Presented "Measuring the Stories in Contemporary Songs" @ CHR 2025 in Luxembourg with Sabrina Baur + David Bamman
Hello! I'm Mackenzie.
(she/her)
I'm a Masters student in Information Management and Systems @ UC Berkeley.
At Berkeley, I've been working at Bancroft Library and have been researching in the field of cultural analytics, advised by David Bamman. Data science is my expertise, and my research has typically fallen among topics related to computational social science, digital scholarship, and digital humanities.Currently, I'm on course staff for Natural Language Processing! (I was also on staff for this course last spring.) In Fall 2025, I was a TA for Data 102.
A selection of things
Started my Masters @ School of Information, UC Berkeley (double bear status achieved!) Became head TA for Data 102
"Multimodal Conversation" was published
Became reader for Info 159/259 (NLP)
Graduated with 2 Bachelors: Data Science, Cognitive Science
Panel member for SMASH Academy event
Studied abroad @ Yonsei University
First paper ("Speak, Memory") was published!
Began annotating and working as Undergraduate Research Assistant
Began working @ Bancroft Library
Started my undergrad @ UC Berkeley
Got awarded the Redwood Empire Chinese Association scholarship
More about me
I'm a NorCal native.
I love dogs, chickens, and most other animals.
I play(ed) piano and bass clarinet, but I'm very rusty so expectations should remain low.