Ruth Elisabeth Appel
Ph.D. Student in Communication, admitted Autumn 2019
Honors & Awards
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Stanford Graduate Fellowship in Science and Engineering, Stanford University (09/2019 - present)
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Student Fellowship, German Academic Scholarship Foundation (01/2014 - 06/2019)
Professional Affiliations and Activities
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Member, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) (2019 - Present)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2344-2023Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Appel is interested in the intersection of Behavioral Science and Computer Science, with the aim of leveraging psychological targeting ethically and for the common good. She is particularly passionate about encouraging prosocial behavior and political participation and promoting wellbeing and mental health.
Work Experience
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User Experience Research Intern, Google LLC (6/2020 - 9/2020)
Location
San Francisco, CA
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Associate in Research in the Health Division, Duke University, Center for Advanced Hindsight (2/2019 - 6/2019)
Location
Durham, NC, USA
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Intern in the Fifth Committee Section, Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations (9/2016 - 12/2016)
Location
New York, NY, USA
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Intern in the Strategy Department, Telekom Deutschland GmbH (4/2017 - 6/2017)
Location
Bonn, Germany
All Publications
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Psychological targeting in the age of Big Data
Measuring and Modeling Persons and Situations
Elsevier. 2021: 193-222
View details for DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-819200-9.00015-6
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Privacy in the age of psychological targeting
Current Opinion in Psychology
2020; 31: 116–121
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.08.010