Hong is a PhD student working with Professor David Lazer. He has a liberal arts BA from Wesleyan University and a MS in Information Science from UC Berkeley. He plans to investigate how online civic and misinformation networks shape public opinion, behavior, and policy toward science and technologies. Hong has worked in Silicon Valley for YouTube/Google and also in journalism as a technologist and researcher. Hong has worked in Silicon Valley for YouTube/Google and also in journalism as a technologist and researcher.