Vivian Nguyen

About

Hi! I'm Vivian, a third year at UC Berkeley. I am passionate about exploring the relationships between digital information landscapes, democratic processes, and public trust. Open to connecting!

Experience

• ASUC Student Legal Clinic (1 yr 10 mos)
  • Co Director
    May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

  • Caseworker
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    Provide pro-bono assistance with legal research and free tax filing services to low-income and international scholars.

  • New Caseworker Coordinator
    Jun 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Developed and led 8 week caseworker training program. Taught caseworkers to conduct legal research and perform VITA tax filing.

• Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
  Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

  "Social Media Ethics & AI Policy Research" w/ Professor David Evan Harris

• CA-45 District Intern at U.S. House of Representatives
  Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 · 3 mos

• Undergraduate Research Assistant (URAP) at Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science
  Jan 2024 - May 2024 · 5 mos

  "Using Stories in Experimental Political Science" w/ Professor Marika Landau-Wells

• Online Disinformation Research Intern at Center for an Informed Public
  Sep 2022 - Jul 2023 · 11 mos

  Interned with Rachel Moran PhD and Sarah Nguyen in a public-facing research project on the spread of online disinformation within Vietnamese-language communities during COVID-19 & 2020 election - Identified key research themes: impacts of disinformation & generational divides in political attitudes - Assisted in development of a comic-zine representing findings in non-polarizing ways to generate community conversations - Curated national network of relevant community partners for zine distribution