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Lillian-Yvonne Bertram is an Associate Professor of English and Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Maryland. Their work bridges computational poetry, AI ethics, and critical race/gender studies. They hold a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship and the 2020 Anna Rabinowitz interdisciplinary prize. Recent publications include *Negative Money* (2023) and the AI-collaborative chapbook *A Black Story May Contain Sensitive Content* (2023).
Research focuses on intersections of technology, marginalized identities, and literary innovation. Their award-winning *Travesty Generator* (2020) explores algorithmic creativity and racial representation, while current projects address financial systems through poetic frameworks. Advises graduate writers in the MFA program and leads creative initiatives at UMD’s English department.
Awards include recognition for interdisciplinary work blending poetry with digital media. Active in public humanities through workshops combining code, art, and social justice. Ongoing collaborations with AI tools challenge conventional authorship paradigms while centering Black queer perspectives.
