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Eni Mustafaraj is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Wellesley College, a women's liberal arts institution in Massachusetts. She studies web-based socio-technical systems with a focus on algorithmic transparency and credibility assessment of online sources.
- PhD in Computer Science (2007) from Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
- Previously a visiting scholar and Norma Wilentz Hess Fellow (2010-2013)
Her research explores intersections of human behavior and algorithmic systems, particularly misinformation detection, web literacy tools, and data science education. She pioneered the use of MIT App Inventor in undergraduate programming education and developed TwitterTrails for tracking online misinformation.
Notable awards include:
- NSF CAREER Grant (2018-2023) for credibility signals research
- Best Paper prize at Web Science Conference (2010)
- Mellon grant for evidence-based teaching (2017)
Dr. Mustafaraj mentors undergraduate researchers in the Cred Lab and DAV Lab, focusing on web literacy, data visualization, and computational thinking. Her work has been featured in media outlets like The New York Times and The Spoke, and she actively contributes to academic discourse through public writing on platforms like Medium.
