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Shruti Phadke is an Assistant Professor in the Information Science Department at Drexel University's College of Computing & Informatics. Her work focuses on social knowledge construction, participation, and disengagement in online communities dealing with problematic information, such as conspiracy theories and extremist groups. She employs both quantitative and qualitative methods, including statistics, causal machine learning, and natural language processing.
- Education: PhD in Information Science from the University of Washington; MS in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech.
Her research spans computational social science, social computing, and human-computer interaction, with a particular emphasis on understanding how individuals navigate and exit harmful online discussions. She has over a year of experience as a trust and safety research expert at a social media company.
Scientific Awards: Shruti has authored award-winning papers at the CSCW and ICWSM conferences, which recognize significant contributions to collaborative computing and web science.
She is actively seeking PhD students for Fall 2025 and undergraduates/Masters students for Fall 2024 to collaborate on these research themes.
