Rachel Moran-Prestridge
Senior Research Scientist and Affiliate Assistant Professor
University of Washington
CSDE Research Areas:
- Health of People and Populations
In the News:
- The Future of “Trust & Safety”: Examining the Shift to AI in Online Safety Efforts - Rachel E. Moran (11/06/2026)
Rachel Moran-Prestridge Ph.D (she/her) is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for an Informed Public at the University of Washington’s Information School. Moran received her doctoral degree in 2020 from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. Her research explores the role of trust in digital information environments and is particularly concerned with how trust is implicated in the spread of mis- and dis-information. Dr. Moran’s research has been published in Information, Communication & Society, Digital Journalism, Journalism Practice, Media, Culture & Society and Telecommunications Policy. Moran also holds a BA and an MA in Social and Political Science from Cambridge University and an MA in Political Communications from Goldsmiths College, University of London.