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Calvin Isch
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- Doctoral Student
Calvin Isch researches collective dynamics of human systems and individual differences in future-oriented attitudes and behaviors using big data, web-based experiments, and methods from the computational social sciences.
Calvin Isch is a doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication where he is a member of the Network Dynamics Group. Before joining Annenberg, he taught sixth grade math as part of the Teach For America program. In his present and future roles as a creator, educator, and scientist, he hopes to utilize the computational social sciences to improve the systems that shape our lives.
Education
- B.S., Indiana University, 2020
- M.A.T., Relay Graduate School of Education, 2022
Selected Publications
![Folded stack of Newspapers on laptop](/sites/default/files/2025-02/new%20newspapers%201920.jpg)
News
How News Coverage Distorts America’s Leading Causes of Death
A new study shows how media coverage of sensational risks underemphasized chronic illnesses.
![Melissa B. Skolnick-Noguera, Florence Zivaishe Madenga, Jeanna Sybert, Brendan Mahoney, Antoine Haywood, Sophie Maddocks, Darin Johnson, David S. Cordero, Fallon Alexandria Parfaite](/sites/default/files/styles/260w/public/2024-05/group-1920.png?itok=mRlbhmwn)
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