CV

Niloofar Bagheri Jebelli

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Education

• PhD. in Computational Social Science at Computational and Data Sciences Department, George Mason University, 2024
• M.A. in Computational Social Science at Interdisciplinary Studies Department, George Mason University, 2017
• B.A in Cultural Anthropology at Anthropology Department, University of Maryland, College Pak, 2013
  • Minor in Middle Eastern Studies

Research experience

• 2018 - 2024: Dissertation Research Project, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Department of Computational and Data Science
  • Project: “Computational Modeling of the Social Complexity in Göbekli Tepe and Earliest Neolithic Communities”
  • Committee: Dr. Robert Axtell, Dr. William G. Kennedy, Dr. Andrew Crooks, Dr. Hamdi Kavak, Dr. Daniel Rogers
  • Developed an agent-based model of Göbekli Tepe and earliest Neolithic communities and conducted various social network analyses to examine patterns of hunting vs. gathering, building trust and cooperation, belief propagation, and development of universal narratives.
• 2016 - 2017: Master’s Research Project, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Department of Computational and Data Science
  • Project: “Urban Development through the Lens of Agent-based Modeling”
  • Committee: Dr. Andrew Crooks, Dr. William G. Kennedy, Dr. Qing Tian
  • Developed an Agent-based Model of an urban environment and the interaction of gentrification, urban growth, urban sprawl, and urban shrinkage.
• 2012: Research Assistant, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Center for Advanced Study of Language
  • Project: Persian Proficiency Test
  • Principal Investigator: Dr. Ali Abasi
  • Recorded and assessed Persian listening and comprehension exam, edited, and archived pilot material.
• 2011: Research Assistant, Towson University, Towson, MD
  • National Science Foundation
  • Project: “Anthropology by the Wire”
  • Principal Investigators: Dr. Matthew Durington and Dr. Samuel G. Collins
  • Published research on social issues in West Baltimore, managed social media accounts of the project for public education, gathered and archived ethnographical research documents in the university system.

Skills

• Software and Programming Languages:
  • Advanced: Python, R, SQL, NetLogo, Gephi, Microsoft Office Suite
  • Intermediate: MATLAB, ACT-R, LISP, ArcGIS, QGIS, Google Analytics Languages:
  • Persian (Native), English (fluent), Arabic (intermediate), Hebrew (Beginner)

Other:

• Strong knowledge of writing proposals ranging from grants to policy proposals,
• Experience with machine learning, social network analysis, and statistical inference techniques.

Publications

• Articles

Bagheri-Jebelli, N. Kennedy, W.G., “Social Network Analysis of Gobekli Tepe: Belief Propagation in 10th Millennium BC”, International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, Washington, D.C., USA, 2020.

Bagheri-Jebelli, N., Crooks, A.T. and Kennedy, W.G., “Capturing the Effects of Gentrification on Property Values: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach”, The Computational Social Science Society of Americas Conference, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 2019.

Tulk, S., Bagheri Jebelli, N., Kennedy, W. G., “Modeling the Impact of Fake News on Citizens”. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Cognitive Modelling (pp. 187- 192), Madison, USA: University of Wisconsin, 2018.

• Abstracts

Bagheri Jebelli, N., Cioffi-Revilla, C., “A Computational Approach to Initial Social Complexity: Gobekli Tepe and Neolithic Polities in Urfa Region, Upper Mesopotamia, Tenth Millennium BC”, Society for American Archaeology, Washington DC, April, 2018.

Talks

• 2019, October Capturing the Effects of Gentrification on Property Values: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach, The Computational Social Science Society of Americas Conference, Santa Fe, NM, “Invited.”
• 2018, April A Computational Approach to Initial Social Complexity: Gobekli Tepe and Neolithic Polities in Urfa Region, Upper Mesopotamia, Tenth Millennium BC, Society for American Archaeology, Washington DC, “Invited.”
• 2017, December Urban Development Through the Lens of Agent-based Modeling, Center for Social Complexity, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
• 2011, March Tolerance and Its Challenges, MD Collegiate Honors Council, St. Mary’s College, “Invited.”
• 2010, November Life and Circumstances in the Middle East, Community College of Baltimore County Maryland, “Invited.”

Proposals

• 2013, May Open-Source Textbooks Proposal, University of Maryland, Maryland, College Park
  • Passed by the Dean’s Student Advisory Council of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences,
  • Collaborated with University Libraries, University Senate, and Student Government Association,
  • Enacted and implemented across University of Maryland as of fall 2014.

Service and leadership

• 2019 - 2021 Computational and Data Sciences Department Representative, GMU Graduate Assembly
• 2012 - 2013 Student Government Representative, UMCP Provost Advisory Council
• 2012 - 2013 Student Government Representative, UMCP Dean’s Student Advisory Council
• 2012 - 2013 Behavioral and Social Sciences College Representative, UMCP Student Government Association