Publications

2026

1. CHI

   Identifying, Explaining, and Correcting Ableist Language with AI

   Kynnedy Simone Smith, L. Chilton, and D. Bragg

   In Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Apr 2026

   DOI Bib

   @inproceedings{smith2026ableistlanguage,
     title = {Identifying, Explaining, and Correcting Ableist Language with AI},
     author = {Smith, Kynnedy Simone and Chilton, Lydia B and Bragg, Danielle},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
     series = {CHI '26},
     publisher = {ACM},
     month = apr,
     year = {2026},
     pages = {1--17},
     doi = {10.1145/3772318.3790533},
     url = {https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3772318.3790533},
   }

2. COLM

   The Hidden Puppet Master: Predicting Human Belief Change in Manipulative LLM Dialogues

   J. Shen, A. Luvsanchultem, J. Kim, and 6 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 2026 Conference on Language Modeling, Oct 2026

   DOI Bib

   @inproceedings{shen2026hiddenpuppetmaster,
     title = {The Hidden Puppet Master: Predicting Human Belief Change in Manipulative LLM Dialogues},
     author = {Shen, Jocelyn and Luvsanchultem, Amina and Kim, Jessica and Smith, Kynnedy and Danry, Valdemar and Rogers, Kantwon and Park, Hae Won and Sap, Maarten and Breazeal, Cynthia},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 Conference on Language Modeling},
     series = {COLM '26},
     month = oct,
     year = {2026},
     publisher = {arXiv},
     doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2603.20907},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20907},
   }

2025

1. CHI

   Understanding the LLM-ification of CHI: Unpacking the Impact of LLMs at CHI through a Systematic Literature Review

   R. Pang, H. Schroeder, Kynnedy Simone Smith, and 4 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Apr 2025

   DOI Bib

   @inproceedings{pang2025llmification,
     title = {Understanding the LLM-ification of CHI: Unpacking the Impact of LLMs at CHI through a Systematic Literature Review},
     author = {Pang, Rock Yuren and Schroeder, Hope and Smith, Kynnedy Simone and Barocas, Solon and Xiao, Ziang and Tseng, Emily and Bragg, Danielle},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
     series = {CHI '25},
     publisher = {ACM},
     month = apr,
     year = {2025},
     pages = {1--20},
     doi = {10.1145/3706598.3713726},
     url = {https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3706598.3713726},
   }

2. arXiv

   Audience Impressions of Narrative Structures and Personal Language Style in Science Communication on Social Media

   G. Li, Y. Teng, J. Kawai-Yue, and 8 more authors

   Apr 2025

   Bib

   @misc{li2025audience,
     title = {Audience Impressions of Narrative Structures and Personal Language Style in Science Communication on Social Media},
     author = {Li, Grace and Teng, Yuanyang and Kawai-Yue, Juna and Ahmed, Unaisah and Tantiwongse, Anatta S and Y Liang, Jessica and Zhang, Dorothy and Smith, Kynnedy Simone and Long, Tao and Lee, Mina and Chilton, Lydia B},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {arXiv},
     url = {https://graceli458.github.io/assets/publications/tweetorial_writing/paper.pdf5},
   }

3. NIST

   MIT Lincoln Laboratory at TREC 2025 Retrieval-Augmented Generation Track

   D. Gwon, Kynnedy Smith, and N. Jedidi

   Apr 2025

   Bib

   @misc{gwon2025trec,
     title = {MIT Lincoln Laboratory at TREC 2025 Retrieval-Augmented
     Generation Track},
     author = {Gwon, Daniel and Smith, Kynnedy and Jedidi, Nour},
     year = {2025},
     publisher = {NIST},
     url = {https://trec.nist.gov/pubs/trec34/papers/MITLL.rag.pdf},
   }

2023

1. arXiv

   Tweetorial Hooks: Generative AI Tools to Motivate Science on Social Media

   T. Long, D. Zhang, G. Li, and 6 more authors

   Apr 2023

   DOI Bib

   @misc{long2023tweetorialhooks,
     title = {Tweetorial Hooks: Generative AI Tools to Motivate Science on Social Media},
     author = {Long, Tao and Zhang, Dorothy and Li, Grace and Taraif, Batool and Menon, Samia and Smith, Kynnedy Simone and Wang, Sitong and Gero, Katy Ilonka and Chilton, Lydia B.},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {arXiv},
     doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2305.12265},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.12265},
   }

2. ASSETS

   Understanding Blind and Low Vision Users’ Attitudes Towards Spatial Interactions in Desktop Screen Readers

   A. Chheda-Kothary, D. Rios, Kynnedy Simone Smith, and 3 more authors

   In The 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Oct 2023

   DOI Bib

   @inproceedings{chhedakothary2023blindlowvision,
     title = {Understanding Blind and Low Vision Users' Attitudes Towards Spatial Interactions in Desktop Screen Readers},
     author = {Chheda-Kothary, Arnavi and Rios, David A and Smith, Kynnedy Simone and Reyna, Avery and Zhang, Cecilia and Smith, Brian A.},
     booktitle = {The 25th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility},
     series = {ASSETS '23},
     publisher = {ACM},
     month = oct,
     year = {2023},
     pages = {1--5},
     doi = {10.1145/3597638.3614490},
     url = {https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3597638.3614490},
   }