Julia Mendelsohn
@jmendelsohn2.bsky.social
Incoming Asst Prof @UMD Info College, currently postdoc @UChicago. NLP, computational social science, political communication, linguistics. Past: Info PhD @UMich, CS + Lx @Stanford. Interests: cats, Yiddish, talking to my cats in Yiddish.
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Metaphors shape how people understand politics, but measuring them (& their real-world effects) is hard.
We develop a new method to measure metaphor & use it to study dehumanizing metaphor in 400K immigration tweets Link: bit.ly/4i3PGm3
#NLP #NLProc #polisky #polcom #compsocialsci
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Metaphors shape how people understand politics, but measuring them (& their real-world effects) is hard.
We develop a new method to measure metaphor & use it to study dehumanizing metaphor in 400K immigration tweets Link: bit.ly/4i3PGm3
#NLP #NLProc #polisky #polcom #compsocialsci
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🚨 Call for Papers!
The Polcomm Section invites submissions for #APSA2026, taking place September 3–6.
Next year’s theme is “Democracy Under Threat: How to Understand, Protect & Rebuild.”
👉 Submit now: buff.ly/PRvg2Wq
The Polcomm Section invites submissions for #APSA2026, taking place September 3–6.
Next year’s theme is “Democracy Under Threat: How to Understand, Protect & Rebuild.”
👉 Submit now: buff.ly/PRvg2Wq
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🚨 Call for Papers!
The Polcomm Section invites submissions for #APSA2026, taking place September 3–6.
Next year’s theme is “Democracy Under Threat: How to Understand, Protect & Rebuild.”
👉 Submit now: buff.ly/PRvg2Wq
The Polcomm Section invites submissions for #APSA2026, taking place September 3–6.
Next year’s theme is “Democracy Under Threat: How to Understand, Protect & Rebuild.”
👉 Submit now: buff.ly/PRvg2Wq
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SAVE THE DATE! We are pleased to announce that the 8th COMPTEXT Conference will take place at the Institute of Data and AI (lnkd.in/ebN7za_Q) of the University of Birmingham, 23-25 April 2026, with @chrisguarnold.bsky.social serving as the lead local organiser. Call for Papers coming soon!
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
SAVE THE DATE! We are pleased to announce that the 8th COMPTEXT Conference will take place at the Institute of Data and AI (lnkd.in/ebN7za_Q) of the University of Birmingham, 23-25 April 2026, with @chrisguarnold.bsky.social serving as the lead local organiser. Call for Papers coming soon!
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𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨!
KSoC: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... (AI broadly)
Education + AI:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189...
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190...
Computer Vision:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/183...
KSoC: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... (AI broadly)
Education + AI:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189...
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190...
Computer Vision:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/183...
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨!
KSoC: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... (AI broadly)
Education + AI:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189...
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190...
Computer Vision:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/183...
KSoC: utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190... (AI broadly)
Education + AI:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/189...
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/190...
Computer Vision:
- utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/183...
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Heading to #EMNLP2025? Interested in automatic summarization? Then come to our poster for "Unstructured Evidence Attribution for Long Context Query Focused Summarization" !
⏰ When: Fri. Nov 7 14:00-15:30
🗺️ Where: Hall C
I'm unable to attend but @iaugenstein.bsky.social will present our work!
⏰ When: Fri. Nov 7 14:00-15:30
🗺️ Where: Hall C
I'm unable to attend but @iaugenstein.bsky.social will present our work!
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Heading to #EMNLP2025? Interested in automatic summarization? Then come to our poster for "Unstructured Evidence Attribution for Long Context Query Focused Summarization" !
⏰ When: Fri. Nov 7 14:00-15:30
🗺️ Where: Hall C
I'm unable to attend but @iaugenstein.bsky.social will present our work!
⏰ When: Fri. Nov 7 14:00-15:30
🗺️ Where: Hall C
I'm unable to attend but @iaugenstein.bsky.social will present our work!
Reposted by Julia Mendelsohn
Work with us at UVA School of Data Science!
@uvadatascience.bsky.social will continue to hire multiple faculty members across many areas of data science! Let me know if you're curious about our school. :)
datascience.virginia.edu/pages/join-o...
