Libby Hemphill

Libby Hemphill is an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan's School of Information, with additional roles as Research Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Research and faculty appointments in the Digital Studies Institute. She directs the Resource Center for Minority Data and the Social Media Archive at ICPSR.

• Primary Affiliation: School of Information, University of Michigan
• Additional Roles: Research Associate Professor (Institute for Social Research), Director of Resource Center for Minority Data and Social Media Archive (ICPSR)

Research Focus: Hemphill investigates human-AI collaboration in content moderation, data curation practices, and generative AI applications in social science. Her work addresses systemic challenges in social media toxicity, ethical data reuse, and AI governance.

Publication Trends: Recent research spans AI-driven toxicity detection (2024-2025), data curation ethics (2022), and generative AI's societal impacts (2024). She employs computational methods for large-scale experiments and develops frameworks for responsible AI deployment.

Labs & Initiatives: Leads the Social Media Archive, a critical resource for social media research, and directs the Resource Center for Minority Data at ICPSR, advancing equitable data practices.