Yu (Sunny) Fang is a data science and political science student at Barnard College, Columbia University. Her research employs computational methods to study democratic values, such as media portrayal of geopolitics and online discourse about Taiwan. Previously, she has written about the legal and global implications of Taiwan's semiconductor dominance in the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review and the Asia-Pacific Affairs Council Journal of Columbia. She hopes to further utilize computational methods to explore the interdependence of technology and society.

Key themes: Social media and politics

I'm from Virginia and will be attending Dartmouth next year to study Computer Science, and I'm also interested in education, QSS, and psychology. I hope to develop educational technology and learn application development. I love playing tabletop games, I am an Eagle Scout, and I recently published a habit-tracking app, Cogo.

Key themes: AI and game theory

Joanna Olagundoye is a Senior at Dartmouth College where she double majors in Quantitative Social Science (QSS) and Astronomy. Within QSS she focuses on building a firm understanding in economics, enjoying the topic of game theory learning how businesses and markets run. But the major has also offered her the opportunity to delve into a more personal side of the economy – how consumer thoughts and actions affect the numbers and trends that economists study. In her honours thesis in QSS she aims to examine economy shifts to the perceptions of consumers.

Key Themes: Social media and business ethics, corporate responsibility

V Quidore is a fourth-year undergraduate student at Dartmouth College studying computer science, linguistics, and quantitative social science, and they are interested in the intersections of technology, policy, data, education, and narrative. Currently, they are researching how humor is used as a tool to propagate as well as counteract misinformation and disinformation. During their free time, they can be found screenwriting and managing Dartmouth College Radio.
Key themes: Misinformation, mutlimedia

Sam Winchester is majoring in Quantitative Social Science with a minor in Sustainability. At Dartmouth, he is a member of the Dartmouth Ski Patroller and of the Committee of Standards. He previously served as the Director of Strategy at The Dartmouth and as a First Year Fellow and Researcher at the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. He is interested in social networks, sustainability, sports analytics, and government-sponsored aid programs, and is currently completing a Senior Thesis on the impact of social media sentiment on the performance of professional athletes.

Key themes: Social media and mental health, self-perception 

Mingyue Zha is a freshman at Dartmouth College studying Economics and Neuroscience. After moving from Shanghai, China to Connecticut, she did fMRI research at the Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry. At Dartmouth, Ming looks forward to promoting mental health resources through FORTitude and the Mental Health Union. She’s interested in doing research on attention economics, social networks, and online streaming communities.

Key themes: attention economics, platforms and social networks