Zhen (She/Her) is a 5th year PhD Candidate at Network Science Institute. Her advisor is Seo Eun "Sunny" Yang, and her dissertation committee members are Risa Kitagawa Amano, Dakota Murray, and Brooke Foucault Welles.

Zhen's research falls at the intersection of Computational Social Science and Algorithmic Ethics. Using network theories and data, she aims to examine the inequality and representational biases in AI generated images and ML research communities.

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