Draft:Amy X. Zhang

Amy Xian Zhang, often abbreviated as Amy X. Zhang is an assistant professor at the University of Washington's Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. Her research focuses on social computing and human-computer interaction, aiming to develop tools to enhance online discourse and combat misinformation. Zhang has also been recognized for her work on credibility tools and her research on cyberbullying.

She is also a founding member of the Credibility Coalition, a group dedicated to research and standards for information credibility online.

Academics
From 2014 to 2019, Amy X. Zhang was a Doctor of Philosophy candidate at MIT CSAIL, where she was part of the Haystack Group and worked on Mavo with David Karger and Lea Verou. She also completed a postdoctoral researcher position at Stanford University's Computer Science Department (2019-2020). Then, she became an assistant professor and head of the Social Futures Lab at the University of Washington's Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering (2020-present).

Awards
Amy X. Zhang has received awards for her work, including:


 * The George Sprowls Best Ph.D. Thesis Award at MIT in August 2020
 * The best paper awards at ACM CSCW and ACM CHI.