Hi, I'm Nina

A lot of computer scientists want to make computers think like people. I want to use computers to make us think about other people.

I study how visual media in problematic information (online hate, misinformation, scams) targets and denigrates identities, particularly marginalized ones. Basically, I dig through a lot of the internet's garbage to inspire ways that we can make the internet, and the people it, better. When I'm not doing that, I create methods and tools to help other researchers integrate visual methodologies into their work.

I am a second year PhD student at the University of Washington in the Centered for an Informed Public, where I am advised by Dr. Kate Starbird and graciously supported by an NSF Fellowship. I am currently hunting for rumors and aesthetics around the US 2024 Presidential Election, hate rhetoric and misinformation about the US-Mexico border crisis, and AI Jesus slop on Facebook.

⭐ I am on the market for Summer 2025 Research Internships! ⭐