@uvadatascience.bsky.social will continue to hire multiple faculty members across many areas of data science! Let me know if you're curious about our school. :)
datascience.virginia.edu/pages/join-o...
Join Our Team — School of Data Science
We are hiring faculty and staff to build a forward-thinking community with a diversity of perspectives, backgrounds, and ideas centered around data science.
datascience.virginia.edu
October 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Work with us at UVA School of Data Science!
@uvadatascience.bsky.social will continue to hire multiple faculty members across many areas of data science! Let me know if you're curious about our school. :)
datascience.virginia.edu/pages/join-o...
@uvadatascience.bsky.social will continue to hire multiple faculty members across many areas of data science! Let me know if you're curious about our school. :)
datascience.virginia.edu/pages/join-o...
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When you read a poem, do you wonder how the poet structures it through whitespace between/before words and lines?
We did! Our findings on whitespace - how to measure/preserve it, how usage varies across form/time, how it affects LLMs - now in an #EMNLP2025 (main) paper: arxiv.org/abs/2510.16713
🧵👇
We did! Our findings on whitespace - how to measure/preserve it, how usage varies across form/time, how it affects LLMs - now in an #EMNLP2025 (main) paper: arxiv.org/abs/2510.16713
🧵👇
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
When you read a poem, do you wonder how the poet structures it through whitespace between/before words and lines?
We did! Our findings on whitespace - how to measure/preserve it, how usage varies across form/time, how it affects LLMs - now in an #EMNLP2025 (main) paper: arxiv.org/abs/2510.16713
🧵👇
We did! Our findings on whitespace - how to measure/preserve it, how usage varies across form/time, how it affects LLMs - now in an #EMNLP2025 (main) paper: arxiv.org/abs/2510.16713
🧵👇
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Cornell (NYC and Ithaca) is recruiting AI postdocs, apply by Nov 20, 2025! If you're interested in working with me on technical approaches to responsible AI (e.g., personalization, fairness), please email me.
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30971
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30971
Cornell University, Empire AI Fellows Program
Job #AJO30971, Postdoctoral Fellow, Empire AI Fellows Program, Cornell University, New York, New York, US
academicjobsonline.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Cornell (NYC and Ithaca) is recruiting AI postdocs, apply by Nov 20, 2025! If you're interested in working with me on technical approaches to responsible AI (e.g., personalization, fairness), please email me.
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30971
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30971
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LLMs are often used for text annotation, especially in social science. In some cases, this involves placing text items on a scale: eg, 1 for liberal and 9 for conservative
There are a few ways to accomplish this task. Which work best? Our new EMNLP paper has some answers🧵
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.00828
There are a few ways to accomplish this task. Which work best? Our new EMNLP paper has some answers🧵
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.00828
October 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
LLMs are often used for text annotation, especially in social science. In some cases, this involves placing text items on a scale: eg, 1 for liberal and 9 for conservative
There are a few ways to accomplish this task. Which work best? Our new EMNLP paper has some answers🧵
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.00828
There are a few ways to accomplish this task. Which work best? Our new EMNLP paper has some answers🧵
arxiv.org/pdf/2507.00828
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I will be recruiting PhD students via Georgetown Linguistics this application cycle! Come join us in the PICoL (pronounced “pickle”) lab. We focus on psycholinguistics and cognitive modeling using LLMs. See the linked flyer for more details: bit.ly/3L3vcyA
October 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I will be recruiting PhD students via Georgetown Linguistics this application cycle! Come join us in the PICoL (pronounced “pickle”) lab. We focus on psycholinguistics and cognitive modeling using LLMs. See the linked flyer for more details: bit.ly/3L3vcyA
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As of June 2025, 66% of Americans have never used ChatGPT.
Our new position paper, Attention to Non-Adopters, explores why this matters: AI research is being shaped around adopters—leaving non-adopters’ needs, and key LLM research opportunities, behind.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.15951
Our new position paper, Attention to Non-Adopters, explores why this matters: AI research is being shaped around adopters—leaving non-adopters’ needs, and key LLM research opportunities, behind.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.15951
October 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
As of June 2025, 66% of Americans have never used ChatGPT.
