Curriculum Vitae

Education

Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2022
Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science

Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, 2014
Master of Arts in History

Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, 2009
Bachelor of Arts in History

Teaching

Northeastern University – Boston, Massachusetts

• International Relations (Spring 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Fall 2024)

• American Government (Fall 2021)

• Research Methods (Spring 2021)

• TA: International Relations (Fall 2017, Spring 2019)

• TA: American Government (Spring 2018, Fall 2018)

Sonoma State University – Rohnert Park, California

• TA: American History (Spring 2013)

Publications

Yan, Harry, Morrow, Garrett, Yang, Kai-Cheng, & Wihbey, John. (2025). The origin of public concerns over AI supercharging misinformation in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-171

Morrow, Garrett. “Book Review: Designing for Democracy: How to Build Community in Digital Environments by Jennifer Forestal.” New Political Science, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/07393148.2024.2386765

Wihbey, John P. and Morrow, Garrett, “Social Media’s New Referees?: Public Attitudes Toward AI Content Moderation Bots Across Three Countries,” SSRN, December 11, 2023. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4660772

Weiss, Joanna, Michael Workman, Rupal Patel, John P. Wihbey, and Garrett Morrow. “How Americans See AI: Caution, Skepticism, and Hope.” Boston, MA: Northeastern University – AI Literacy Lab, October 2023. https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.northeastern.edu/dist/f/4599/files/2023/10/report-1017-2.pdf

Morrow, Garrett, and John P Wihbey. “Marketplace of Ideas 3.0? A Framework for the Era of Algorithms.” Richmond Journal of Law & Technology 29, no. 2 (2023): 52–90.

Morrow, Garrett. “Book Review: Bit Tyrants: The Political Economy of Silicon Valley by Rob Larson.” New Political Science, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/07393148.2023.2237819

Morrow, Garrett, “The Robot in City Hall: The Limitations, Structure, and Governance of Smart City Technology Regimes.” Doctoral Dissertation, Northeastern University, 2022. https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/robot-city-hall-limitations-structure-governance/docview/2711001982/se-2

Morrow, Garrett, Briony Swire-Thompson, Jessica Polny, Matthew Kopec, and John Wihbey. The Emerging Science of Content Labeling: Contextualizing Social Media Content Moderation. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24637

• Top 10 most cited papers in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 2022-2023.

Wihbey, John, Myojung Chung, Mike Peacey, Garrett Morrow, Yushu Tian, Lauren Vitacco, Daniela Rincon Reyes, and Melissa Clavijo. Divergent Global Views on Social Media, Free Speech, and Platform Regulation: Findings from the United Kingdom, South Korea, Mexico, and the United States. SSRN Scholarly Paper, ID 3999454, Social Science Research Network, 3 Jan. 2022. https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3999454

Wihbey, John, Garrett Morrow, Myojung Chung, and Mike Peacey. The Bipartisan Case for Labeling as a Content Moderation Method: Findings from a National Survey. SSRN Scholarly Paper, ID 3923905, Social Science Research Network, 14 Sept. 2021. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3923905

Morrow, Garrett. Global Resilience Strategies: A Comparative Study of the One-Hundred Resilient Cities Using Computational Text Analysis. SSRN Scholarly Paper, ID 3876582, Social Science Research Network, 29 June 2021. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3876582

Morrow, Garrett, and Gabriela Compagni. “Mask Mandates, Misinformation, and Data Voids in Local News Coverage of COVID-19.” APSA Preprints. preprints.apsanet.org, 8 Oct. 2021 https://doi.org/10.33774/apsa-2020-f3rnf

Morrow, Garrett, “Metabolism: The Regeneration of Postwar Japan,” Master’s Thesis, Sonoma State University, 2014.

Morrow, Garrett, “Reconstructing Tradition”, Sonoma State University History Journal, 2012.

Morrow, Garrett, “Free at Last,” Sonoma State University History Journal, 2011.

