Lauren Etheredge is a Research Associate at Mississippi State University’s Social Science Research Center (SSRC), a graduate student in MSU’s Sociology department, and a member of the Data Science for Social Sciences (DS3) Laboratory. She holds a B.S. in Psychology and a B.A. in Sociology, and she is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Sociology. Her primary research interests center on disparities in physical and mental health outcomes, LGBTQ+ health, ADHD and Autism, social and emotional learning (SEL), and impacts of AI and social media use. Her undergraduate honors thesis examined barriers to mental healthcare among college students using an intersectional approach.
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Contribution to Project: Lauren has been working in the artificial intelligence and computer science space for the past year and a half. On this project,