Mary Ton

Mary Ton serves as an Assistant Professor and Digital Humanities Librarian at the University Library of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she bridges computational methods with humanities scholarship through innovative library-based research.

Her research centers on Digital Humanities with specialized expertise in Topic Modeling, Authorship Attribution, and Media Archaeology, particularly applied to Victorian Periodicals and Magic Lantern shows. She develops computational frameworks to analyze historical media and texts, revealing cultural patterns in 19th-century visual and print artifacts through interdisciplinary methodologies.

Ton's publication record demonstrates consistent application of machine learning to humanities datasets, with a clear trajectory toward demystifying historical authorship and reconstructing media histories through topic modeling. Her work exemplifies cross-disciplinary synthesis between computer science, literary studies, and historical media analysis.

She has received significant recognition for her scholarly contributions:

• LJ Movers & Shakers - Educator (2025)

No information regarding graduate student advising or external research grants was documented in the available sources, though her collaborative publications indicate active interdisciplinary engagement.