Conferences and Presentations

Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference 2025 (Puerto Rico) “Laboratories of Truth: The Problems of Liberty, Veracity, and Trust at the Heart of Journalism and Federalism” Panel: Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: Navigating the Federal/Local/State Power Nexus

Computation + Journalism Symposium 2024 (Boston, MA) “Public Concerns Over AI-Supercharging Misinformation in the 2024 US Presidential Election” Panel: LLMs, Search, and Bias

American Political Science Association Annual Conference 2024 (Philadelphia, PA) “Social Media’s New Referees? Democratic Governance of AI Content Moderation Bots” Panel: Citizen’s Perceptions of AI

Northeastern Politics Science Association Annual Conference 2023 (Boston, MA) “Laboratories of Truth: The Importance of Federalism and Good Government to Liberty, Veracity, and Trust” Panel: Political History Informing Political Theory

Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Conference 2022 (Chicago, IL) “The Global Politics of Platform Regulation and Misinformation: A Comparative Study of Public Opinion in the United States, the United Kingdom, South Korea, and Mexico.” Panel: Media Effects in Polarized Context

Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference 2022 (San Antonio, TX) “Putting Urban Technology to Work: Technology Determinism and the Real, Breathing Smart City” Panel: Exploring the Role of Place in Urban Politics

Northeastern Politics Science Association Annual Conference 2021 (Virtual) “Data as Political Power: Conceptualizing Data and Algorithms in the Urban Technology Regime” Panel: State and Metropolitan Politics

International Studies Association Annual Conference 2021 (Virtual) “Global Resilience Strategies: A Comparative Study of the One-Hundred Resilient Cities using Computational Text Analysis” Panel: Government Responses to Climate Change

American Political Science Association Annual Conference 2020 (Virtual) “Cross Media Disaster Discourse: Analyzing the Social Construction of Risk using Computational Text Analysis” Panel: Frontiers of Disaster and Crisis Knowledge

International Studies Association Annual Conference 2020 (Canceled) “Global Resilience Strategies: A Comparative Study of the One-Hundred Resilient Cities using Computational Text Analysis” Panel: TD01: Re-envisioning the Global North and South in Contemporary Capitalism II: Urban Transformations and Survival

Global Resilience Research Network Annual Conference 2019 (Freiburg, Germany) “The Love in the Air is Thicker than the Smoke: Coffey Park’s Community Resilience” Young Researcher Award Competition conference paper

Research Positions

Research Fellow AI Literacy Lab, Northeastern University – Boston, Massachusetts, 2023-

Research Development Officer Office of the Provost, Northeastern University – Boston, Massachusetts 2022-

Consulting Researcher Knight Foundation Research Network, “Annual Evaluation and Assessment,” 2022-

Research Fellow The Ethics Institute, Northeastern University – Boston, Massachusetts, 2020-

Research Fellow MetroLab Network – Washington, DC, 2020

Doctoral Research Assistant Global Resilience Institute – Boston, Massachusetts, 2019-2020

Digital Teaching Integration Research Fellow NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks Northeastern University – Boston, Massachusetts, 2019-2020

Investigative Researcher Brayton-Purcell, LLP – Novato, CA, 2014-2017

Research Assistant Dr. Amy Kittelstrom Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, 2012

Lead Researcher Sonoma County History Timeline Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, 2011-2012

Research Assistant Professor Michael Stevens Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, 2011

Co-Researcher Galbreath Nature Preserve, Yorkville, California, 2011

Journal Experience

• International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, peer-reviewer

• International Journal of Public Opinion Research, peer-reviewer

• Information, Communication, and Society, peer-reviewer

• Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, peer-reviewer

• Journal of Information Technology and Politics, peer-reviewer

• Journal of Online Trust and Safety, peer-reviewer

• Natural Hazards Review, peer-reviewer

• New Media and Society, peer-reviewer

• Politics and Governance, peer-reviewer

Professional Associations

• American Political Science Association, member
• Southern Political Science Association, member
• New England Political Science Association, member
• National Organization for Research Development Professionals, member

Leadership Experience

Student Representative
Boston Area Research Initiative Inaugural Student Conference Committee, 2022

Co-Organizer
Boston International Security Graduate Student Conference Northeastern University – Boston, Massachusetts, 2018

Lead Investigative Researcher
Brayton-Purcell, LLP – Novato, California, 2014-2017

Grants and Awards

Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Dissertation Funding Grant – 2022 (granted, but not accepted)

NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks
Travel Grant – 2022

Northeastern College of Social Science and Humanities
Experiential Fellowship – 2020

Northeastern PhD Network
Travel Grant – 2020

NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks
Travel Grant – 2020

Global Resilience Young Researcher Award (finalist)
Global Resilience Research Network – 2019

Technical Skills

• R programming language
• Python programming language
• GIS (ArcGIS, QGIS) mapping software
• Gephi Network Analysis software
• Tableau data visualization software
• NVivo Qualitative Analysis software
• Qualitative social science methodological experience
• Quantitative social science methodological experience