Associate Professor, School of Information, UC Berkeley. NLP, computational social science, digital humanities. https://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3mh7ic5i6wc2gThis has been a desideratum since the day we first published this model -- I'm so happy Patrick figured this out! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7ic5i6wc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3mdlqwiievk2jJust a testimonial: potato 1.0 is amazing and I use it all the time for annotation. Excited to see what’s in 2.0! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jan 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlqwiievk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3md7rhcqi7c25That DHS/ICE and anyone up or down the chain could describe this murder victim as a “domestic terrorist” is utter depravity. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jan 2026 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7rhcqi7c25https://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3mawmael74k22I used to be astonished that John Keats wrote everything by 26yo (and still am) but now newly in awe to learn that late Beatles (“let it be” etc) were 29?!27 Dec 2025 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3mawmael74k22https://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3maeurf5duk2fThis program brought together such a wonderful group of ~30 PhD students for two weeks at Berkeley last year with backgrounds in sociology, information, law, computer science and more — same idea but in Oxford next summer; apply by Feb 2 if you’re looking to make connections across fields [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Dec 2025 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3maeurf5duk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3ma2g56cujc27Berkeley wrote up our work on measuring the stories in contemporary songs and had me reflect on the origin of that work in Bruce Springsteen’s “Thunder Road” [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Dec 2025 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma2g56cujc27https://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3m7s5x5xhfs2qExcited to get this work out in the world at #chr2025 (with Sabrina Baur, Mackenzie Cramer, Anna Ho and Tom McEnaney) -- asking: how much do contemporary songs tell stories, and how has that changed over the past half century? https://anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0003/measuring-stories-in-contemporary-songs/12 Dec 2025 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7s5x5xhfs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3m7jbhsobcc2tEn route to #CHR2025 in Luxembourg — looking forward to seeing people there!09 Dec 2025 00:18 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7jbhsobcc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3lzj5uyhp7s2mThe UC Berkeley School of Information is hiring an assistant professor in the broad field of Information--including areas of info seeking/retrieval, digital humanities, cultural analytics, info viz, & philosophy of information (among others). Deadline Nov 1! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05014 https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF0501423 Sep 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzj5uyhp7s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3lxawah56yc27This is such a pity -- "Push It" has, hands down, the greatest hook of all time (and the original version is now only available on youtube?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCadcBR95oU [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2025 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxawah56yc27https://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3lxaocx3zfk2uI realized recently that in 10 years of teaching I don't think I've ever asked students to pay for a textbook for a class -- largely due to these excellent draft chapters of Jurafsky & Martin. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2025 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxaocx3zfk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3lujh75v46s2gGo to WI and work with Lucy! And stay for the farmer's market, memorial union, orpheum, willy st coop, chocolate shoppe, american players theater, and the million other things that make Madison an amazing place to live. PhD app deadline in December. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2025 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3lujh75v46s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3ls5a7dq3dc2uI’m a week late with my #thanksbrett but just want to add my appreciation too — in thinking of all the careers that ODH has given space to and supported (including my own), words can’t suffice. @brettbobley.bsky.social maybe at least it’s now permitted to let us buy you a beer. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jun 2025 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls5a7dq3dc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dbamman.bsky.social/post/3ls42mvqlbk2fFlying back today from a circuit of some (not all!) of the great DH centers in Germany (Darmstadt, Bielefeld, Leipzig and Würzburg). Such great energy and amazing people moving the field forward at each one. I'm bringing back lots of ideas.21 Jun 2025 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:uorgvk35plvzbal4mdaumfml/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls42mvqlbk2f