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Career

· Senior Research Scientist, Google DeepMind2024–
· Research Scientist, Google DeepMind2021–2024
· Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology2018–2021
· Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Psychology, Stanford University2013–2018
· PHD Student, Stanford University2013–2018
· Barista, Dolcezza Dupont2011–2012
· Researcher, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)2010–2010
· IRTA Post-baccalaureate Research Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)2010–2012
· Research Intern, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)2009–2009
· Traffic Systems Researcher, North Carolina State University, Department of Mathematics2008–2008

Publications (89)

Can language models learn from explanations in context?
Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing · 2022
361
cited
Fine-tuning language models to find agreement among humans with diverse preferences
Neural Information Processing Systems · 2022
291
cited
AI can help humans find common ground in democratic deliberation
Science · 2024
149
cited
Improving Coherence and Consistency in Neural Sequence Models with Dual-System, Neuro-Symbolic Reasoning
Neural Information Processing Systems · 2021
139
cited
Privileged Functional Connectivity between the Visual Word Form Area and the Language System
Journal of Neuroscience · 2017
113
cited
The Language of Generalization
Psychology Review · 2016
100
cited
Polite Speech Emerges From Competing Social Goals
Open Mind · 2018
74
cited
Functional connectivity constrains the category‐related organization of human ventral occipitotemporal cortex
Human Brain Mapping · 2015
71
cited
Wonky worlds: Listeners revise world knowledge when utterances are odd
Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society · 2015
48
cited
Communicating Natural Programs to Humans and Machines
Neural Information Processing Systems · 2021
47
cited
How young children integrate information sources to infer the meaning of words
Nature Human Behaviour · 2020
34
cited
A Mechanism-Based Approach to Mitigating Harms from Persuasive Generative AI
arXiv.org · 2024
33
cited
Talking with tact: Polite language as a balance between informativity and kindness
Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society · 2016
32
cited
The first crank of the cultural ratchet: Learning and transmitting concepts through language
Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society · 2019
24
cited
Predicting pragmatic cue integration in adults' and children's inferences about novel word meanings.
Journal of experimental psychology. General · 2019
20
cited
Language Agents as Digital Representatives in Collective Decision-Making
arXiv.org · 2025
19
cited
A practical introduction to the Rational Speech Act modeling framework
arXiv.org · 2021
18
cited
A pragmatic theory of generic language
arXiv.org · 2016
18
cited
Value Profiles for Encoding Human Variation
Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing · 2025
18
cited
Practical optimal experiment design with probabilistic programs
arXiv.org · 2016
15
cited
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