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David BammanView profile

Associate Professor

• Natural Language Processing
• Cultural Analytics
• Computational Social Science
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David Bamman is an Associate Professor in the School of Information at UC Berkeley, specializing in applying Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning to cultural and social science questions. He leads research in born-literary NLP, computational humanities, and cultural analytics, with affiliated roles in EECS, Linguistics, and Computational Precision Health. Bamman holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon (Ph.D., 2015), Boston University (M.A., 2006), and University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.A., 1998). His work is supported by NEH, NSF, and industry grants. Educations: Ph.D. in Computer Science (2015), Carnegie Mellon University M.A. in Applied Linguistics (2006), Boston University B.A. in Classics (1998), University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Interests: NLP for underserved domains (e.g., literature, social media), coreference resolution, cultural analytics, and computational methods for studying literature and culture. Projects include LitBank and BookNLP datasets. Grants & Awards: Hellman Fellow (2019), Amazon Research Award (2017), NSF CAREER Award, and NEH funding. Teaching: Courses include Natural Language Processing (Info 159/259), Computational Humanities (INFO 190), and Applied NLP (INFO 256). His research group explores topics like racial representation in high school literature, Hollywood diversity metrics, and the sociocultural implications of LLMs. Bamman advises multiple PhD students and collaborates on datasets like CMU Book Summaries and 11K Latin Books.

Josh SeimView profile

Assistant Professor

• Sociology
• Medical Sociology
• Welfare Studies
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Josh Seim is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston College, affiliated with the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences. His work focuses on the sociologies of work, medicine, welfare, punishment, pedagogy, and ethnographic methods. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and has published widely in top journals including *American Sociological Review* and *Social Problems*. Education: B.A., Gonzaga University M.S., Portland State University Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley Research Interests: His research explores how institutions like healthcare systems, welfare offices, and penal institutions interact with urban poverty. Recent projects include studies on ambulance crews’ labor processes, welfare bureaucracy, and post-prison labor. His writing also emphasizes pedagogical innovation in sociology teaching and ethnographic methodological rigor. Key themes include the governance of suffering, medical labor, and carceral systems. Publications & Books: Bandage, Sort, and Hustle: Ambulance Crews on the Front Lines of Urban Suffering (UC Press, 2020) The Welfare Assembly Line: Public Servants in the Suffering City (forthcoming UC Press, 2026) Teaching: Sociology 7715: Classical Sociological Theory (graduate) Sociology 7716: Contemporary Sociological Theory (graduate)

• Mechanical Engineering
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Artificial Intelligence
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Professor Mohammad FARD is a faculty member at RMIT University's School of Engineering, specializing in Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems. He leads research in autonomous vehicles, crash safety, and driver monitoring using AI. His industry experience includes six years at Nissan Technical Centre, focusing on vehicle body design. He holds a PhD from Tohoku University and has collaborated across Engineering, Health, and Science disciplines, achieving international media coverage for work on driver drowsiness and road safety. Research Interests: Autonomous Vehicles Advanced Crash Safety Driver State Monitoring AI in Noise/Vibration Human Factors/Ergonomics Teaching & Projects: Teaches Advanced CAE, Vehicle NVH, and research supervision in areas like crash simulation and vibration control. Current projects include Formula One safety barriers and driver education for autonomous vehicles. Awards & Labs: No awards listed. Active in cross-disciplinary teams and labs addressing automotive innovation and safety.

Alaina LemonView profile

Professor

• Socio-cultural anthropology
• Performance and language
• Historical narrative
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Alaina Lemon is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, affiliated with the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA). She serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies in Anthropology and holds affiliations with the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES), the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, and the Interdepartmental Program in Anthropology and History. Her research focuses on socio-cultural anthropology, performance studies, and visual culture, with expertise in Russia, the Romani diaspora, and post-Socialist states. Education: BA in Anthropology (University of Wisconsin, 1987), MA (University of Chicago, 1988), and PhD (University of Chicago, 1996). Notable awards include the Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize (2001), Heldt Book Prize (2001), and a 2023 visiting scholar position at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris). Her work bridges historical and contemporary issues, exploring themes like phatic labor, media infrastructures, and affective politics. Recent projects include editing the documentary Tremors (2023) and researching Soviet-era moral projects through studies of Moscow’s Metro and canine-human interactions. Lemon’s interdisciplinary approach integrates performance studies, linguistic anthropology, and critical race theory to analyze cultural dynamics in transitional societies. Grants include a 2019-2024 University of Michigan Office of Research grant for film collaboration and a 2002-2003 International Research and Exchanges Board fellowship. She has authored influential books such as Between Two Fires (2000) and Technologies for Intuition (2017), and her films document Romani experiences and urban cultural phenomena.

