Jeff Hancock
Jeff Hancock, PhD
- Director, Stanford Social Media Lab
- Director, Stanford Tech Impact and Policy Center
- Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
- Institute Faculty, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Biography
Jeff Hancock is founding director of the Center and well-known for his research on how people use deception with technology, from sending texts and emails to detecting fake online reviews. He is the Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication at Stanford University, Founding Director of the Stanford Social Media Lab, a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI), Founding Editor of the Journal of Online Trust & Safety, and previously the co-director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center.
A leading expert in behavioral sciences and the psychology of online interaction, Professor Hancock studies the psychological aspects of social media and AI technology. Professor Hancock earned his PhD in Psychology at Dalhousie University, Canada and was Professor of Information Science and Communication at Cornell prior to joining Stanford in 2015.
