PhD
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Karen Guzzo, PhD, is a professor of sociology and the director of the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina; she’s an expert on fertility preferences and fertility behaviors.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
Myra Cheng, the study’s lead author and a computer-science PhD candidate at Stanford University, said that “by default, AI advice does not tell people that they’re wrong.”
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
And the author Róisín Nic Liam is a PhD student at Queen's.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
"Aging, as a process, is irreversible. While it can't be stopped, it can be slowed down," ECU PhD candidate Ms. Fangli Hu said.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
Ma has mastered the conversational laugh, and she has a PhD in telling bite-sized stories less than ten seconds long.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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