Dr. Joel Finkelstein is the director of the Network Contagion Research Institute, which deploys machine learning tools to expose the growing tide of hate and extremism on social media. He is also a Visiting Scholar at the Madison Program for Ideas and Institutions at Princeton University and a former research fellow at the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism. A graduate of Princeton University, where his award-winning, doctoral work focused on the psychology and neuroscience of addiction and social behavior. Joel speaks to media, policymakers, advocacy groups, and investigators to help turn tools for social science into tools for social justice. His work on hate and antisemitism in social media has appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, and other media outlets.
