Jana M. Perkins

As a computational social scientist, I leverage computational research methods to deliver evidence-based insights on socially important trends and issues. Much of the time, I work on unstructured problems that lack a clear definition or straightforward solution.

Selected Awards and Distinctions (Total awarded to-date: over $140,000 USD) 

• Phi Kappa Phi, UIUC, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (Top 10 percent of graduate students)
• Career Exploration Fellowship, UIUC, 2023
• Lucile Huntington Wilkinson Memorial Scholarship, UIUC, 2021 and 2022
• Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), 2020–Present
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, SSHRC, 2019

Dunham-Hickman, M.* and Perkins, J. M.* (Under contract). Deep literacy, digital time. Routledge. bit.ly/dl-r 

Fang, A.* and Perkins, J. M.* (2024). Large language models (LLMs): Risks and policy implications. MIT Science Policy Review, 5, 134–45. doi.org/10.38105/spr.3qrco9kp8x

* Equal contribution.