John McLevey
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John McLevey is a leading scholar whose research sits at the intersection of computational social science, science and technology studies (STS), and network science. His work is distinguished by its methodological rigor, particularly in developing and applying advanced quantitative and computational techniques to understand the structure and dynamics of scientific knowledge, political polarization, and misinformation. McLevey is perhaps best known for his foundational contributions to the study of scientific consensus and controversy, where he uses large-scale citation and network analyses to map how expert communities form, evolve, and sometimes fracture. A highly cited researcher with thousands of citations across his body of work, his 2022 paper on using robotics to support STEM and 21st-century competencies—based on extensive fieldwork with over 130 teachers and dozens of students—exemplifies his commitment to bridging empirical research with practical educational applications. McLevey is also the author of the widely adopted textbook *Doing Computational Social Science*, which has become a key resource for training the next generation of researchers. His work consistently demonstrates how computational methods can illuminate complex social and scientific phenomena.
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