Select Invited Talks
2024
“The Micro, Meso, and Macro of Ethical AI.” Summit on Open Problems for AI, Boston, MA
“Language Modeling and the Future of Digital Humanities.” McGill University Department of English, Montreal QC
“On-Demand Intimacy: Human-AI Relationships and the Platform Economics of AI Companions.” Pomona College Department of Sociology, Virtual
“From Human-Centered to Social-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Assessing ChatGPT’s Impact through Disruptive Events.” Harvey Mudd College Department of Sociology, Virtual
“Roundtable Discussion with Justice Minister Arif Virani on Bill C-63, the Online Harms Act.” Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy and the Max Bell School of Public Policy, Montreal, QC
“Fundamental Challenges in AI.” Algorithmic Entrepreneurship Spring Summit, Mountain View, CA
2023
“From Human-Centered to Social-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Assessing ChatGPT’s Impact through Disruptive Events.” Pomona College Department of Sociology, Virtual
“The Multiple Dimensions of AI for Social Good.” UC Berkeley Data Science Society, Berkeley, CA
“Small Data Solutionism: The Case of Dating Spreadsheets.” University of Connecticut Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, Virtual
“From Human to Social-Centric Tech & AI: Interdisciplinarity in Massively Multilingual Machine Translation.” Data Science for Society Seminar Series, Virtual
“The Promises and Limits of Human-Centered Tech & AI.” CIFAR Boundaries, Membership & Belonging Meeting, Berkeley, CA
“Communication Across Communities in Machine Learning Research and Practice.” ACM Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT) Conference, Seoul, South Korea
“A Tale of Two Platforms: How Exchange and Design Shape Moral Relations.” Society and AI at Meta, Virtual
Interviews
“We All Just Want Somebody to Match Our Freak.” Elle, Jun 25, 2024.
“The Dating Brain in the Digital Age.” CNN (Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta), Nov 21, 2023.
“ChatGPT Is Cutting Non-English Languages Out of the AI Revolution.” WIRED, May 31, 2023.
“Will virtual dating outlast the pandemic?” Quartz, May 14, 2020.
“In Partisan 2019, Listing ‘Moderate’ Can Hurt You On Dating Apps.” HuffPost, Nov 8, 2019.
“Signaling Your Politics on Tinder Is a Messy Business.” GQ, Jun 24, 2019.
“The Affluent Homeless: A Sleeping Pod, A Hired Desk and A Handful Of Clothes.” National Public Radio (All Things Considered), Apr 23, 2019.
“What you need to know about online dating.” University of California Official FB Page, Feb 14, 2019.
“Love Data Week: Online dating expert talks data (and 5 tips for online dating).” UC Berkeley Library, Feb 12, 2019.
“The rise of the Tinder-themed wedding.” Mashable, Feb 10, 2019.
“’Dating Sunday’: The busiest day of the year for online dating is Jan. 6.” USA Today, Jan 5, 2019.
“Are Dating Apps Affecting Our Mental Health?” Wisconsin Public Radio, Nov 1, 2018.
“Millennials don’t want to own things. Startups are eager to help.” San Francisco Chronicle, Sep 10, 2018.
“Finding Love in a Hopeless Place.” New Hampshire Public Radio, Aug 17, 2018.
“Be My (Rural) Valentine: Finding Love Outside of Town.” Jefferson Public Radio, Feb 14, 2018.
“What Makes Us Click: How Online Dating Shapes Our Relationships.” National Public Radio (Morning Edition), Jan 2, 2018.
“The Unlit Flame: My Tinder Misadventures.” The Ubyssey, Feb 10, 2016.
Public Sociology & Op-Eds
“Covid-19 is adding an unexpected urgency to how we date.” Quartz. May 8, 2020.
“The Pink Dot Redrawn.” The Middle Ground. Jun 9, 2017.
“The Purpose of Studying Love Sociologically: A Pedagogical Experiment.” Queer Voices. Oct 27, 2016.
“The Missing Puzzle: Environmentalism in An Era of Identity Politics.” Climate Refuge. April 15, 2016.
“A Sea of Change: UBC as a Hotbed for Evolving Views on Homosexuality.” The Ubyssey. September 16, 2015.
