Adam Enders is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Louisville, and instructor in the ICPSR program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research and the Global School for Empirical Research Methods. His research is focused on deciphering how people think about politics, including the nature of conspiratorial thought, racial prejudice in political behavior and political polarization.

Chris Bail is Professor of Sociology, Political Science, and Public Policy at Duke University, where he directs the Polarization Lab. He studies political tribalism, extremism, and social psychology using data from social media and tools from the emerging field of computational social science.

David Broockman is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He studies public opinion and political representation in the United States. His over thirty peer-reviewed articles and essays focus on political persuasion, political polarization, campaigns and elections, political ideology, and the representation of racial and ethnic minorities in government. He is the recipient of several scholarly awards, including the Emerging Scholar Award, which is awarded to the top scholar in his subfield within a decade of their PhD.

Kurt Gray is Full Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he directs the Deepest Beliefs Lab and the Center for the Science of Moral Understanding. He uses interdisciplinary methods to study our deepest held beliefs and how to bridge moral divides.

Lisa Schirch is a Political Scientist and Senior Professor of the Practice of Peace Studies at The University of Notre Dame. Her research focuses on the positive roles of technology in “peacetech” and “digital peacebuilding.” She is a senior research fellow with the Toda Peace Institute, where she coordinates with civil society and technology companies to experiment and innovate new technologies that can scale social cohesion.

Mark Brandt is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Michigan State University and Principal Investigator of The Belief Systems Lab. The overarching goal of his research program is to understand how ideological and moral beliefs – such as political ideology, religious fundamentalism, and moral conviction – structure attitudes and behaviors and provide people with meaning.

Robb Willer is a Professor in the Departments of Sociology, Psychology (by courtesy), and the Graduate School of Business (by courtesy) at Stanford University. He is the Director of the Polarization and Social Change Lab and the Co-Director of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. His research focus is on social forces that bring people together (e.g., morality, altruism), forces that divide them (e.g., fear, prejudice), and domains of social life that feature the complex interplay of the two (e.g., hierarchies, politics).

Samara Klar is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona School of Government and Public Policy, co-Coordinator of the Arizona Policy Lab and cofounder of WomenAlsoKnowStuff.com. She studies how individuals’ personal identities and social surroundings influence their political attitudes and behavior.

Natalie (Talia) Jomini Stroud is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and the School of Journalism and Media, as well as the founding and current Director of the Center for Media Engagement in the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin. The Center for Media Engagement examines commercially viable and democratically beneficial ways of improving media.

Timothy Ryan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at UNC, Chapel Hill. He has a number of research interests related to political communication, political behavior, media effects, and political psychology, and is the proud father of a beagle named Juniper!. (The exclamation point is part of her name.)

Katherine Cramer is a Professor of Political Science and Natalie C. Holton Chair of Letters & Science at UW Madison. During the 2018-2019 academic year she is a Visiting Professor with the Laboratory for Social Machines at the MIT Media Lab. She is known for her innovative approach to the study of public opinion, in which she uses methods like inviting herself into the conversations of groups of people to listen to the way they understand public affairs. Her award-winning book, The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker, brought to light rural resentment toward cities and its implications for contemporary politics. She is also the author (as Katherine Cramer Walsh) of Talking about Race: Community Dialogues and the Politics of Difference and Talking about Politics: Informal Groups and Social Identity in American Life.

Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist, Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business, and author. His main areas of study are the psychology of morality and the moral emotions. Haidt is the author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, which examines how morality is shaped by emotion and intuition more than by reasoning, and why differing political groups have different notions of right and wrong. He also co-authored The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure, which explores the rising political polarization and changing culture on college campuses, and its effects on mental health.

Shanto Iyengar is a Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and is also a senior fellow (by courtesy) at the Hoover Institution. Iyengar’s teaching and research addresses the role of the news media and mass communication in contemporary politics. He is the author of several books including Media Politics: A Citizen’s Guide, Going Negative: How Political Advertisements Shrink and Polarize the Electorate, Explorations in Political Psychology, and News That Matters: Television and American Opinion.

Sal is a seasoned engineering executive and serial entrepreneur with 30 years of engineering and product management experience. With a decade of experience at Microsoft, managing teams of 500+, and holding multiple patents, Sal brings a wealth of expertise in enterprise-class software and a passion for driving technological advancements. He has also worked in several early-stage companies and successfully launched groundbreaking products and services, including one of the first website-building tools at NetObjects and a pioneering multi-device video streaming platform deployed by major telcos globally. Sal’s leadership has led multiple startups to successful exits, most recently Nectar9 acquired by Tailwind.

As a seasoned Data Scientist Consultant at Toptal and Fundar, Juan leverage over a decade of experience in software development and his advanced skills in data science to provide bespoke solutions to top-tier clients such as Auth0, Nixtla, Carrie Beam Consulting, Decentral Park, LL Media and different governments. His journey began with a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Buenos Aires, and he is currently finalizing my Ph.D. in the same field at the same institution.

Prior to becoming a consultant, Juan honed his skills in various programming languages, including PHP, Python, R, React Native, and Node.js, building robust and scalable solutions. As a committed educator, he had the privilege of shaping future data science professionals as a professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Buenos Aires. Throughout his career, he has married my passion for teaching and technology to foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation, staying abreast of the latest industry trends, and delivering cutting-edge solutions that drive business success.

Professor Stratford has intensive hands-on experience with entrepreneurship and design thinking from a variety of different perspectives. He earned his MBA and MA Education from Stanford university, where he emphasized interdisciplinary coursework in entrepreneurship and design. He worked with small startup teams that have grown to over $1B valuation and venture capital firms in the US and China. At Google, he managed global programs that trained influencers across 6 continents on principles of design thinking and entrepreneurship. He is currently the founder of an early-stage tech startup focused on delivering insights from diverse stakeholder perspectives. He has performed in musical tours through China, Australia, and Scandinavia and is a Teach For America alumnus.

Responsible AI researcher, data scientist, and teacher with 20 years of experience in industry and academia. Specialization in recommendation systems with a unique understanding of public discourse. Former investigative data journalist for ProPublica and the Associated Press. Experience working on polarization and conflict, news quality and misinformation, natural language processing, deep learning, image processing, interactive data visualization, investigative knowledge management, digital forensics, public policy.