Jevin D. West

Jevin D. West is a Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the University of Washington Information School, where he co-founded the Center for an Informed Public. His computational research examines the spread of misinformation, sociology of science, and generative AI's impact on discourse. He advocates for open educational initiatives like his Calling Bullshit course and data reasoning games.

Recent research trends span:

• Misinformation psychology (PNAS 2025)
• Network science applications (arXiv 2025)
• Antivaccine communities (PNAS Nexus 2024)
• AI ethics (Science Advances 2021)

Grants include:

• $5M Knight Foundation for disinformation summer institute
• $1.1M NSF for rural library misinformation programs
• $293K NSF for academic recommendation systems

He serves on editorial boards for JASIST and Science Advances, directs the Center for an Informed Public, and collaborates with institutions like PNAS and Nature Human Behavior.