User:Grammarnerd

I like Brussels sprouts. Do you?

About

Hi. I'm Moira, a Ph.D. student in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I study the language used in online communities, particularly the way that newcomers talk.

Interests

Academic stuff:

• Social psychology, especially applied to online communities
• Computer-mediated communication
• Machine learning / language analysis

Other interests:

• Vegetarian cooking
• Lindy Hop and Balboa
• Singer-songwriters with mad guitar/piano skills and non-blathery lyrics