Salikoko S. MufweneView profile

Professor

• Evolutionary Linguistics
• Creole Languages
• Language Contact
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Salikoko S. Mufwene is the Edward Carson Waller Distinguished Service Professor of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. He holds additional appointments on the Committees on Evolutionary Biology, Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science, and African Studies. His research integrates ecological perspectives into evolutionary linguistics, focusing on language contact, creole genesis, language endangerment, and the impact of colonization and globalization on linguistic diversity. Education: PhD in Linguistics, University of Chicago (1979) Key Themes: Language evolution, creole languages, population structure, decolonial linguistics, language policy Mufwene’s work emphasizes the role of population dynamics in language change, drawing parallels with biological evolution. His recent articles examine topics such as the cultural-artifact nature of language, the ecological drivers of creole hybridization, and the decolonization of linguistic paradigms. He has also contributed extensively to debates on language endangerment and multilingualism in super-diverse societies. Scientific Awards: Fellow, Linguistic Society of America (2018) Fellow, American Philosophical Society (2022) Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2023) Collège de France lectures (2003, 2023-24) Summer Institute of the Linguistic Society of America (1999, 2005, 2015, 2017)

Dennis SäringView profile

Professor

• Deep Learning
• Medical Image Analysis
• Artificial Intelligence
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Prof. Dr. Dennis Säring is a faculty member at the University of Applied Sciences Wedel , specifically affiliated with the School of Engineering. His academic and research activities focus on Deep Learning , Medical Image Analysis , and applications of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare and biomedical imaging. He has led seminars on Deep Learning topics and supervised student projects in Autonomous Driving at Audi's AADC 2018 competition. Research Highlights : Cardiovascular imaging, forensic age estimation via MRI, neural network-based bone segmentation, and cerebrovascular aneurysm analysis. Technical Expertise : Cardiac MRI, 3D/4D image processing, parametric mapping, and spatiotemporal data fusion. His recent publications (2018-2023) emphasize 3D MR segmentation for age assessment, CMR strain analysis in athletes, and T1/T2 mapping for myocarditis. Key collaborations include institutions like the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and Wedler Hochschulbund, with funding for autonomous vehicle research. While no explicit scientific awards are listed, his work spans clinical cardiology, forensic radiology, and AI-driven medical diagnostics.

Jenna WiensView profile

Associate Professor

• Machine Learning
• Artificial Intelligence
• Healthcare Data Analytics
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Jenna Wiens is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan's College of Engineering. She serves as Associate Director of the Artificial Intelligence Lab and co-Director of AI & Digital Health Innovation. Leading the MLD3 research group, her work focuses on machine learning and AI applications for healthcare data. PhD from MIT (2014) under John Guttag NSF CAREER Award recipient (2016) Humboldt Foundation Carl Friedrich von Siemens Award (2024) Her research addresses four key technical thrusts: Time-series analysis for predicting clinical outcomes Robust machine learning against spurious correlations Decision-making with causal inference and offline reinforcement learning Human-AI collaboration frameworks Notable methodological contributions include the FIDDLE preprocessing pipeline for clinical time-series data, foundational work on survival analysis, and novel approaches to model selection in healthcare reinforcement learning. Her work has led to real-world AI deployments in infection prevention and patient risk stratification. Scientific honors include: Forbes 30 Under 30 (2015) MIT Tech Review 35 Innovators Under 35 (2017) Sloan Research Fellowship in Computer Science (2020) Sarah Goddard Power Award (2023) Wiens collaborates with clinicians across disciplines, emphasizing clinician-in-the-loop AI systems and ethical implementation in healthcare workflows.

