Sudhir Venkatesh, PhD

Sudhir Venkatesh is William B Ransford Professor of Sociology & African-American Studies, a position he has held continuously since 1999. He previously served as Head of the Integrity Research in the Growth org at Facebook. He is currently advising Twitter as the Lead Social Scientist for initiatives to improve the online health of the platform, a position he has held since Autumn 2018. In 2009 he served as Senior Research Advisor to the Office of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 2 years. He was elected a Junior Fellow, in the Society of Fellows, Harvard University, 1996-1999.