Our new position paper, Attention to Non-Adopters, explores why this matters: AI research is being shaped around adopters—leaving non-adopters’ needs, and key LLM research opportunities, behind.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.15951
Our new position paper, Attention to Non-Adopters, explores why this matters: AI research is being shaped around adopters—leaving non-adopters’ needs, and key LLM research opportunities, behind.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.15951
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New paper + interactive dashboard on the 2024 election information ecosystem.
Building on discourse networks work with @hanshanley.bsky.social @luceriluc.bsky.social @emilioferrara.bsky.social—this lets us visualize the online landscape as a unified system, rather than isolating each platform.
Building on discourse networks work with @hanshanley.bsky.social @luceriluc.bsky.social @emilioferrara.bsky.social—this lets us visualize the online landscape as a unified system, rather than isolating each platform.
October 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
New paper + interactive dashboard on the 2024 election information ecosystem.
Building on discourse networks work with @hanshanley.bsky.social @luceriluc.bsky.social @emilioferrara.bsky.social—this lets us visualize the online landscape as a unified system, rather than isolating each platform.
Building on discourse networks work with @hanshanley.bsky.social @luceriluc.bsky.social @emilioferrara.bsky.social—this lets us visualize the online landscape as a unified system, rather than isolating each platform.
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🇫🇷 We are hiring 🇫🇷
Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Computational Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social @ipparis.bsky.social
Details here (please RT)
www.shorturl.at/E57le
Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Computational Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social @ipparis.bsky.social
Details here (please RT)
www.shorturl.at/E57le
October 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🇫🇷 We are hiring 🇫🇷
Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Computational Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social @ipparis.bsky.social
Details here (please RT)
www.shorturl.at/E57le
Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Computational Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social @ipparis.bsky.social
Details here (please RT)
www.shorturl.at/E57le
Warm greeting from the DC metro upon my return from running the NLP4Democracy workshop. 🤢
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Warm greeting from the DC metro upon my return from running the NLP4Democracy workshop. 🤢
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The amazing @jmendelsohn2.bsky.social kicking off the NLP4Democracy workshop!
October 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The amazing @jmendelsohn2.bsky.social kicking off the NLP4Democracy workshop!
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There is one week left to apply to join us at Rutgers! We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Sociology as part of a cluster of new hires in data science and AI.
Applications are due next Wednesday, 10/15.
Applications are due next Wednesday, 10/15.
Assistant Professor in Computational Sociology
The Department of Sociology at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, seeks applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level specializing in Computational Sociology. The search i...
jobs.rutgers.edu
October 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
There is one week left to apply to join us at Rutgers! We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Sociology as part of a cluster of new hires in data science and AI.
Applications are due next Wednesday, 10/15.
Applications are due next Wednesday, 10/15.
I will be at #COLM2025 this week, and would love to connect with folks interested in applications (and critiques) of language modeling in social science research!
And join us for the NLP4Democracy workshop on Friday!
sites.google.com/andrew.cmu.e...
#NLP #NLProc #LLM #ComputationalSocialScience
And join us for the NLP4Democracy workshop on Friday!
sites.google.com/andrew.cmu.e...
#NLP #NLProc #LLM #ComputationalSocialScience
NLP 4 Democracy - COLM 2025
sites.google.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I will be at #COLM2025 this week, and would love to connect with folks interested in applications (and critiques) of language modeling in social science research!
And join us for the NLP4Democracy workshop on Friday!
sites.google.com/andrew.cmu.e...
#NLP #NLProc #LLM #ComputationalSocialScience
And join us for the NLP4Democracy workshop on Friday!
sites.google.com/andrew.cmu.e...
#NLP #NLProc #LLM #ComputationalSocialScience
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How does online communication adapt to organizational context?
In a new pre-print with @cerenbudak.bsky.social and @lajello.bsky.social, we study US labor unions’ Facebook use of discourse frames around wins and losses in representation elections. 🧵
📖 arxiv.org/abs/2510.01757
In a new pre-print with @cerenbudak.bsky.social and @lajello.bsky.social, we study US labor unions’ Facebook use of discourse frames around wins and losses in representation elections. 🧵
📖 arxiv.org/abs/2510.01757
October 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
How does online communication adapt to organizational context?
