Fields of Study
Computational sociology; Language, Sociology of health and illness; Cognitive sociology, Culture, Social media
Publications
Arseniev-Koehler, A, Sharon Mozgai, and Stefan Scherer. 2018. “What type of happiness are you looking for? -A closer look at detecting depression.” Conference Proceedings from the 2018 Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology.
Moreno, Megan, Arseniev-Koehler A, Selkie E. 2016 “Development and testing of a 3-item screening tool for Problematic Internet Use.” Journal of Pediatrics. 176: 167-172.
Arseniev-Koehler, Alina, Lee H, McCormick T, Moreno M. 2016. “#Pro-Ana: Pro-Eating Disorder Socialization on Twitter.” Journal of Adolescent Health. 58(6):659-664.
Moreno, Megan, Arseniev-Koehler A, Litt D, Christakis D. 2016. “Evaluating college students' displayed alcohol references on Facebook and Twitter.” Journal of Adolescent Health.58(5): 527:532.
Pumper MA, Mendoza JA, Arseniev-Koehler A, Holm M, Waite A, Moreno MA. 2015. “Using a Facebook Group as an Adjunct to a Pilot mHealth Physical Activity Intervention: A Mixed Methods Approach.” Studies of Health Technology Informatics. 219:97-101.
Arseniev-Koehler, Alina, Hooper L, Lee H. 2014. “Online Pro-Eating Disorder (Pro-ED) Activity.” Pp 553-563 in AM:STARs: Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews. Vol 25, Social Networking and New Technologies, edited by V. Strasberger and M. Moreno. American Academy of Pediatrics
Grants and Awards
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2017-2020
Graduate Research Mentorship Year-Long Award, 2017-2017
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Award, 2016
Howard B. Woolston Award for Academic Excellence, 2014
Mary Gates Research Scholar, 2014
Conference Presentations
“What type of happiness are you looking for? -A closer look at detecting depression.” Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology, 2018, New Orleans, LA.
“What type of happiness are you looking for? -A closer look at detecting depression.” UCSD/UCLA Graduate Student Conference on Culture, Health, and Mind, 2018, UC San Diego, CA.
“Reading “fat,” thinking “unhealthy” - and other schemata invoked from obesity news,” 28th Annual Thinking Gender Graduate Student Research Conference at UCLA, 2018, Los Angeles, CA.
“Quantifying Social Biases in Obesity Discourse 1980-2016” American Sociological Association, 2017, Montreal, Canada.
“Pro-Eating Disorder (pro-ED) Social Interaction on Twitter.” Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Meeting, 2015, Los Angeles, CA.
“Pro-Eating Disorder (pro-ED) Social Interaction on Twitter” Social Media and Adolescent Health Conference, 2014, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA.
“Peer Influence on Undergraduates’ Intention to get Drunk by Communication Formats.” Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, 2014, Bellevue, WA.
“Developing a Scale to Visually Evaluate BMI from Twitter Profile Pictures.” Population Association of America Meeting, 2014, Boston, MA. (Collaborator).
“Peer Influence though various Communication Formats on Intoxication Intention.” Pediatric Academic Societies, 2014, Vancouver, BC.
Degrees
B.A. with Honors in Sociology and minor in Statistics, University of Washington, 2014
M.A. in Sociology, University of California-Los Angeles, 2017