Lucy Li
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Washington
lucy3li@cs.washington.edu
About Me
I am a postdoc at the University of Washington, working with Yulia Tsvetkov and Noah Smith.
My research is on natural language processing (NLP), computational social science + humanities (e.g. cultural analytics), and human-centered AI development.
Starting Fall 2026, I'll be an assistant prof at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Computer Sciences department. I previously attended Berkeley for my PhD and Stanford for my BS and MS.
I am recruiting PhD students!!!!! Include my name in your statement of purpose (since I'm new, I'm not yet listed in the drop-down list of advisor names). Please apply to work with me if you're interested in:
- Societal impact and safety of language models (LMs) and generated content
- Computational sociolinguistics
- Evaluation, analysis, and improvement of human-AI interactions
- Culturally competent and inclusive NLP
- LMs as content analysis tools, especially for media studies, literature, and education researchers
My CV.
Katie Keith, Naitian Zhou, and I have a podcast, Diaries of Social Data Research, where we chat with researchers on the process behind interdisciplinary papers.
Miscellaneous
I like bagels (cream cheese on the side), ice cream, and pizza.
My first-ever research experience involved putting dirt into jars at the University of Minnesota.
Thanks Martin Saveski for this website template.