Hello! I’m Rebecca Dorn (they/she), a fifth year PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of Southern California’s Information Science Institute. I'm co-advised by Professors Kristina Lerman and Fred Morstatter. My research investigates how language models make sense of dialects used by historically marginalized groups, particularly in subjective tasks like toxicity detection and content moderation. I love working on open-ended tasks with no one answer, and I believe the strongest work is produced in collaboration with non-CS departments, communities and organizations.

If any of this sounds interesting to you, let's connect! Feel free to take a look at my academic CV and reach out to me at rdorn[at]usc[dot]edu.