publications

Work in progress

  1. Algorithmic Voices in College Admissions? How Large Language Models Reshape Admission Chances across Socioeconomic Groups
    Jinsook Lee, Conrad Bochers, AJ Alvero, and 2 more authors
    Work in progress
  2. Dynamic Topic Segmentation in Tutoring Dialogues: Boundaries with Tutoring Move-aware Models
    Jinsook Lee, Kirk Vanacore, Zhuqian Zhou, and 2 more authors
    Work in progress

2026

  1. AI Annotation Orchestration: Evaluating LLM Verifiers to Improve the Quality of LLM Annotations in Learning Analytics
    Bakhtawar Ahtisham, Kirk Vanacore, Jinsook Lee, and 3 more authors
    In Proceedings of the Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference (LAK26), 2026
    arXiv

2025

  1. Poor Alignment and Steerability of Large Language Models: Evidence from College Admission Essays
    Jinsook Lee, AJ Alvero, Thorsten Joachims, and 1 more author
    In Conference on Language Modeling (COLM25) SoLAR Workshop / Social Sim Workshop, 2025
    arXiv
  2. Artificial Communication and Media Realism in College Admissions
    Sebastian Munoz-Najar Galvez, Jinsook Lee, AJ Alvero, and 3 more authors
    In The Digitized Campus: Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Higher Education, 2025

2024

  1. Ending Affirmative Action Harms Diversity Without Improving Academic Merit
    Jinsook Lee*, Emma Harvey*, Joyce Zhou, and 3 more authors
    In AAAI/ACM Conference on Equity and Access in Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Optimization (EAAMO’24), 2024
    Paper
  2. The Life Cycle of Large Language Models in Education: A Framework for Understanding Sources of Bias
    Jinsook Lee, Yann Hicke, Renzhe Yu, and 2 more authors
    British Journal of Educational Technology, 2024
    Paper
  3. Large Language Models, Social Demography, and Hegemony: Comparing Authorship in Human and Synthetic Text
    AJ Alvero, Jinsook Lee, Alejandra Regla-Vargas, and 3 more authors
    Journal of Big Data, 2024
    Paper
  4. When Bias Meets Personalization: Challenges and Perspectives in LLM-Based Educational Technology
    Jinsook Lee, Yann Hicke, Renzhe Yu, and 2 more authors
    In Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK24) Fostering Ethical and Equitable Learning Analytics Workshop, 2024
  5. Application Essays and Characters in Higher Education Admissions
    Jinsook Lee, AJ Alvero, Thorsten Joachims, and 1 more author
    In Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME24), 2024

2023

  1. Augmenting Holistic Review in University Admission using Natural Language Processing for Essays and Recommendation Letters
    Jinsook Lee, Bradon Thymes, Joyce Zhou, and 2 more authors
    In Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED23) EDI in EdTech R&D Workshop, 2023
    arXiv

2021

  1. Development and Application of an AI-Powered Adaptive Course Recommender System in Higher Education: An Example from K University
    Jinsook Lee, Kibum Moon, Soyeon Han, and 3 more authors
    Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
    Paper
  2. The Early Prediction Model of Student Performance Based on Deep Neural Network Using Massive LMS Log Data
    Kibum Moon, Jinwon Kim, and Jinsook Lee
    Journal of the Korea Contents Association, 2021
    Paper
  3. Exploring Korean Clothing Reverse Logistics System Using Natural Language Processing and Network Analysis
    Jinsook Lee and Yoon-Jung Lee
    In Nature Conferences, 2021

2019

  1. An Exploratory Study of the Korean Reverse Logistics System for Clothing
    Jinsook Lee and Yoon-Jung Lee
    Journal of Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles, 2019
    Paper