ABOUT ME
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I am Head of Graph Machine Learning at Stealth Health. Previously, I was an Associate Director / Head of Graph Machine Learning at S&P Global, a lead Senior ML Engineer at Spotify, and before that I was a ML Research Engineer at Graphika, Inc. (featured on Built In!) and was a Sage Fellow PhD at Cornell University in the Departments of Sociology and Information Science. I earned my PhD from Cornell University in 2021. I was also a 2018-2019 Social Networks & Health Fellow with the National Institutes of Health and Duke University, a Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Michael Macy and others on a two-year long, $335,000, NSF-funded research study, a 2018/2019 Facebook Artificial Intelligence PyTorch Scholarship Challenge recipient, an administrator of Cornell's Social Dynamics Laboratory, and co-founder of Cornell's Computational Social Science Reading Group. See my CV below for more details on my work! Drs. Michael Macy, David Mimno, and Thomas Gilovich led my PhD Committee and advised my work on machine learning, natural language processing, social network analysis, complex social contagion, experimental methods, and cognitive science. My dissertation examined when and how integrating graph and language data in machine learning models enhances computational social science analyses. While analyzing what people do and say in complex systems is important, it is critical to note that the context of such behavior and interactions helps determine the meaning of those actions. The meaning of a statement on one subreddit, for example, can be interpreted very differently had it been posted in another subreddit (e.g., posts about struggles in r/LifeProTips vs r/depression vs r/SuicideWatch). I also research identity, morality, evaluations, risk, biases, group dynamics, organizational behavior, and conflicts between science, technology, culture, and markets. While earning a Master of Public Health degree (2013) in community health and health behavior from the State University of New York at Buffalo, my research centered on epidemiology, public opinion, and policies. I earned my MA in Sociology from The University of Iowa in 2016 (concentrating on social psychology, social/cultural cognition, social movements and collective behavior) and a Sociology BA from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 2011 (where I also studied psychology, philosophy, and human biology). I am open to consulting and contract work with companies, organizations, and individuals. Please visit my Contact page to message me for more information if you are interested in working with me. I live near Dallas, TX, and am happily married to my wife, Jennifer, who is a Staff Psychiatrist. Our baby daughter, Faith, was the first New Year's baby born in the region! Together, we enjoy cooking, baking, pickling, hiking, camping, and relaxing with our many pets. Please note that all opinions expressed on my website(s) are my own and are not endorsed by any institution or organization with which I am or have been affiliated. |