​John Ternovski is an Assistant Professor at the US Air Force Academy and a former research fellow at the Better Government Lab. He has focused on using machine learning, causal inference, social media analytics, and computational social science to speak to questions within behavioral science, public policy, and network science. He co-founded and was the Principal of Mimir Analytics. He has previously been employed as a senior research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School (Student Social Support R&D Lab), a lab specializing in large-scale field experiments in the field of education. Prior to this position, he served as the Director of Analytics at the Analyst Institute, a company that designed, implemented, and analyzed large-scale field experiments for a variety of major non-profits and political campaigns.