Dr. Magdalena Wojcieszak

Professor

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Biography

Magdalena Wojcieszak is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Davis. She also serves as an Associate Researcher at the Center for Excellence in Social Science at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Professor Wojcieszak directs the ERC Consolidator Grant NEWSUSE, focusing on incentivizing citizen exposure to quality news online, and is an Affiliate Faculty member in the Designated Emphasis in Computational Social Science. She has been involved in various research projects that investigate people's selection of political information online and the effects of mass digital media on extremism, polarization, and perceptions. Her contributions include around 90 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals such as Nature and Science Advances. She has received multiple awards for her teaching and research, including a fellowship from the International Communication Association in 2023. Professor Wojcieszak teaches graduate-level courses on public opinion and political communication and has developed award-winning classes.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2018-01-01 — Present

University of California, Davis • Davis, CA

Teaching graduate level classes including public opinion, political communication, and research methods.

Awards

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Fellow

2023-01-01
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Young Scholar Award

2016-01-01

Requirements for University of California, Davis

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field ECS 120 (Theory of Computation) ECS 122A (Algorithm Design and Analysis) ECS 140A (Programming Languages) or ECS 160 (Software Engineering) ECS 150 (Operating Systems) or ECS 154B (Computer Architecture)
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Application fee
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Personal History Statement
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science. GRE is NOT required.