Ross Dahlke

Ross Dahlke (PhD, Stanford University) is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He uses computational social science, data science, and software development to study information exposure and effects on the open web and private communication channels, such as in text messaging, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Telegram. His research has been published in journals and venues including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Nature Human Behavior, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, and Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW). He received his PhD from Stanford University where he was a Knight-Hennessy Scholar and Stanford Data Science Scholar. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he graduated with Comprehensive Honors and won the Theodore Herfurth Award for Initiative and Efficiency, awarded to the top graduating male student at UW.