Katherine Elinor Woo

Katherine Elinor Woo
  • Doctoral Candidate

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Research Interests: behavior change, decision-making, health campaigns, gender, religion

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Katie is a first-year Ph.D. student studying behavior change and decision-making.

Prior to Wharton, she studied vector-borne viruses and parasites, spatial epidemiology, and media technology at Stanford University.

 

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Knowledge at Wharton

When AI Transparency Backfires

New research shows that AI and machine learning models can be made to look fair and neutral in their interpretability outputs while continuing to produce biased real-world decisions.Read More

Knowledge @ Wharton - 5/5/2026
Five Things to Know About Private Credit

As investor withdrawals and liquidity concerns rattle the $1.8 trillion market, Wharton’s Itay Goldstein explains how private credit works, why experts are uneasy, and what it could mean for your finances.Read More

Knowledge @ Wharton - 5/5/2026
Why Women Need Other Women at Work

A new study on gender homophily in remote settings found that women who attended virtual career training did better when their classes did not include men.Read More

Knowledge @ Wharton - 5/5/2026