cv

Below is my CV. Also above inside that PDF icon. Look at it. Now.

General Information

Full Name Joseph J. Trybala III
Location Boulder, Colorado
Email josephjtrybala.dev@gmail.com
LinkedIn joseph-trybala
Languages English

Education

  • 2025 - now
    (Ongoing) PhD in Information Science
    University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
    • Advisor Dr. Jed Brubaker
    • Research focus on online identity, digital assets, death online, and social computing.
  • 2022 - 2024
    Master of Science in Data Science
    Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 2015 - 2019
    Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science
    Stockton University, Galloway, New Jersey

Research Experience

  • 2025 - now
    Member of?
    IDentity Lab, Department of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
    • Advisor Dr. Jed Brubaker.
    • I hang around. Should probably do some work here at some point.
    • Current Projects
      • Account Value Perception in MMOs (In Collaboration with [Sid Cook](https://sidcookresearch.com/))
      • v2 of Enviromental Scan of Post Mortem Support (In Collaboration with Dr. Brubaker and Dr. Doyle)
      • Digital Legacy Clinic (On-going Support)

Research Experience

  • 2023 - 2025
    Research Assistant
    DONUTS Lab, College of Computing and Informatics, Drexel University
    • Advisor Dr. Afsaneh Razi.
    • Sole data manager for ~100,000 videos and ~1,000,000 comments collected via novel methodology.
    • Applied topic modeling, LIWC, ANOVA, sentiment, network, and cluster analysis.
    • Mentored and supervised undergraduate researchers.
    • Current Projects
      • Substance use of youth in online communities (Dr. Razi & Dr. Rezapour)
      • Social media transparency reports (Dr. Razi & Dr. Bassan)
      • Harassment dialogue and sentiment on TikTok (Dr. Razi & Dr. Zelenkauskaite)
      • Platform-agnostic data donations tool (Dr. Razi)

Teaching

  • Summer 2026
    Graduate Part-Time Instructor (GPTI)
    Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • INFO 1101 Computation in Society (~20 students)
  • 2025 - 2026
    Graduate Teaching Assistant
    University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
    • INFO 1201 Computational Reasoning, Fall 2025, Prof. Chris Carruth (~120 students)
    • INFO 1201 Computational Reasoning, Spring 2026, Prof. Chris Carruth (~120 students)

Publications

  • 2025
    Opaque Transparency: Gaps and Discrepancies in the Report of Social Media Harms
  • 2024
    Support in Short Form: Investigating TikTok Comments on Videos with #Harassment

Professional Experience

  • 2022
    Internet Sales Project Manager
    Beyer Automotive Group, Morristown, NJ
    • Set up and maintained web storefront. Project managed 2 employees.
    • Reduced inventory backlog by ~80%.
  • 2021 - 2022
    Quality System Analyst / Technical Database Administrator
    Chromalloy, Orangeburg, NY
    • Maintained and improved employee training and certification systems.
    • Ensured compliance across 6,000+ engineering specifications.
  • 2019 - 2021
    Freelance Software Developer
    New Jersey
    • Acquired CompTIA Security+ and Google Data Analytics Professional certifications.
  • 2017 - 2019
    Associate, Department of Information Security
    Stockton University, Galloway, NJ
    • Managed ERP access for 3,000+ employees across 30+ departments.
    • Performed policy gap analysis and implemented security standardization.
  • 2015 - 2016
    IT Specialist
    Beyer Automotive Group, Morristown, NJ

Service

  • 2025 - 2026
    RSO Advisor, Chess & Chow Club
    University of Colorado Boulder
  • 2018 - 2019
    IEEE Student Chapter President
    Stockton University
  • 2018 - 2019
    Computer Society President
    Stockton University
  • 2018 - 2019
    Esports Program Co-Founder
    Stockton University
  • 2024 - 2026
    Volunteer
    Spring and Winter Garden, Philadelphia

Technical Skills

  • Programming Languages
    • Python (highly proficient)
    • JavaScript, CSS, HTML (moderately proficient)
    • R, MATLAB, Java (moderately proficient)
  • Data Science & Machine Learning
    • Machine learning — PyTorch, TensorFlow
    • Computer vision — OpenCV
    • Audio processing — Librosa, Torchaudio
    • Text analysis — LIWC
    • Visualization — Seaborn, HoloViews, Tableau
    • Network analysis — Gephi
  • Data Collection & Engineering
    • Web automation — Puppeteer, Pyppeteer, Playwright
    • Databases — MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
    • Version control — Git
  • Other
    • Information security toolbox
    • Prompt engineering

Memberships & Certifications

  • 2024 - now
    • ACM Member
  • 2021
    • Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
  • 2020
    • CompTIA Security+
  • 2017 - now
    • IEEE Member