HKS Misinformation Review

Leadership

Our leadership team manages all aspects of HKS Misinformation Review. 

Matthew A. Baum

Co-Editor and Co-Founder

SHORENSTEIN CENTER ON MEDIA, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY

Matthew A. Baum (Ph.D., UC San Diego) is the Marvin Kalb Professor of Global Communications and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Department of Government. His research focuses on the domestic politics of international conflict and cooperation, the role of the mass media and public opinion in contemporary American politics, the interaction of media and electoral institutions, fake news and misinformation, and the relationship between partisan media and polarization.

Irene V. Pasquetto

Senior Editor & Co-Founder

Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy

Irene Pasquetto a scholar in the field of information and communication studies. Her most recent research work focuses on issues of science mis- and disinformation, open science practices, and public understanding and use/misuse of science products and infrastructures. She will be joining the faculty at the University of Maryland College of Information Studies in January 2024. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, where she taught ethics of information technologies and digital curation. Irene is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, at the Harvard Kennedy School, where she co-founded the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review in 2019.

Viktoria Gabriel

Interim Editor-in-Chief

Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy

Viktoria Gabriel is the Interim Editor-in-Chief at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review. She holds degrees in English, Social Psychology, and German Studies, and is a former radio journalist and lecturer in German. Her research focuses on mass media, immigration, and propaganda.

Costanza Sciubba Caniglia

Costanza Sciubba Caniglia

Special Editor for Commentaries

Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy

Costanza Sciubba is the Special Editor for Commentaries at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review. She is an alumna of the Harvard Kennedy School (MPA) and holds degrees in public policy, international relations, and philosophy. She is a journalist and worked at the United Nations and on the UN Security Council. She now works on disinformation operations and political manipulation, and is the Director of Communications of data.org.