Kayla Duskin

Kayla Duskin

PhD candidate at UW

kduskin[AT]uw.edu

About Me

I am a PhD candidate at the University of Washington where I conduct research with the Center for an Informed Public. I am advised by Jevin West and Emma Spiro and supported through the National Science Foundation as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow.

My research encompasses topics across computational social science, primarily focusing on online political discourse, the role of algorithmic recommenders, and issues of misinformation and polarization. My dissertation focuses on the relationship between deployed algorithmic systems and problematic online information environments. I leverage data science, network science, and machine learning to better understand the social environment in which algorithm systems operate and how we might design future algorithmic systems with prosocial outcomes in mind.



Recent News View all

2026-07-19

Our paper which comprehensively tracks the fact-checking of election-related misinformation, Political Fact-Checking Efforts are Constrained by Deficiencies in Coverage, Speed, and Reach, is now out in Political Communication.

2026-03-31

I am now ABD! I defended my dissertation proposal: Towards Understanding the Role of Social Algorithms in Political Discourse Online.

2025-08-24

🚲 I successfully biked from my home in Seattle to Vancouver, BC over the course of two days with thousands of others as part of the annual RSVP event – my longest bike ride yet!

Recent Research View all

Political Fact-Checking Efforts are Constrained by Deficiencies in Coverage, Speed, and Reach

Morgan Wack, Kayla Duskin, and Damian Hodel ‡

Political Communication. 2026

The Role of Follow Networks and Twitter’s Content Recommender on Partisan Skew and Rumor Exposure during the 2022 U.S. Midterm Election

Kayla Duskin, Joseph S. Schafer, Alexandros Efstratiou, Jevin D. West, and Emma S. Spiro

Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media. 2026