{"id":4920,"date":"2025-08-28T15:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/?page_id=4920"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:17:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:17:37","slug":"2025-2026-faculty-fellows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2025-2026-faculty-fellows\/","title":{"rendered":"2025-2026 Faculty Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4920\" class=\"elementor elementor-4920\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9ff55c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9ff55c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d2bd107\" data-id=\"d2bd107\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a8ea63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a8ea63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><div><br><\/div>PIT@UMass Faculty Fellowship 2025-2026<br><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f919680 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f919680\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a91f021\" data-id=\"a91f021\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a6f625 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a6f625\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/\">Public Interest Technology Initiative at UMass<\/a> is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2025-2026 Faculty Fellowship. Fellows will receive seed funding to support research, scholarly writing, or curriculum development on the theme of<strong> Responsible AI<\/strong> \u2013 <strong><em>how we create, use, and manage AI responsibly to promote the common good and public interest<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p><p>Throughout 2025-2026 the PIT Fellows will meet monthly with Ethan Zuckerman, Fran Berman, and Donna Baron from the PIT leadership team to present and discuss their work in progress. They will work across campus and with the broader PIT network to advance PIT and their projects.\u00a0 They will also work together to develop a visiting speaker series, inviting outside speakers to campus for 2-3 public events on Responsible AI.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fellows explore PIT-related questions and integrative solutions by:<\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Addressing a complex problem with public interest impacts (privacy, safety, security, equity, sustainability, ethical behavior, etc.)<\/em><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Engaging the responsible use of artificial intelligence<\/em><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em><em>Reducing cultural, economic, and other societal disparities<\/em><\/em><\/li><\/ul><h3>The following faculty members and their respective projects and teams were selected for this year&#8217;s fellowship:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21c78d3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"21c78d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-357c1b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"357c1b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>College of Education<\/strong><\/h4><h4><strong>Project Lead: Torrey Trust, Professor, Teacher Education and School Improvement<\/strong><\/h4><div>This project critically analyzes AI-generated lessons for Advanced Placement (AP) U.S. History, Government and Politics, and African American Studies standards to identify what role, if any, AI should play in aiding teachers&#8217; instructional design process. Based on their findings, they plan to create an open educational resource to help teachers make informed decisions about using GenAI technologies for teaching and learning.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-942b7c8 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"942b7c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4920 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"942b7c8\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Torrey_Trust_square crop\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTAxMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI1XC8wOVwvVG9ycmV5X1RydXN0X3NxdWFyZS1jcm9wLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6Ijk0MmI3YzgifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Torrey_Trust_square-crop.jpg'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Torrey_Trust_square-crop-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Torrey Trust\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Torrey_Trust_square-crop-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Torrey_Trust_square-crop-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Torrey_Trust_square-crop.jpg 609w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5013'>\n\t\t\t\tTorrey Trust, Professor\nProgram Coordinator, Teacher Education and School Improvement \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"942b7c8\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Robert Maloy\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTAxNSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI1XC8wOVwvUm9iZXJ0LU1hbG95LmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6Ijk0MmI3YzgifQ%3D%3D\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Robert Maloy, Senior Lecturer II, College of Education\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Robert-Maloy.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Robert-Maloy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Robert Maloy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5015\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5015'>\n\t\t\t\tRobert Maloy, Senior Lecturer II, College of Education\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fc515d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5fc515d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9c36ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9c36ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>College of Engineering<\/h3><h3>Project Lead: Chaitra Gopalappa, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering<\/h3><div>The goal of this project is to integrate social determinants of health (SDH) into epidemic decision-analytic tools, for joint evaluation of structural, behavioral, and pharmaceutical interventions to inform public health strategies. This PIT project will lay the groundwork for a research plan to combine unstructured text data with aggregated-level quantitative survey data to infer mechanistics between SDH and HIV risk behaviors, input to an interpretable dynamic simulation for epidemiological validation.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cd51e gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"48cd51e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-4920 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"48cd51e\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Gopalappa 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https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Gopalappa-square-crop-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Gopalappa-square-crop-1-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Gopalappa-square-crop-1.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5019'>\n\t\t\t\tChaitra Gopalappa, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"48cd51e\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Mohammed Derakshi square crop\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NTAxOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI1XC8wOVwvTW9oYW1tZWQtRGVyYWtzaGktc3F1YXJlLWNyb3AuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNDhjZDUxZSJ9\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Mohammed-Derakshi-square-crop.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Mohammed-Derakshi-square-crop-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Mohammad Derakhshi\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Mohammed-Derakshi-square-crop-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/09\/Mohammed-Derakshi-square-crop.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5018'>\n\t\t\t\tMohammad Derakhshi, PhD Student.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db85b3b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"db85b3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb43b88 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb43b88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>College of Humanities and Fine Arts and College of Information and Computer Sciences<\/h4><h4>Project Lead: Joe Pater, Professor of Linguistics and Co-Director of the Computational Phonology Laboratory<\/h4><p>This project is developing a method for automatic transcription into the International Phonetic Alphabet, which leverages the technology underlying modern speech recognition systems.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8eb59e gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"b8eb59e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-4920 gallery-columns-4 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https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/joe-pater.