Kate Elkins
@katelelkins.bsky.social
AI Ethics & Emotion Expert | NIST AI Safety Institute PI | Prof @KenyonCollege | Author of 'The Shapes of Stories' | AI/ML Research on human behavior & ethics | Meta AI Research Community Lead
Honored to be selected as one of 23 worldwide teams working at the intersection of AI and humanities. Our project tackles the urgent problem of cultural archives that lack resources to preserve materials before they crumble. If we're successful, digitized archives can also help build better AI!
JUST ANNOUNCED: Schmidt Sciences has awarded $11M to 23 teams globally for our Humanities and AI Virtual Institute (HAVI).
These projects bring AI to history, archaeology, literature, and film, unlocking new understandings of human culture.
Learn more: buff.ly/tvTUYwY
These projects bring AI to history, archaeology, literature, and film, unlocking new understandings of human culture.
Learn more: buff.ly/tvTUYwY
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Honored to be selected as one of 23 worldwide teams working at the intersection of AI and humanities. Our project tackles the urgent problem of cultural archives that lack resources to preserve materials before they crumble. If we're successful, digitized archives can also help build better AI!
There are many valid critiques of AI. Good news is that there's a silver lining for accelerating research. If you're curious, I would love to see you a week from Wednesday, Oct 10, for a live Q and A. I'll be joined by Leo Impett!
Virtual Event: Discoveries Across Disciplines - Event | OpenAI Forum
About the Talk:Join leaders from OpenAI for Science and researchers from across academia for an accessible, interdisciplinary look at how AI is reshaping and speeding up modern research. In late Octob...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
There are many valid critiques of AI. Good news is that there's a silver lining for accelerating research. If you're curious, I would love to see you a week from Wednesday, Oct 10, for a live Q and A. I'll be joined by Leo Impett!
Happy to be a part of this special issue revisiting form edited by Tess McNulty and Laura Chapot.
tldr: there are insights from modeling emotional arcs that remain under-theorized in the field. Here I map out the implications for how to rethink close reading and narrative.
tldr: there are insights from modeling emotional arcs that remain under-theorized in the field. Here I map out the implications for how to rethink close reading and narrative.
👾 "Beyond Plot: How Sentiment Analysis Reshapes Our Understanding of Narrative Structure" by Katherine Elkins (@katelelkins.bsky.social)
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Beyond Plot: How Sentiment Analysis Reshapes Our Understanding of Narrative Structure | Published in Journal of Cultural Analytics
By Katherine Elkins. Sentiment analysis for literary studies asks us to reconsider not just how we analyze individual texts, but how we conceptualize the very nature of narrative itself.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Happy to be a part of this special issue revisiting form edited by Tess McNulty and Laura Chapot.
tldr: there are insights from modeling emotional arcs that remain under-theorized in the field. Here I map out the implications for how to rethink close reading and narrative.
tldr: there are insights from modeling emotional arcs that remain under-theorized in the field. Here I map out the implications for how to rethink close reading and narrative.
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Absolutely fantastic panel on “Rereading Generative AI” at #MLA2025. One of the best conversations I’ve heard about AI, copyright, language, & the future of the humanities and university.
Highly recommend you check out all their essays in this PMLA special issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Highly recommend you check out all their essays in this PMLA special issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
PMLA: Volume 139 - Issue 3 | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - PMLA - Volume 139 - Issue 3
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January 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Absolutely fantastic panel on “Rereading Generative AI” at #MLA2025. One of the best conversations I’ve heard about AI, copyright, language, & the future of the humanities and university.
Highly recommend you check out all their essays in this PMLA special issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Highly recommend you check out all their essays in this PMLA special issue: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...