Current Research Assistants

Zahra Abba Omar is a doctoral student in the joint program at Yale between Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She uses qualitative research methods to study questions across digital technology and health and medicine.

Génesis Luigi Bravo is a doctoral student in the joint program at Yale between Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Inès Gilles (’25) is a Yale sociology major and former participant in an NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) linked to the Designing Policy for Accountable Software Systems project.

Hannah Qin (’26) is a Yale undergraduate.

Fikir Mekonnen (’24) is a Yale undergraduate studying cognitive science with a focus on social perception through an interdisciplinary lens. She has worked extensively on the AI projects.

Former Research Assistants

Matthew Bray (’24) is a Yale sociology major and our AI policy specialist.

Four people standing in front of the Washington Monument

Prof. Menon, Zahra Abba Omar, Fikir Mekonnen and Matthew Bray go to Washington for ESS 2024