Jenna Russell
PhD Student at UMD ~ jennarus@umd.edu
Welcome! I’m Jenna, a third-year Computer Science PhD student at the University of Maryland, College Park, where I am advised by Mohit Iyyer. Prior to UMD, I spent a semester as a PhD student at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
My research examines AI’s growing influence on human writing and ideas. I study how AI usage can be detected and characterized, and what signals of human judgment and originality persist as AI-generated text becomes harder to distinguish from human text. This work informs broader questions of provenance, transparency, and creative ownership.
Prior to joining UMass, I was a data scientist for Bank of America, doing applied research for Erica Conversational AI. I completed my B.S. at Cornell University, majoring in Statistics and Information Science, and grew up in nearby Rochester, New York.
Outside of my PhD, I spend my time lifting, running, and reading. Check out my Goodreads! I also have a cat named Boo.
news
| Sep 26, 2026 | I’ll be in the Bay Area October 4–7 for TADA 2026 and COLM 2026. Come say hi if you’re there. |
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| Sep 07, 2026 | StoryScope will also be presented at TADA 2026, where it was selected for an oral presentation. |
| Jul 08, 2026 | StoryScope has been accepted to COLM 2026. |
| Jun 29, 2026 | I’ll be at ACL 2026 in San Diego July 4-8. Come say hi if you’re there. |
| May 18, 2026 | Started my summer internship at Pangram in NYC. |
| May 17, 2026 | Our AI News paper was selected for an oral presentation at ACL 2026. |
| Apr 06, 2026 | Both Frankentext and AI News were accepted to the ACL Main Conference 2026. |
| Jul 27, 2025 | I will be attending ACL in Vienna 07/27 - 08/01 |
| Jul 08, 2025 | One Ruler has been accepted to COLM 2025. |
| May 15, 2025 | Human Detectors has been accepted to ACL Main 2025. |
| Jan 26, 2025 | I’ve published my first paper, People who frequently use ChatGPT for writing tasks are accurate and robust detectors of AI-generated text. |
| Jan 11, 2025 | We’ve moved to the CLIP Lab at UMD College Park. |
| Oct 06, 2024 | I’m attending COLM this week. |
| Sep 02, 2024 | I started my PhD at UMass Amherst. |
selected publications
- ACL
2026Selected for oral presentation