Matthew Brook O'Donnell, Ph.D.
- Research Associate, Communication Neuroscience Lab
- Lecturer, Annenberg Undergraduate Program
O'Donnell’s research background includes corpus linguistics, natural language processing, and data mining with a focus on extracting linguistic patterns and networks from large textual databases (or corpora). He is interested in combining linguistic analyses of media language and persuasive discourse with behavioral and neuroscience approaches.
Selected Publications
Courses
- COMM 2550 Foundations in Data Science for Communication
- COMM 3130 Computational Text Analysis for Communication Research
- COMM 3180 Stories From Data: Programming for Data Journalism
- COMM 4190 Talking with AI: Computational and Communication Approaches
- COMM 5190 Talking with AI: Computational and Communication Approaches
News
Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Public Health Campaigns Across Philadelphia
Professor Andy Tan and Research Associate and Lecturer Matthew Brook O'Donnell are both interested in how artificial intelligence could make it easier for community-based organizations to improve public health in Philadelphia.
