Joan Donovan

American social scientist and academic
Person human Q89657903
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Joan Donovan

Summary

Joan Donovan is a human[1]. She worked as a social scientist[2] and university teacher[3]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Joan Donovan held citizenship in United States[5].
  • Joan Donovan worked as a social scientist[2].
  • Joan Donovan's professions included university teacher[3].
  • Joan Donovan's field of work was social science[6].
  • Joan Donovan's field of work was politics[7].
  • Joan Donovan's field of work was extremism[8].
  • Joan Donovan's field of work was disinformation[9].
  • Joan Donovan's field of work was social networking service[10].
  • Joan Donovan was employed by Boston University[11].
  • Among Joan Donovan's employers was Data & Society Research Institute[12].
  • Joan Donovan was educated at University of California, San Diego[13].
  • Joan Donovan was educated at University of California, Los Angeles[14].
  • Joan Donovan is recorded as female[15].
  • Joan Donovan's instance of is recorded as human[16].
  • Joan Donovan's Commons category is recorded as Joan Donovan[17].
  • Joan Donovan's family name is recorded as Donovan[18].
  • Joan Donovan's given name is recorded as Joan[19].
  • Joan Donovan's official website is recorded as https://joandonovan.org/[20].
  • Joan Donovan's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as English[21].
  • Joan Donovan's interested in is recorded as disinformation[22].
  • Joan Donovan's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+21579'}[23].
  • Joan Donovan's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+12816'}[24].
  • Joan Donovan's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+38391'}[25].
  • Joan Donovan's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+43862'}[26].

Body

Education

Educated at University of California, San Diego[13], a public university[27], in United States[28], founded in 1960[29], headquartered in San Diego[30] and University of California, Los Angeles[14], a public research university[31], in United States[32], founded in 1919[33], headquartered in Los Angeles[34].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include social scientist[2] and university teacher[3]. Fields of work include social science[6], a class used in Universal Decimal Classification[35]; politics[7], an academic discipline[36]; extremism[8], an ideology[37]; disinformation[9], a type of information[38]; and social networking service[10]. Employers include Boston University[11], a research university[39], in United States[40], founded in 1869[41], headquartered in Boston[42] and Data & Society Research Institute[12], a nonprofit organization[43], in United States[44], founded in 2013[45].

Why It Matters

Joan Donovan ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[4]

FAQs

What did Joan Donovan do for work?

Joan Donovan worked as social scientist[2] and university teacher[3].

Where did Joan Donovan go to school?

Joan Donovan was educated at University of California, San Diego[13] and University of California, Los Angeles[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  18. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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