Clara Belitz

Personal website for Clara Belitz, PhD student in Information Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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About Me

I have a PhD in Information Sciences from the iSchool at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In Fall 2026, I will be starting as the Barrett Assistant Professor of Computer Science at College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

My research focuses on algorithmic justice, integrating social and technical approaches to issues of equity in computing, with a particular focus on educational technlogies. I am broadly interested in AI ethics, how we incorporate social identity into predictive systems, and the epistemological assumptions of computing. PDFs of my work can be found on my Research page. My CV can be seen here.

During my PhD, I was primarily advised by Dr. Nigel Bosch and was a member of his Human + Machine Learning Lab. I was also affiliated with Dr. Jana Diesner’s Social Computing Lab and Dr. Anita Chan’s Community Data Clinic.

I received my undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Bowdoin College in 2017. Before starting my PhD, I worked at a startup in Boston for 3 years, first as a technical writer and then as a DevOps Engineer.

In my free time, I enjoy playing sports, reading speculative fiction, baking, community organizing, and spending time outside.

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