Dr. Dora Demszky

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Dora Demszky is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. Her research focuses on developing natural language processing methods to support equitable, student-centered instruction. She has worked on creating tools that provide feedback to teachers on dialogic instructional practices, examine representation in textbooks, and measure the presence of dialect features in text. Demszky received her PhD in Linguistics from Stanford University, under the supervision of Dr. Dan Jurafsky. Prior to her PhD, she earned a BA summa cum laude in Linguistics with a minor in Computer Science from Princeton University.

Research Interests

Curriculum Instruction Data Science Social Emotional Learning Teaching Technology

Awards

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Rising Star in AI for Social Good

Courses

CS 293 EDUC 473 CS 220 EDUC 481 CS 390A EDUC 480 EDUC 180 EDUC 490 EDUC 190 ENVRES 399 CS 399 CS 199 CS 191 CS 195 CS 191W EDUC 259D EDUC 259E EDUC 259F EDUC 259C

Requirements for Stanford University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:100
GRE General
Verbal
Required:160
Quantitative
Required:165
Analytical Writing
Required:4.5
Overall
Required:4.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree from an accredited institution Strong background in mathematics and programming
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Official transcripts
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

The Computer Science department emphasizes research potential. GRE General is currently optional but recommended for some tracks.