Marisol De La CadenaView profile

Professor

• Anthropology
• Science and Technology Studies (STS)
• Indigeneity
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Marisol De La Cadena is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Davis, with affiliations in Science and Technology Studies (STS). Her work bridges anthropology, political theory, and environmental thought, focusing on ontological divergence and multispecies relations in Latin America, particularly in Peru and Colombia. Department: Department of Anthropology School: College of Letters and Science University: University of California, Davis Email: mdelac@ucdavis.edu Office: Young Hall 315 Her research centers on the intersection of modern politics and non-modern or ahistorical ontologies, especially through what she calls "ontological openings." Drawing from deep ethnographic engagement with Quechua-speaking interlocutors in the Andes, she explores how earth-beings, humans, and nonhumans co-constitute worlds that exceed Western categories. Her theoretical contributions challenge conventional boundaries between nature and culture, history and timelessness, and politics and cosmology. Her recent fieldwork in Colombia examines human-cow relations on cattle ranches and in veterinary schools, situating these practices within broader ecological crises and post-conflict transitions. Her publications reveal a consistent interest in how ethnographic concepts function as both empirical observations and theoretical tools. The body of her work, including key articles like "Uncommoning Nature" and "Runa: Human but not only," reflects a deep commitment to rethinking anthropological method and theory. Her research trends emphasize ontological politics, multispecies ethnography, and the decolonization of knowledge, contributing significantly to contemporary debates in STS and anthropology. Her scientific honors include: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow (2008) Lewis H. Morgan Lecture Series Invited Speaker, University of Rochester (2011) Invited Researcher, Center for Advanced Studies, Norwegian Academy of Sciences (2015) Guest Speaker, Mellon-Sawyer Seminar, University of Cape Town (2010) She has been principal investigator on several major grants, including the John E. Sawyer Mellon-Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures (2012–2016), a Wenner-Gren Conference Support Grant (2009–2010), and multiple research fellowships from the Guggenheim, Wenner-Gren, and American Philosophical Societies. These grants have enabled collaborative, transdisciplinary research on cosmopolitics, indigeneity, and the anthropology of worlds. She is affiliated with research initiatives such as the Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures and contributes to global academic networks in anthropology and STS. Her work fosters dialogue between indigenous thought, continental philosophy, and ethnographic practice, creating spaces for alternative modes of knowing and being.

Jennifer LeemanView profile

Professor

• Sociolinguistics
• Language Policy
• Critical Applied Linguistics
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Jennifer Leeman is a Professor at George Mason University , focusing on the sociopolitics of language, with emphasis on multilingualism, Spanish in the US, and heritage language education. Her interdisciplinary work bridges critical applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, education, Latinx studies, and linguistic anthropology. BA in Spanish, University of Pennsylvania MA in Hispanic Civilization, New York University in Madrid MAT in TESOL & Bilingual Education, Georgetown University PhD in Hispanic Linguistics, Georgetown University Her research examines: Language ideologies and racialization processes in censuses Antiracist pedagogical frameworks for Spanish teaching Multilingual policy analysis across education and governance Critical service-learning in heritage language contexts Recent publications analyze census categorization, language and immigration policies, and critical pedagogy implementation. She received a 2024-25 Fulbright Senior Scholar award for research at the University of Murcia, Spain, and a 2023-24 Residential fellowship at Mason's Center for Humanities Research. Key scientific contributions include: Pioneering the online graduate certificate in Spanish Heritage Language Education (2021) Leadership roles in AAAL, MLA, and Instituto Cervantes’ advisory committees Editorial board memberships across journals like Language Policy and Hispania Her 15 most recent articles (2018-2025) reveal trends in: Language-race-national identity intersections Census-driven ethnoracial classifications Antiracist pedagogy in language classrooms Heritage speaker identity dynamics Monolingual policy critiques Transnational demographic analysis Contact: jleeman@gmu.edu | Office: Horizon Hall 5132

