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Andrew Pilny is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Kentucky's College of Communication and Information. He holds a joint appointment in Sociology and is a member of the Center for Computational Sciences. His research focuses on social network analysis, organizational communication, and computational methods, with applications in areas like industrial agriculture and civil society dynamics. He has received awards including the Earnest Borman Best Book Award and Karl Wallace Award for Outstanding Research.
- Education: Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2008–2015).
Research Interests
Dr. Pilny's work explores how communication networks shape organizational behavior, group dynamics, and social systems. He uses computational tools like AI, machine learning, and statistical software (e.g., Python, R) to analyze complex systems. Recent projects include studying dependency networks in U.S. agriculture and civil society dynamics in Malaysia. His research contributes to understanding topics such as:
- AI-driven content analysis
- Network theory and dynamics
- Organizational resilience and communication
Awards and Grants
Notable grants include leadership of the OVPR Curate Program (2024–2025) and a project on U.S. industrial agriculture networks (2021–2023). His awards highlight contributions to group communication and computational methodologies.
Projects
Recent initiatives include:
- "Spiders in the Web: A Social Network Analysis of Dependency in U.S. Industrial Agriculture"
- "CI-GPT- OVPR Curate Program" focusing on AI and group communication
Labs and Collaborations
His work integrates interdisciplinary teams across communication, sociology, and computational sciences. He is affiliated with the Center for Computational Sciences at the University of Kentucky.
