The Program in Quantitative Social Science (QSS) is thrilled to announce that Assistant Professor Herbert Chang made the Forbes 30 under 30 North America 2024 list for Science. Professor Chang, a Dartmouth alum from the Class of 2018, received his Ph.D. in Communications from the University of Southern California in 2023. His research is centered on democracy and social media, with a particular focus on understanding out-group engagement on social media. Recent articles are Scalable surveillance of e-cigarette products on Instagram and TikTok using computer vision in Nicotine & Tobacco Research and K-pop fandoms help drive COVID-19 public health messaging on social media in Online Social Networks and Media.
Professor Chang joined the QSS faculty in July 2023 and taught QSS 20: Modern Statistical Computing. He will teach this course in Spring 2024 as well.