My name is Abhinanda Dash, and I’m a fifth year doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication at UCLA. I use experiments, behavioral diagnostics, and quantitative methods to study how social identity, inequality, and emerging technologies shape human judgment and decision-making. My work examines problems ranging from socioeconomic bias and occupational mobility to human-AI interaction, trust, and technology adoption, with a focus on translating behavioral evidence into practical insights for policy and organizations.

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