Editing People (section)

== Student Affiliates ==

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=== Emilia Gan (University of Washington) ===

[[File:EGan.jpg|200px|thumb|Emilia G.]]

I'm a PhD candidate in the [https://www.cs.washington.edu/ Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering] at the University of Washington (Seattle). My research has involved analyzing data from the [https://scratch.mit.edu/ Scratch programming platform] (Link: [https://mako.cc/academic/gan_hill_dasgupta-gender_feedback_sharing-CSCW18.pdf paper]) and from [https://codeday.org/ CodeDay]. I am interested in factors that promote longterm participation in coding by newcomers to programming.

Before starting graduate school in CS, I earned an MS ([https://globalhealth.washington.edu/education-training/phd-pathobiology Pathobiology]) from UW. I initially started learning how to program with the thought of using these skills for analyzing large biological data sets, but I eventually realized everything I was doing was pointing me away from biology and towards computer science. 

Before starting graduate school at UW, I homeschooled with my kids for over a decade, and before that I earned an MD from the [https://www.umassmed.edu/ University of Massachusetts Medical School] and a BS in Materials Science and Engineering from [https://dmse.mit.edu/ MIT].

[https://emilia.cloud/ Personal Website]
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=== Zarine Kharazian (University of Washington) ===

[[File:Zarine profile.png|thumb|200px|Zarine moderating a panel in 2021.]]

I am a PhD Student in Human-Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington, co-advised by Kate Starbird and  Benjamin Mako Hill. My research focuses on how online communities govern and are governed as they navigate disinformation, cyber-enabled influence operations, and related online harms. I am interested in both top-down dynamics – that is, governance by platforms, governments, and international bodies – as well as bottom-up dynamics, the myriad ways online communities experiment with and enact models of self-governance.

In addition to the CDSC, I am also affiliated with the [https://www.cip.uw.edu/ Center for an Informed Public], where I conduct research on disinformation targeting election integrity and conflict situations. 

In my free time, I play guitar in several Seattle bands.

You can also find me at [https://zarine.net/ zarine.net]. 
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