I am a research scientist at Spotify . I'm broadly interested in natural language processing methods for advancing our understanding of social phenomena across media, policy, and technology.
I received my PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from the University of Washington, where I was advised by Noah Smith ; my work was funded in part by a NSF Graduate Fellowship. Before grad school, I was a software engineer at Microsoft ( Skype for Business Server ), and before that , I graduated with a BSE in Computer Science and Certificate in Finance from Princeton University.
Increasing access, representation, and retention of underrepresented groups is essential across academia. Invited speaker seminars are common practice in academic science departments and serve to disseminate research, establish connections and collaborations, advance faculty careers, and connect trainees to mentors outside of departmental faculty. Thus, lack of representation among seminar speakers can affect both faculty and trainee professional development. This study characterizes gender demographics of