Grace Connors is a PhD student in Computer Science at the Catholic University of America. At CUA, her research is focused on developing an AI-assisted algorithm to optimize for cohesion in online deliberations inspired by the synodal process of the Catholic Church. She also researches the proliferation of hate speech on social platforms in the PeaceTech and Polarization Lab at the University of Notre Dame.
Grace’s prior roles have included work in social impact and philanthropy research at the University of Maryland, strategic communications as a Scoville Peace Fellow, monitoring and evaluation, and software engineering. Grace is passionate about the digital peacebuilding field, inspired by her BA in Computer Science and Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame.