Munmun De Choudhury

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Munmun De Choudhury is an Indian and American computer scientist and social scientist whose research concerns social media[1] and the ways that it shapes and reflects mental health.[2][3] She is J. Z. Liang Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech.

Education and career

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De Choudhury grew up in a small town in Tripura,[4] and received a bachelor's degree in 2005 from the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology in Bhopal, supported by a Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search Scholarship. She completed a Ph.D. in computer science at Arizona State University in 2011. Her doctoral dissertation, Analyzing the Dynamics of Communication in Online Social Network, was supervised by Hari Sundaram.[5]

After postdoctoral research in the neXus research group at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, she joined the Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing as an assistant professor in 2014. She was promoted to associate professor in 2020, given the J. Z. Liang professorship in January 2025, and promoted to full professor effective August 2025.[5]

Recognition

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De Choudhury's 2013 paper "Social Media as a Measurement Tool of Depression in Populations" (written with Scott Counts and Eric Horvitz) was recognized in 2022 by the inaugural Web Science Trust Test of Time Award, presented at the annual ACM Web Science Conference.[6] She was a recipient of the 2023 SIGCHI Societal Impact Award,[7] and named to the CHI Academy in 2024.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Beck, Julie (March 1, 2016), "The Instagrams of Food Deserts: Social-media photos can be a rich source of information about the diets of people who don't have access to grocery stores", The Atlantic, retrieved 2025-04-15
  2. ^ "Can Social Media Help Direct Mental Health Aid?", NBC News, March 16, 2014, retrieved 2025-04-15
  3. ^ "High levels of pandemic-induced anxiety, depression observed in social media posts", CBC Radio, April 9, 2021, retrieved 2025-04-15
  4. ^ As stated on De Choudhury's home page, accessed 2025-04-15
  5. ^ a b Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2025-04-15
  6. ^ Snedeker, Ben (June 28, 2022), Inaugural Award Recognizes Paper's Lasting Impact on Mental Health Research, Georgia Tech College of Computing, retrieved 2025-04-15
  7. ^ Deen, Nathan (February 16, 2023), Interactive Computing Associate Professor, Incoming Chair Earn SIGCHI Awards, Georgia Tech College of Computing, retrieved 2025-04-15
  8. ^ Deen, Nathan (March 5, 2024), Two Interactive Computing Faculty Inducted into SIGCHI Academy, Georgia Tech College of Computing, retrieved 2025-04-15
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