Ben Rochford

I’m a Sociology PhD student here at Duke and an aspiring Computational Social Scientist. I did my undergrad in Computer Science at Georgia Tech. I want to investigate the societal impacts of online social systems, and find ways to build technologies that facilitate healthy individual experiences and a world that is less divided.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Student Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications

Leveraging Symptom Search Data to Understand Disparities in US Mental Health Care: Demographic Analysis of Search Engine Trace Data.

Journal Article JMIR mental health · January 2023 BackgroundIn the United States, 1 out of every 3 people lives in a mental health professional shortage area. Shortage areas tend to be rural, have higher levels of poverty, and have poor mental health outcomes. Previous work has demonstrated that ... Full text Cite

Leveraging Symptom Search Data to Understand Disparities in U.S. Mental Health Care: Demographic Analysis of Search Engine Trace Data (Preprint)

Preprint · October 6, 2022 Full text Cite

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External Links

My Google Scholar page My LinkedIn profile Personal site The Polarization Lab