Emily M. Bender — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington, where she also directs the Computational Linguistics Laboratory.
Specializes in computational linguistics and natural language processing, with research focusing on the risks and ethics of large language models.
Co-authored "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want" (2025).
Authored "Linguistic Fundamentals for Natural Language Processing" (2013) and co-authored "Linguistic Fundamentals for Natural Language Processing II" (2019).
Elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2022.
Earned her PhD in Linguistics from Stanford University in 2000.

Biography

Emily M. Bender, born in 1973, is an American linguist and professor at the University of Washington. She directs the Computational Linguistics Laboratory and holds positions as a professor in the Department of Linguistics and an adjunct professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Her expertise lies in computational linguistics and natural language processing.