I'm Ross, a PhD Candidate at Stanford University in the Department of Communication where I'm also a Knight-Hennessy and Data Science Scholar.

I build computational tools to understand better how a dynamic media ecosystem effects people's offline beliefs and behaviors.

🔭 I’m currently working on:

• Misinformation exposure and effects
• Information exposure in encrypted messaging applications like WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal
• Media system-level field experiments to study misinformation media effects

🌱 Technically, I'm learning more about:

• iOS & macOS development

📚 Substantively, I'm learning more about:

• History of the discipline of Communication
• Communication theory