Filipa Calado
Assistant Professor
Biography
A self-taught programmer with a background in English Literature, Filipa Calado (she/her) uses digital tools to study language. She explores methods like text analysis and machine learning to think critically about the ways that technology transforms linguistic expressions of sex, gender, and sexuality into computable data. She enjoys writing about queer literature, reality TV, and the python programming language. Most recently, she trains Small Language Models (SLMs) to study popular discourses of gender in the US. Her coding projects and teaching materials are published on her github profile, under gofilipa. Her coding projects and teaching materials are published on her github profile, under gofilipa. See her personal website for more information about her teaching and research.
Education
PhD English Literature, with Certificate in Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, CUNY Graduate Center
MA English, University of Maryland
BA English, Catholic University of America