Richard Paquin-Morel

Richard Paquin-Morel

Research scientist in San Francisco, CA, he/him

About

Computational methods/causal inference to understand and solve human problems. I research social/psychological constructs on digital platforms and how to measurement these constructs behaviorally.

Quasi/experimental design, causal inference in experimental and observational settings, NLP & network analysis.

Work Experience

2023 — Now
Senior Quantitative UX Researcher at Google
San Francisco, CA
  • Understand, quantify, measure, and experimentally move perceptions of trust

  • Lead measurement/metric development of social-psychological constructs via surveys and behavioral signals to provide insights to cross functional product teams

  • Develop and refine measurement framework

  • A/B testing, simulation experiments, quasi-experiments

  • Log analysis and extraction of behavioral signals

2020 — 2023
People Research Scientist at Meta
San Francisco

My primary research focuses on understanding and quantifying the impact of exposure to harmful content. Primary tools: R, Python, Presto SQL. Primary methods: Quasi/experimental design, surveys, NLP, network analysis, and machine learning.

2018 — 2019
R Bootcamp Instructor at Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Co-developed and co-taught introduction to R course for Master of Analytics students

2006 — 2012
Teacher at City of New York Public Schools
Brooklyn, NY

New York City Teaching Fellow, 2006-2008. Taught primary grades in high-needs schools.

Education

2013 — 2019
PhD - Human Development & Social Policy at Northwestern University
Evantson, IL
  • Methodological training: Quasi/experimental design, mixed methods research, NLP and network analysis

  • Substantive training: Organizational sociology, policy analysis, human development

2004 — 2007
MA in Philosophy at The New School
  • Pragmatism, phenomenology, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind

  • Structure of normativity

Awards

2020
Outstanding Dissertation from Politics of Education Association