systems Department
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Sakthi Kumar Arul Prakash

Knight Fellow
Mechanical Engineering
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Evan M. Williams

Knight Fellow
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Knight Affiliates

Matthew Hicks

Knight Affiliate
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Bianca Kang

Knight Affiliate
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Rebecca Marigliano

Knight Affiliate
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Lynnette H.X. Ng

Knight Affiliate
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Staff

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Sienna Watkins

Manager
CASOS Center, Center for IDeaS
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Richelle Brown-Robinson

Administrative Assistant
CASOS Center, Center for IDeaS

Associated People

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Randall F. Trzeciak

National Insider Threat Center at CERT
Software Engineering Institute SEI

Daniel L. Costa

National Insider Threat Center at CERT
Software Engineering Institute SEI

Andrew P. Moore

National Insider Threat Center at CERT
Software Engineering Institute SEI
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Dr. William Claycomb

National Insider Threat Center at CERT
Software Engineering Institute SEI

Robert Thibadeau 

Bright Plaza, Inc.

Alumni

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Mason Broxham

Former Knight Fellow
Philosophy
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Aurelia Augusta

Former Knight Fellow
Institute for Software Research
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Janice Blane

Former Knight Affiliate
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Judeth Oden Choi

Former Knight Fellow
Human Computer Interaction Institute
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Cori Faklaris

Former Knight Fellow
Human-Computer Interaction Institute
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Ryan Kenny

Former Knight Affiliate
Engineering and Public Policy

Thomas Magelinski

Former Knight Fellow
The Software and Societal Systems Department

JD Moffitt

Former Knight Affiliate
The Software and Societal Systems Department
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Isabel Murdock

Former Knight Fellow
Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jack Parker

Former Knight Fellow
Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Christopher Rodriguez

Former Knight Fellow
Behavioral Marketing & Decision Research

Mansi Sood

Former Knight Fellow
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Jeremy Straughter

Former Knight Affiliate
Institute for Software Research

Aman Tyagi

Former Knight Fellow
Engineering and Public Policy

Joshua Uyheng

Former Knight Fellow
The Software and Societal Systems Department

Ramon Villa-Cox

Former Knight Fellow
Institute for Software Research

Former Members

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Iuliia Alieva

Former Post-doctoral Associate
The Software and Societal Systems Department

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Matthew Babcock

Former Post-doctoral Associate
Institute for Software Research

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Nick Byrd

Former Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Humanities and Social Sciences

David Danks

Former Co-Director
Department of Philosophy

University of California San Diego

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Ashique KhudaBukhsh

Former Faculty
Language Technologies Institute
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Douglas Sicker

Former Co-Director
College of Engineering, Design and Computing
University of Colorado Denver
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Kiron Skinner

Former Faculty