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I lead research projects that solve complex business problems at Meta

Previously, I was the associate director of the Data Labs team at Pew Research Center. My work with Pew Research is available here.

I received a Ph.D. in Government from the University of Virginia and a B.A. from Colgate University. My academic research considers methodological issues in social media research; the validity of crowdsourcing for content analysis; the strategic use of political advertising;  and other topics. I apply natural language processing, measurement models, and experimental designs in my work.

My email address is aghughes (at) gmail.com.