Anna Preus

Anna Preus is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Washington, College of Arts & Sciences. She leads the Humanities Data Lab and co-leads the AI, Creativity, and Humanities Research Cluster. Additionally, she is core faculty in the Textual and Digital Studies program and a Data Science Fellow at the eScience Institute.

Anna Preus holds a PhD in English from Washington University in St. Louis (2021) and a BA in English from Carleton College (2011).

• PhD, English, Washington University in St. Louis, 2021
• BA, English, Carleton College, 2011

Her research explores early 20th-century literature, digital humanities methodologies, and the intersection of postcolonial studies with textual analysis. She investigates how historical print materials are digitized and the role of digital resources in reshaping narratives of literary history. Key interests include colonial authorship in British literature, modernist poetry, and the application of Large Language Models (LLMs) to poetry generation and evaluation.

• 20th Century Literature
• Digital Humanities
• Modernism
• Poetry and Poetics
• Postcolonial Textual Studies

Anna Preus's work has been supported by notable grants and fellowships, including the ACLS Fellowship, the Mellon Foundation, the Mozilla Foundation, and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. These awards reflect her impactful contributions to interdisciplinary research in humanities and technology.

In her advising and grant activities, she coordinates the Humanities Data Lab and collaborates with researchers on projects such as the digital edition of Hope Mirrlees's modernist poem Paris and the Responsible Datasets in Context initiative. Her grants fund explorations into colonial publishing histories and digital tools for literary analysis.

Anna Preus is involved with several labs and research teams, including the Humanities Data Lab (led by her), the AI, Creativity, and Humanities Research Cluster (co-led), and the Responsible Datasets in Context project. These collaborative efforts emphasize ethical data practices and innovative applications of technology in humanities scholarship.