Think More, Share Less: Mini-MisinfoDay

Jevin West
Keynote Speaker
Co-Founder, UW Center for an Informed Public | Associate Professor, UW Information School
Jevin West is an Associate Professor at the Information School and served as the CIP’s founding director. He is a co-founder of the DataLab, the nexus for research on Data Science and Analytics. West studies the Science of Science and co-created the Calling BS Project. Currently, his research focuses on misinformation specifically in and about science.

Mike Caulfield
Presenter
Research Scientist, UW Center for an Informed Public
Mike Caulfield leads the CIP’s rapid-response research program. He developed the SIFT method for fact-checking that has been used in more than a hundred universities and high schools in the U.S. and Canada and has worked with various organizations on digital literacy initiatives to combat mis- and disinformation.

Anna King
Presenter
Reporter, Northwest Public Broadcasting and the Northwest News Network
Award-winning journalist Anna King shines a national spotlight on the complex stories of the Northwest — from complex nuclear waste cleanup to mysterious cattle mutilations. Her work appears on KUOW, Northwest Public Broadcasting, National Public Radio and its member stations across the country. She’s the host and creator of the podcast “Ghost Herd” about Cody Easterday’s major cattle swindle and its outfall.

Rachel Moran-Prestridge
Presenter
Postdoctoral Scholar, UW Center for an Informed Public
Rachel Moran-Prestridge received her doctoral degree from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. Her research explores the role of trust in digital information environments and is particularly concerned with how trust is implicated in the spread of mis- and dis-information.

Sarah Nguyễn
Presenter
Ph.D. student, UW Information School
Sarah Nguyễn is a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington’s Information School, where they also received a Master’s in Library and Information Science. They investigate information infrastructures, information disorder, and collective memory among the immigrant diaspora and non-English communities.

The UW Center for an Informed Public is an interdisciplinary effort at the University of Washington, led by the Information School, Human Centered Design & Engineering and the School of Law, with collaboration from numerous other university and community partners, including the WSU Murrow College of Communications. Its world-class researchers, labs, thought leaders and practitioners translate research about misinformation and disinformation into policy, technology design, curriculum development, and public engagement.

MisinfoDay was first hosted by the University of Washington Information School in 2019 as an educational event to teach high school students, teachers and librarians how to evaluate online information and build a healthy information environment. In the years since the MisinfoDay program has grown into an annual event and is now co-organized by UW’s Center for an Informed Public and Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, reaching more than 1,200 students. “Think More, Post Less: Mini-MisinfoDay” is an extension of this programming, designed with alumni audiences in mind.