Ahmer Arif
Assistant Professor at Barnard College
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAhmer Arif is an assistant professor and researcher with 14 years of experience at the intersection of computer science, human-centered design, and online information ecosystems, now faculty at Barnard College after a prior assistant professorship at UT Austin. He studies the spread of misinformation on social media and develops evidence-driven interventions informed by fieldwork, UX research, and systems thinking from his time as a research assistant at UW and industry internships at Facebook and Yahoo. Technically fluent from early backend and web roles to leading engineering at a startup and building data dashboards for international organizations, he combines rigorous empirical methods with practical deployment experience. His trajectory includes applied impact work—designing MIS and visualization systems for the World Bank and financial-inclusion research for UNCDF—that grounds his academic work in real-world governance and policy problems. Skilled in teaching and mentoring across continents, he brings a rare blend of policy-facing project leadership and deep HCI/engineering expertise to the study of digital misinformation.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Human Centered Design & Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Human Centered Design & Engineering at University of WashingtonMaster of Science (MS) Computer Science, Master of Science (MS) Computer Science at Lahore University of Management Sciences
English, Urdu
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (4)
google-maps-api6
bank6
ruby-on-rails6
health5
Github contributions (5)
AhmerArif/ahmerarif.github.io
Nov 2017 - Feb 2021
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
AhmerArif/personal_site
Jan 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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