Elizabeth Hunter
Performing Arts Department
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Brett Hyde
The Department of Philosophy
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John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
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Recent Faculty Grants & Awards
Taylor Carlson, assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a Social Science Research Council Social Data Research Fellowship to study the extent to which user-generated content (i.e. comments) on social media platforms distorts information reported by mainstream news outlets. The fellowship comes with a $50,000 award.
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