In a new pre-print with @cerenbudak.bsky.social and @lajello.bsky.social, we study US labor unions’ Facebook use of discourse frames around wins and losses in representation elections. 🧵
📖 arxiv.org/abs/2510.01757
In a new pre-print with @cerenbudak.bsky.social and @lajello.bsky.social, we study US labor unions’ Facebook use of discourse frames around wins and losses in representation elections. 🧵
📖 arxiv.org/abs/2510.01757
Reposted by Julia Mendelsohn
AI always calling your ideas “fantastic” can feel inauthentic, but what are sycophancy’s deeper harms? We find that in the common use case of seeking AI advice on interpersonal situations—specifically conflicts—sycophancy makes people feel more right & less willing to apologize.
October 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
AI always calling your ideas “fantastic” can feel inauthentic, but what are sycophancy’s deeper harms? We find that in the common use case of seeking AI advice on interpersonal situations—specifically conflicts—sycophancy makes people feel more right & less willing to apologize.
Reposted by Julia Mendelsohn
The UC Berkeley School of Information is hiring an assistant professor in the broad field of Information--including areas of info seeking/retrieval, digital humanities, cultural analytics, info viz, & philosophy of information (among others). Deadline Nov 1! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05014
Assistant Professor - Information - School of Information
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The UC Berkeley School of Information is hiring an assistant professor in the broad field of Information--including areas of info seeking/retrieval, digital humanities, cultural analytics, info viz, & philosophy of information (among others). Deadline Nov 1! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05014
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Very excited that my paper with @katakeith.bsky.social is now out in @polanalysis.bsky.social. We investigate whether LLMs actually follow the instructions/definitions provided in codebooks, propose some diagnostics, and release a new evaluation dataset.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Codebook LLMs: Evaluating LLMs as Measurement Tools for Political Science Concepts | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core
Codebook LLMs: Evaluating LLMs as Measurement Tools for Political Science Concepts
www.cambridge.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Very excited that my paper with @katakeith.bsky.social is now out in @polanalysis.bsky.social. We investigate whether LLMs actually follow the instructions/definitions provided in codebooks, propose some diagnostics, and release a new evaluation dataset.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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::slowly stands while clapping::
September 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Pls help spread the word: We are hiring! 🌲☕✨
@ischool.uw.edu is recruiting two tenure-track assistant profs in AI. Areas include human-AI collaboration, AI & society, comp social science, NLP, and AI applications.
Apply by Nov 15, 2025: apply.interfolio.com/171020
Happy to answer questions!
@ischool.uw.edu is recruiting two tenure-track assistant profs in AI. Areas include human-AI collaboration, AI & society, comp social science, NLP, and AI applications.
Apply by Nov 15, 2025: apply.interfolio.com/171020
Happy to answer questions!
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September 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Pls help spread the word: We are hiring! 🌲☕✨
@ischool.uw.edu is recruiting two tenure-track assistant profs in AI. Areas include human-AI collaboration, AI & society, comp social science, NLP, and AI applications.
Apply by Nov 15, 2025: apply.interfolio.com/171020
Happy to answer questions!
@ischool.uw.edu is recruiting two tenure-track assistant profs in AI. Areas include human-AI collaboration, AI & society, comp social science, NLP, and AI applications.
Apply by Nov 15, 2025: apply.interfolio.com/171020
Happy to answer questions!
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found some books at my parents’ house
August 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
found some books at my parents’ house
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🎉 Our work on attribution in summarization is now accepted to #EMNLP2025 main! 🎉
"Unstructured Evidence Attribution for Long Context Query Focused Summarization"
w/ @zainmujahid.me , Lu Wang, @iaugenstein.bsky.social , and @davidjurgens.bsky.social
"Unstructured Evidence Attribution for Long Context Query Focused Summarization"
w/ @zainmujahid.me , Lu Wang, @iaugenstein.bsky.social , and @davidjurgens.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🎉 Our work on attribution in summarization is now accepted to #EMNLP2025 main! 🎉
"Unstructured Evidence Attribution for Long Context Query Focused Summarization"
w/ @zainmujahid.me , Lu Wang, @iaugenstein.bsky.social , and @davidjurgens.bsky.social
"Unstructured Evidence Attribution for Long Context Query Focused Summarization"
w/ @zainmujahid.me , Lu Wang, @iaugenstein.bsky.social , and @davidjurgens.bsky.social