RESEARCH AND METHODOLOGICAL INTERESTS

Media Effects | Persuasion | Political, Science, & Health Communication | Misinformation | Narrative Persuasion | Social Media | Experiments &Surveys | Topic Modeling | Machine Learning | Social Network Analysis

EMPLOYMENT

2019-Present

Assistant Professor of Communication

The Department of Communication

University at Buffalo, State University of New York

2019-Present

Research Fellow

The Annenberg Public Policy Center

University atPennsylvania

2018–2019

Joan Bossert Postdoctoral Fellowin Science Communication

The Annenberg Center for Advanced Study of Communication

The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania

2013-2018

Graduate Research Assistant

The Annenberg School for Communication

University of Pennsylvania

2010-2013

Graduate Research Assistant

Graduate Teaching Assistant

The University of Haifa, Israel

EDUCATION

2018

Ph.D. Communication

Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Advisor: Dr. Joseph N. Cappella

Committee Members: Dr. Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dr. Robert C. Hornik

Dissertation: Spreading News: The Coverage of Epidemics by American Newspapersand Its Effects on Audiences –A crisis Communication Approach

2015

M.A. Communication

Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Advisor: Dr. Joseph N. Cappella

2013

M.A Communication(Cum Laude)

Department of Communication, University of Haifa, Israel

Advisor: Jonathan Cohen

Thesis: The Effects of Textual Vividness on Identification with Characters in the Media and the Change of Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions in the Field of Health Communication

2010

B.A. Communication

Department of Communication, University of Haifa, Israel

Advisor: Dr. Joseph N. Cappella

TEACHING

2019 - Present

FACULTY - Department of Communication, University at Buffalo

Undergraduate courses

• COM240: Survey of Mass Communication
• COM217: Organizational Communication
• COM466: The Dark Side of Media
• COM468: Misinformation & Society

Graduate courses

• COM681: Computational Communication Methods
• COM681: Misinformation & Society

2015-2018

TEACHING ASSISTANT - Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

Graduate courses

• Introduction to Communication Research for graduate students

2013-2015

TEACHING ASSISTANT - University of Haifa (2010-2013)

Undergraduate courses

• Introduction to Mass media for undergraduate students
• Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods

Undergraduate courses

• Graduate coursesIntroduction to Qualitative Research Methods