• Anthro-political linguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• U.S. Latin@ language varieties
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Ana Celia Zentella is a distinguished Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego, renowned for pioneering "anthro-political linguistics" that examines language through sociopolitical and justice-oriented frameworks. Her work centers on U.S. Latin@ language communities, challenging linguistic discrimination and advocating for language rights. Education: Ph.D. in Educational Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania M.A. in Romance Languages and Literatures, Pennsylvania State University B.A. in Spanish, Hunter College (Bronx) Zentella's research critically analyzes U.S. Latin@ varieties of Spanish and English, Spanglish, and language socialization in families, with particular focus on Puerto Rican communities. She exposes how English-only laws and anti-bilingual education policies facilitate linguistic profiling that marginalizes communities. Her scholarship consistently bridges academic rigor and community advocacy, emphasizing "el habla del pueblo" (the people's speech) as resistance against top-down language classifications. Her publications reveal enduring themes: language as a site of political struggle (2018-2023), border linguistics examining Tijuana-San Diego dynamics (2013-2016), and historical analyses of Nuyorican language (2004). She challenges harmful frameworks like the U.S. Census Bureau's "linguistically isolated" category while documenting language revitalization efforts in multilingual urban centers. Scientific Awards: British Association of Applied Linguistics Book Prize (1997) Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists Book Award (1997) Manhattan's "Doctor Ana Celia Zentella Day" declaration (1997) LASA Public Intellectual of the Year (2014) Society for Linguistic Anthropology Public Outreach Award (2016) American Academy of Arts and Sciences induction (2023) Choice Outstanding Academic Title (2018) Zentella actively mentors through community-engaged scholarship, co-authoring Multilingual San Diego (2008) and Multilingual Philadelphia (2010) with undergraduates. Her public outreach includes challenging linguistic erasure and advising policymakers on language-inclusive practices, demonstrating consistent commitment to translating academic work into tangible community impact.

Richard McMahonView profile

Lecturer

• EU Politics
• International Relations
• Political Theory
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Dr. Richard McMahon is a Lecturer in EU Politics at the Department of Political Science, University College London (UCL). He specializes in the intersection of political narratives, cultural identity, and European integration. His research focuses on how conceptualizations of Europe and national identities shape political dynamics, with current emphasis on China-EU mutual representations. Previously, he held roles at the University of Portsmouth, University College Cork, and others. McMahon earned his PhD in History and Civilisation from the European University Institute, analyzing transnational race scientists' efforts to classify Europeans by race. His research spans EU narratives, counter-narratives in populist politics, and the historical context of race classification. Recent work includes co-editing special issues on EU narratives and Chinese-EU relations. He has taught widely across institutions, covering EU studies, international law, and cultural studies. McMahon's interdisciplinary approach bridges political science, history, and anthropology, addressing topics like Brexit, enlargement, and transnational scientific networks. Publications include monographs such as The Races of Europe: Construction of National Identities in the Social Sciences, 1839-1939 and edited volumes on transnational power struggles and European integration narratives. His work frequently appears in journals like Journal of Contemporary European Studies and European Societies .

Maria J. RedondoView profile

Professor

• Type 1 Diabetes
• Genetics of Autoimmune Diseases
• Diabetes Heterogeneity
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Maria J. Redondo is a Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and leads the Maria J. Redondo Lab at Texas Children’s Hospital, focusing on Type 1 Diabetes across four core areas: Genetics for prediction models and trial candidate selection Heterogeneity in diabetes pathogenesis Prevention through clinical trials Atypical Diabetes and Racial/Ethnic Influences Research Trends: Her recent articles emphasize genetic risk modeling, BMI correlations in pediatric diabetes, and HLA studies. The work integrates autoimmunity , metabolic research , and epidemiological analysis . Scientific Awards: Elected to the Society for Pediatric Research (2014) JDRF Early Career Development Award (2002) JDRF Postdoctoral Fellowship (2000) Immunology of Diabetes Society Junior Investigator Award (1998) Mentoring: Dr. Redondo mentors fellows and students in projects like COVID-19 and Diabetes and Racial Differences in Insulin Pump Uptake , with grants from NIH , Medtronic , and Hemsley Charitable Trust .

Laia BecaresView profile

Professor

• Social Epidemiology
• Health Inequalities
• Racism and Health
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Laia Becares is a Professor of Social Science and Health at King's College London, part of the School of Global Affairs and the Department of Global Health & Social Medicine. She previously held roles at the University of Sussex (2018-2022) and the University of Manchester (2010-2018), where she maintains an Honorary position. She serves as an Editor of Sociology of Health and Illness and on the Academic Reference Group of the NHS Race and Health Observatory. Her work is funded by organizations such as the Nuffield Foundation and the Health Foundation. Laia holds a PhD in Social Epidemiology from University College London (UCL) and a Master's in Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health. Her research employs an interdisciplinary approach, collaborating with sociologists, psychiatrists, geographers, and demographers to understand how discrimination and marginalization perpetuate social and health inequities. Key areas include racism, homophobia/heterosexism, LGBTQ+ inequalities, and the impact of systemic oppression across life stages. She co-developed the Queerantine Study on pandemic impacts on LGBTQ+ communities and leads the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, fostering student mentorship in health inequality topics. Her scientific awards include ESRC/MRC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2010-2012), Hallsworth Research Fellowship (2012-2016), and ESRC Future Research Leader Fellowship (2012-2015). Recent work focuses on ethnic healthcare disparities in multimorbidity and longitudinal studies of racism's effects on health outcomes. Ongoing projects include LGBTQ+ policymaking networks and the GHSM Anti Racism Steering Group, addressing structural inequities in academia and healthcare. Laia’s grants include Nuffield Foundation funding for ethnic inequalities in later life and Health Foundation support for healthcare equity studies. She advocates for integrating lived experiences into research design, particularly through the Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS). Her lab affiliations include Queer@King’s and the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, emphasizing collaborative, community-driven approaches.

