DACSS Core Faculty

Soo Young Bae is interested in the far-reaching social and political impact of new communication technologies.

Forrest Bowlick's research investigates how students learn GIS, especially in the growing field of CyberGIS.

Social Demography; Social Epidemiology; Social Stratification; Quantitative Methods

Jane Fountain's research is focused on institutions and digitalization, specifically on cross-boundary and emergent institutional arrangements.

Ina Ganguli's research focuses on labor economics, the economics of science and innovation, development economics, and economic history.

Krista Gile's research is inspired by the information needs of social science and health policy research.

Justin Gross' research interests include U.S. and comparative ideologies, political communication in mass and social media, and public opinion.

Horan's work focuses on digital inequalities on social media platforms. 

Scott Monroe's methodological research focuses on latent variable modeling, usually within an item response theory or structural equation modeling framework.

Brendan O'Connor works in the intersection of computational social science and natural language processing .

Tony Paik's research focuses on several areas, including social networks, social demography, and the legal profession.

Rosemary Pang is a Lecturer of Data Analytics and Computational Social Sciences (DACSS).

School of Public Policy
Data Analytics and Computational Social Science
413-545-2700
crystalpaul [at] umass [dot] edu

Henry Renski's esearch focuses on understanding the technological and social forces driving regional economic competitiveness and transformation.

Doug Rice researches judicial policymaking in American politics, with a particular interest in the power of courts in the American policymaking context.

Meredith Rolfe studies individual and organizational decision-making, media and public opinion, social networks, text analysis, and research methodology.

Kelsey Shoub research interests include criminal justice policy, policing, elite communication, race and public policy, and gender and public policy.

Alex Theodoridis work seeks to understand the ways in which citizens interact with the political world in an era of hyper-polarization. 

Viviana Wu's research interests include philanthropy and nonprofit management, inequality and place-based disadvantage, and connective action on social media.

Wayne Xu uses computational approaches to study public and organizational behavior in advocacy and collective actions.

Omer Yalcin is a Lecturer of Data Analytics and Computational Social Sciences.