Larissa Doroshenko is an open-source intelligence analyst on the information manipulation team at the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) at GMF. As an expert in state-sponsored disinformation, she detects and analyzes foreign information manipulation and interference using ASD tools and other computational methods.
Prior to joining the GMF, Doroshenko taught and conducted research at Northeastern University’s communication studies department and the Network Science Institute. Her projects explored the use of new media for disinformation campaigns and sought ways to mitigate their influence through early detection and grassroots activism. Her research into political campaigning and citizens’ online engagement in Ukraine appeared in leading academic journals and edited volumes.
Doroshenko holds a PhD in political communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a master’s degree in media and communications from Mid Sweden University, and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Belarusian State University. In addition to English, she speaks fluent Belarusian, Russian, and Polish, and some French.