About

Lena Armstrong is a Computer Science PhD Student at Harvard University, working with Fernanda Viegas and Martin Wattenberg at the Insight & Interaction Lab and supported by the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Her research focuses on human computer interaction, algorithmic justice, and AI auditing. She is interested in bridging humans and technology for social impact, leveraging interdisciplinary approaches to investigate bias and opacity in automated systems, and designing interventions for more transparent and equitable human-AI interactions.

You can find more information on my CV.

Publications

Lena Armstrong and Danaë Metaxa. “Navigating Automated Hiring: Fairness Perceptions, Strategy Use, and Outcomes Among Young Job Seekers.” (accepted to CSCW 2025)

Lena Armstrong, Abbey Liu, Stephen MacNeil, and Danaë Metaxa. “The Silicon Ceiling: Auditing GPT’s Race and Gender Biases in Hiring.” EAAMO 2024.

Jean Salac, Lena Armstrong, Megumi Kivuva, Jayne Everson, Alannah Oleson, Amy J. Ko. “How Economically-Marginalized Adolescents of Color Negotiate Critical Pedagogy in a Computing Classroom.” TOCE 2024.

Lena Armstrong, Jayne Everson, Amy J. Ko. “Navigating a Blackbox: Students’ Experiences and Perceptions of Automated Hiring.” ICER 2023.

Jean Salac, Alannah Oleson, Lena Armstrong, Audrey Le Meur, Amy J. Ko. “Funds of Knowledge used by Adolescents of Color in Scaffolded Sensemaking around Algorithmic Fairness.” ICER 2023. [BEST PAPER]