Carl Bergstrom

Carl Bergstrom is a professor of biology at the University of Washington and a leading researcher on misinformation, data literacy, and the dynamics of information flow in complex systems. He is co-creator and co-teacher of the widely adopted "Calling Bullshit" course on critical evaluation of quantitative claims.

Sources in this wiki

• Misinformation and Data Literacy — co-teacher of Calling Bullshit course; educational work on critical reasoning about data

Key projects

Calling Bullshit: Co-taught with Jevin West, this popular course teaches critical reasoning about data and statistics. The course has been adopted by 70+ universities globally and adapted for K-12 curricula with state-mandate backing and foundation support.

Topics

• Data literacy, Media literacy, Literacy interventions, Misinformation

Notes

Bergstrom is a key architect of the data-literacy intervention movement. His work emphasizes the interpretive and critical dimensions of quantitative reasoning, drawing on humanistic methods of textual analysis applied to numerical claims.