Aya is currently a Ph.D. student in the Social Media Lab at Stanford University and was previously the BSPL Lab Manager. Aya received her B.S. degree from the University of Michigan in 2023, where she double-majored in Neuroscience and Political Science with Honors. Previously, she has interned at NASA in the Heliophysics Division and in the Office of International and Interagency Relations.

Aya’s research explores how people process and respond to information in complex media environments. She is particularly interested in misinformation and how various forms of media shape attitudes and decision-making. She plans to employ computational and behavioral methods to explore the psychological processes in digital environments.