Research

Research themes

Misinformation and News Discernment

Work on reducing misinformation, improving news discernment, and correcting overconfidence through evidence-based interventions. This research is grounded in PNAS publications and ongoing applied experiments.

Political Polarization and Democratic Resilience

Research on political polarization, democratic norms, political violence, and the Carnegie Fellowship project, including large-scale megastudies that examine political communication and resilience.

Health Communication and Cancer Misinformation

Studies the spread and correction of health misinformation, with work appearing in Nature Aging, Human Communication Research, and Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Expertise and Public Understanding of Science

Explores how expertise, trust, and science communication shape public understanding in psychology, political communication, and health discourse.