Specializations
- Collective Behaviour
- Complexity Science
- Behavioural Ecology
Research Areas
Biography
Dr. Joe Bak-Coleman is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Washington Center for an Informed Public. His research focuses on how the actions and interactions of group members give rise to broader patterns of collective action. He is particularly interested in understanding how communication technology alters collective decision-making and the spread of information. To ask these questions, he uses a combination of online experiments, observational data and mathematical modelling.
Joe Bak-Coleman earned his Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. Prior to working on human collective behaviour, he studied the behaviour of animal groups zebra herds to fish schools.
Education
- Ph D, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, 2021
- MA, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, 2016
- MS, Biology, Bowling Green State University, 2014
- BS, Neuroscience, Bowling Green State University, 2011
Awards
- Bioinformatics Scholarship - Choose Ohio First for Bioinformatics, 2009-2011
- Summer Research Fellowship - Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship, 2011
- Travel Award - Flow Sensing in Air and Water, 2011
- Summer Research Fellowship - Science, Engineering, Technology Gateway Ohio, 2010
Publications and Contributions
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ArticleForeign vs Domestic: An Examination of Amplification in a Ballot Misinformation Story (2020)Election Integrity Partnership
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ArticleLeft-Leaning Influencers, 'Mainstream' Media Play Big Role in Amplifying 'Army for Trump' Fears (2020)Election Integrity Partnership
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ArticleProject Veritas #BallotHarvesting Amplification (2020)Election Integrity Partnership
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ArticleVote Data Patterns used to Delegitimize the Election Results (2020)Election Integrity Partnership
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ArticleWeaponizing projections as tools of election delegitimization (2020)Election Integrity Partnership
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Journal Article, Academic JournalInformation gerrymandering in social networks skews collective decision-making (2019)Nature: News & Views, Volume 573, Page 40-41
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Journal Article, Academic JournalStructural encoding of perceived risk in fish schools (2019)PNAS
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Journal Article, Academic JournalCounteracting estimation bias and social in influence to improve the wisdom of crowds (2018)Journal of the Royal Society, Interface , Volume 15
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Magazine/Trade PublicationThe ignorance of the crowd (2017)Scientic American
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Magazine/Trade PublicationWhy did Donald Trump get elected? Ask the bees (2016)Wired
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Journal Article, Academic JournalGoing with, then against the flow: Evidence against the optomotor hypothesis of fish rheotaxis (2015)Animal Behaviour, Volume 107
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Journal Article, Academic JournalRheotaxis performance increases with group size in a coupled phase model with sensory noise (2015)European Physical Journal: Special Topics, Volume 224
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Journal Article, Academic JournalThe lateral line is necessary for blind cavesh rheotaxis in non-uniform flow (2015)Journal of Experimental Biology, Volume 218
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Journal Article, Academic JournalSedentary behavior as a factor in determining lateral line contributions to rheotaxis (2014)Journal of Experimental Biology, Volume 217
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Journal Article, Academic JournalThe effects of flow on schooling Devario aequipinnatus: school structure, startle response and information transmission (2014)Journal of fish Biology
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Journal Article, Academic JournalThe spatiotemporal dynamics of rheotactic behavior depends on flow speed and available sensory information (2013)The Journal of experimental biology, Issue 216
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Journal Article, Academic JournalEnergy savings in freely swimming fishNature Communications
Presentations
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Collective Folly on Politically Polarized Social Networks
(2018)
Integrated Behavioral Research Group (Princeton University) - Princeton, NJ
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Going with the flow: How do fish know which way is upstream?
(2016)
Integrated Behavioral Research Group (Princeton University) - Princeton, NJ
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The spatiotemporal dynamics of rheotaxis in stream-dwelling fish under different flow and sensory conditions
(2012)
International Congress of Neuroethology - College Park, MD