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Dr. Ronald Yaros
Director
Associate Professor, College of Journalism Affiliated faculty, in the School of Information and Center for Health & Risk Comm.
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Sanjana Garla
Venkatesha
A grad student in Data Science studying large language models, NLP, and platform trust. She leads the Smart Story interface project for 2026-27.
Adam Caar
Engineer
A cybersecurity engineer for the lab’s NSF-funded mobile app for a Climate & Public Health Early Warning System that integrates machine learning.
Taewon Kang
Lab Assistant
A Ph.D. Student in the Department of Computer Science who is
researching generative AI for storytelling.
Reid Williams
Industry Advisor
Co-founder of The Local Journalism Foundation, Inc.,and former Senior Director of Innovation and Develpment at Gannett, USA Today Network
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