Aylin CaliskanView profile

Assistant Professor

• Artificial Intelligence
• Natural Language Processing
• Machine Learning
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Aylin Caliskan is an Assistant Professor at The Information School at the University of Washington, with a courtesy appointment at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. She co-directs the Tech Policy Lab and is a faculty affiliate at the UW NLP RAISE and VSD Lab. Her research focuses on AI ethics, bias detection, and human-centered AI, with a particular emphasis on how biases from human society propagate into machine learning models. University of Washington – Assistant Professor Tech Policy Lab – Co-Director UW NLP RAISE – Faculty Affiliate VSD Lab – Faculty Affiliate Brookings Institution – Nonresident Fellow in Governance Her research explores the mechanisms by which human society’s biases are encoded into AI systems, particularly in language and vision-language models. She develops evaluation techniques, transparency methods, and bias mitigation strategies to address these issues. Her work has been published in top-tier venues such as Science, PNAS, ACL, EMNLP, AAAI, and ACM FAccT. She has also advised and collaborated with numerous students and researchers, including Kyra Wilson, Mattea Sim, Gandalf Nicolas, and Kshitish Ghate. Her recent and accepted publications focus on generative AI’s societal impacts, including bias amplification in AI models, gender and race bias in resume screening, and the propagation of stereotypes through multimodal systems. These studies often analyze how biases encoded in AI can influence human decision-making and societal norms. Scientific Awards: NSF CAREER Award (2024) 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics (2023) IJCAI Early Career Spotlight (2023) She teaches courses on Generative AI and has delivered talks at institutions such as Stanford, NYU, and Howard University. Her work also intersects with law and policy, as seen in her Brookings Institution publications and service.

Stephen M. RichView profile

Professor

• Antidiscrimination Law
• Constitutional Law
• Employment Discrimination
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Stephen M. Rich serves as the Maurice Jones, Jr. – Class of 1925 Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Academic Research and Intellectual Life at the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law, where he teaches employment discrimination law, constitutional equality law, and civil procedure. His educational background includes: JD from Yale Law School MA and BA in African American Studies from Yale University Rich also received a Fulbright Scholarship to study music in Fes, Morocco, and was awarded the A. Bartlett Giammati Fellowship during his undergraduate studies. Rich's research critically examines antidiscrimination law through interdisciplinary lenses, blending statutory and constitutional analysis with sociology and social psychology. His work challenges conventional approaches to racial classifications, prejudice, and diversity frameworks, arguing for nuanced understandings of social injustice and the practical limitations of legal enforcement. Recent scholarship focuses on reimagining diversity beyond affirmative action to advance equal opportunity. His publications from 2011-2016 reveal consistent thematic evolution: early work analyzed social psychology's role in discrimination enforcement ( Against Prejudice , 2011), progressed to examining textualism's impact on employment law ( A Matter of Perspective , 2014), and culminated in reconceptualizing diversity's relationship to equal opportunity ( What Diversity Contributes , 2016). Rich's accolades include: William A Rutter Distinguished Teaching Award (first junior faculty recipient at USC Gould) Fulbright Scholarship and Reginald Lewis Fellowship Yale prizes for senior essay and master's thesis Olin Fellowship at Yale Law School As Vice Dean, Rich shapes academic research initiatives while maintaining an active scholarship profile. His career trajectory—from Ninth Circuit clerkship to Cleary Gottlieb litigation practice before entering academia—infuses his work with practical legal insight. Though specific current grants aren't detailed, his Reginald Lewis Fellowship supported race and political equality research at Harvard Law School.