David Gertler Rand

Professor
Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM

David Gertler Rand serves as Professor in Marketing & Management Communication Faculty at Cornell University.

615 publications
52,410 citations
104 h-index
Social Sciences
Rising Papers (4)
2025-12-04 · Nature · Political Science and International Relations
Persuading voters using human–artificial intelligence dialogues
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
David Gertler RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
35 citations · 144.0x expected for field
2025-12-04 · Science · Sociology and Political Science
The levers of political persuasion with conversational artificial intelligence
David Gertler RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
32 citations · 60.5x expected for field
2026-01-22 · Science · Sociology and Political Science
How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
David Gertler RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
25 citations · 309.5x expected for field
2025-08-04 · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · Sociology and Political Science
Addressing misperceptions takes more than combating fake news
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
David Gertler RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
19 citations · 35.2x expected for field
Top Papers (2)
2026-01-22 · Science · Sociology and Political Science
How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
David Gertler RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
309.5x expected for field · 25 citations
2025-12-04 · Nature · Political Science and International Relations
Persuading voters using human–artificial intelligence dialogues
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
David Gertler RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
144.0x expected for field · 35 citations
Recent Papers (15)
2026-09-02 · Nature Communications · Sociology and Political Science
Toward an integrated and globally equitable understanding of political polarization
David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
2026-06-29 · PNAS Nexus · Sociology and Political Science
Confident judgments of (mis)information veracity are more, rather than less, accurate
David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
2026-06-22 · Nature Human Behaviour · Artificial Intelligence
Representativeness and response validity across nine opt-in online samples
David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
2026-03-30 · Harvard Dataverse
Replication Data for: "Unbundling Digital Media Literacy Tips: Results from Two Experiments"
David RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
2026-03-11 · Political Behavior · Communication
After the Takeover: Rebuilding Trust in Public Media Through Institutional Reform
David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
2026-02-14 · Infectious Diseases
Digital Adherence Support for Tuberculosis Treatment: A Multicentre Randomized Trial in Kenya
David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
2026-02-11 · Current Directions in Psychological Science · General Social Sciences
Using Artificial Intelligence to Better Understand Human Intelligence
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
2026-01-22 · Science · Artificial Intelligence
How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
2026-01-17 · Harvard Dataverse
Replication Data for: After the Takeover: Rebuilding Trust in Public Media Through Institutional Reform
David RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
2026-01-08 · arXiv (Cornell University) · Sociology and Political Science
Large language models can effectively convince people to believe conspiracies
David RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
2026-01-01 · SSRN Electronic Journal · Safety Research
AI Epistemic Risks: Emerging Mechanisms & Evidence
David RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
2026-01-01 · SSRN Electronic Journal · Sociology and Political Science
<p>Consensus, Disagreements, and Open Questions in the Psychology of Misinformation</p>
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
2025-12-04 · Nature · Artificial Intelligence
Persuading voters using human–artificial intelligence dialogues
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
2025-12-04 · Science · Sociology and Political Science
The levers of political persuasion with conversational artificial intelligence
David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
2025-10-30 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Communication
Divergent patterns of engagement with partisan and low-quality news across seven social media platforms
David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM