About

I’m currently a fifth year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I am interested in research in the area of Human-Computer Interaction, specifically Social Computing.

Education

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL. Expected 2026.
  Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science.
• Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. May 2020.
  Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science. Minors in Mathematics and Italian.
  Graduated with general and departmental honors.

Research

• "Positive reinforcement helps breed positive behavior": Moderator Perspectives on Encouraging Desirable Behavior.
  Charlotte Lambert, Frederick Choi, Eshwar Chandrasekharan
  Paper in the 27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2024)
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• Investigating How Gilds Were Employed On Reddit
  Charlotte Lambert, Yoshee Jain, Koustuv Saha, Eshwar Chandrasekharan
  Poster in the 27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2024)
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• Proactively Supporting Online Community Health Through Mechanisms of Positive Reinforcement
  Charlotte Lambert
  Extended abstract in the 27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2024)
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• Understanding Community Resilience: Quantifying the Effects of Sudden Popularity via Algorithmic Curation
  Jackie Chan, Charlotte Lambert, Frederick Choi, Stevie Chancellor, Eshwar Chandrasekharan
  Paper in the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2024)
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• Creator Hearts: Investigating the Impact Positive Signals from YouTube Creators in Shaping Comment Section Behavior
  Frederick Choi, Charlotte Lambert, Vinay Koshy, Sowmya Pratipati, Tue Do, Eshwar Chandrasekharan
  arXiv (2024)
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• Conversational Resilience: Quantifying and Predicting Conversational Outcomes Following Adverse Events Charlotte Lambert, Ananya Rajagopal, and Eshwar Chandrasekharan
  Paper in the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2022)
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• Inter-Sense: An Investigation of Sensory Blending in Fiction
  Corina R. Girju and Charlotte Lambert
  Paper in the First International Workshop on Multisensory Data & Knowledge (2021)
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• Conversation-Level Resilience to Bad Actors in Reddit Communities
  Charlotte Lambert and Eshwar Chandrasekharan
  Poster in the First Workshop on NLP for Positive Impact at ACL (2021)
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• Story Immersion: Toward Fiction Synesthesia for Enhanced Reader Empathy,
  Corina R. Girju and Charlotte Lambert
  Presentation in Uncommon Senses Conference, 2021.
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• Temporal Exploration of the Proceedings of Old Bailey
  Charlotte Lambert
  Vassar College Senior Thesis, May 2020.
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• Virtual World Context Encoding for Grounded Dialogue in Minecraft
  Charlotte Lambert, Ariel Cordes, Elli Kaplan, Prashant Jayannavar, and Julia Hockenmaier
  DREU Project, Summer 2019.
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Professional Experience

• Graduate Research Intern, Twitch, Summer 2022.
  Conducted social-computing-related research with the Community Health team at Twitch.

Teaching

• Intro Computing: Non-Tech, Co-Instructor in Fall 2024.
  Professor Max Fowler and Instructor Charlotte Lambert
• Intro Computing: Non-Tech, TA in Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024.
  Professor Colleen Lewis; Professor Craig Zilles; Professor Katie Cunningham
• Discrete Structures, TA in Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2022, Summer 2024.
  Professor Margaret Fleck; Professor Carl Evans; Professor Ben Cosman; Naina Balepur
• Introduction to Computer Science, TA in Fall 2020.
  Professor Geoffery Challen

Fellowships & Awards

• Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Lifetime Award, 2024.
  Lifetime achievement award given to one outstanding teaching assistant per year based on rankings by students and faculty nomination.
• Graduate Teaching Certificate, Spring 2024.
• Ranked as Excellent by Students, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024.
• C.W. Gear Outstanding Graduate Student Award, 2023.
• ICWSM 2022 Virtual Scholarship
  Scholarship awarded to virtual conference participants from underrepresented groups.
• Saburo Muroga Endowed Fellowship, 2020-2021.

Volunteer Experience

• Girls Build! Day Volunteer, March 2023, August 2024.
  Collaborated with other Computer Science PhD students to engage with students aged 11-17 in engineering-related projects.
• Grad Academy Small Group Co-Presenter, August 2024.
  Lead a presentation during a first-time TA training session.
• Girls Who Code Facilitator, 2021-2023.
  Help students grades 6 to 12 conceive of and carry out research projects.

Last updated on 8/28/2024.