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-4935'>\n\t\t\t\tJoe Pater, Professor of Linguistics and Co-Director of the Computational Phonology Laboratory\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"b8eb59e\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"VirginiaPartridge\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDkzNiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI1XC8wOFwvVmlyZ2luaWFQYXJ0cmlkZ2UuanBlZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImI4ZWI1OWUifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/VirginiaPartridge.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/VirginiaPartridge-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Virginia Partridge\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-4936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/VirginiaPartridge-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/VirginiaPartridge.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-4936'>\n\t\t\t\tVirginia Partridge, Research Fellow, Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f54c132 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget 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To this end, the work investigates human-AI collaboration across cultures, examining how trust, communication and decision-making styles shape AI-assisted interactions.\u00a0 <\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dbdd5d gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"9dbdd5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-4920 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9dbdd5d\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"youngbin Kwak_umass\" 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https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/youngbin-Kwak_umass.jpg 754w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-4931'>\n\t\t\t\tYoungbin Kwak, Associate Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9dbdd5d\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Mohammad Atari portrait w\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDkzMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI1XC8wOFwvTW9oYW1tYWQtQXRhcmktcG9ydHJhaXQtdy5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI5ZGJkZDVkIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/Mohammad-Atari-portrait-w.jpg'><img 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https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/Mohammad-Atari-portrait-w-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-4932'>\n\t\t\t\tMohammad Atari, Assistant Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90af108 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"90af108\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e821d9 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-4920 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"7e5c0ca\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Douglas Rice\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDkzNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI1XC8wOFwvRG91Z2xhcy1SaWNlLnBuZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjdlNWMwY2EifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/Douglas-Rice.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/Douglas-Rice-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Douglas Rice\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-4937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/Douglas-Rice-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/Douglas-Rice.png 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-4937'>\n\t\t\t\tDouglas Rice, Professor of Political Science\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"7e5c0ca\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Yalcin_headshot\" 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class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-4939'>\n\t\t\t\tOmer Yalcin, \nLecturer of Data Analytics and Computational Social Science\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c948b79 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c948b79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a6a522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a6a522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Isenberg School of Management<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Project Lead: Monideepa Tarafdar, Charles J. 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This project addresses the research question \u2013 How can humans maintain their cognitive primacy in HGAI collaboration?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-007af7c gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"007af7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-4920 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"007af7c\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Monideepa Tarafdar-March2022_0\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDk0MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI1XC8wOFwvTW9uaWRlZXBhLVRhcmFmZGFyLU1hcmNoMjAyMl8wLnBuZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjAwN2FmN2MifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/Monideepa-Tarafdar-March2022_0.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/Monideepa-Tarafdar-March2022_0.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Monideepa Tarafdar\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-4940\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-4940'>\n\t\t\t\tMonideepa Tarafdar,  Charles J. Dockendorff Endowed Professor | Editor-in-Chief: Journal of the AIS | PhD Coordinator in Information Systems\nOperations &amp; Information Management\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ee00e5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4ee00e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e432d17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e432d17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>School of Public Health &amp; Health Sciences and the College of Information and Computer Sciences<\/strong><\/h4><h4><strong>Project Lead: Zhenhua Liu, Professor of Nutrition<\/strong><\/h4><p>This project was originally inspired by a high-school student\u2019s curiosity about AI\u2019s accuracy and seeks to explore how AI can be leveraged to provide accurate dietary recommendations for public health.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f58d7b gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"0f58d7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-4920 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"0f58d7b\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"ZLiu_Photo_24\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDkzMywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI1XC8wOFwvWkxpdV9QaG90b18yNC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIwZjU4ZDdiIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/ZLiu_Photo_24.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/ZLiu_Photo_24-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Zhenhau Liu\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-4933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/ZLiu_Photo_24-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/ZLiu_Photo_24-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-4933'>\n\t\t\t\tZhenhau Liu, Professor of Nutrition.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"0f58d7b\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Andrew Lan\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDkzNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2dyb3Vwcy5jcy51bWFzcy5lZHVcL3BpdFwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQ0XC8yMDI1XC8wOFwvQW5kcmV3LUxhbi5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMGY1OGQ3YiJ9\" href='https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/Andrew-Lan.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/Andrew-Lan-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Andrew Lan\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-7-4934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/Andrew-Lan-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/08\/Andrew-Lan-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-7-4934'>\n\t\t\t\tAndrew Lan, Assistant Professor, Computer Science.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de8ff14 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"de8ff14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7423606 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7423606\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PIT@UMass Faculty Fellowship 2025-2026 The Public Interest Technology Initiative at UMass is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2025-2026 Faculty Fellowship. 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