Ryan Gallagher

Ryan Gallagher is an Applied Scientist at Alethea, where he focuses on promoting healthy online ecosystems by identifying and combating disinformation campaigns and platform manipulation. His work integrates network science, machine learning, and social science theory to analyze how social media amplifies voices, especially in the context of social justice for marginalized communities.13

Educational Background

• Ph.D. in Network Science from Northeastern University, where he was part of the Communication Media and Marginalization (CoMM) Lab.
• M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Vermont.
• B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Connecticut.

Professional Experience

• Prior to Alethea, he worked as a data scientist on Twitter's Applied Sciences team, contributing to Community Notes (formerly Birdwatch), which addresses misleading information on the platform.
• He has also interned at Facebook Core Data Science, focusing on identifying coordinated information operations.124

Research Interests

Ryan Gallagher's research emphasizes:

• The dynamics of online communication and its implications for social justice.
• Development of methodologies for computational social science, including network and text analysis methods to assess online interactions.1

For more detailed insights into his work and publications, you can refer to his LinkedIn profile or his personal research page.3