--- title: "Alexander Kwako — author profile and papers · English" description: "Alexander Kwako: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2022–2023), h-index 6 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-kwako/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-kwako/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Alexander Kwako # Alexander Kwako Alexander Kwako has 2 papers in our library, in 2022–2023, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/), [Bias, fairness & safety](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/); often with [Jieyu Zhao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jieyu-zhao/), [Kai-Wei Chang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kai-wei-chang/), [Li Cai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/li-cai/). 2 papers in our library · 2022–2023 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5023964467) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6603-4874) · [**h-index 6**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5023964467) · [13 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5023964467) · [271 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5023964467&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-kwako/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 8 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-kwako/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9198](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/92/#star-9198) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Alexander+Kwako) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Alexander+Kwako) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Alexander+Kwako) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Alexander+Kwako) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of California, Los Angeles** Los Angeles · United States 2021–2025 · 6 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-los-angeles/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 8 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Decision Sciences · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Management Science and Operations Research · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/decision-sciences/management-science-and-operations-research/) · [Safety Research · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/safety-research/) · [Social Sciences · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Bias, fairness & safety · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-kwako/year/2023/) · [**2022** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-kwako/year/2022/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Using Item Response Theory to Measure Gender and Racial Bias of a BERT-based Automated English Speech Assessment System](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kwako-2022-item-response-theory-measure-gender/)** *(2022 · 10 citations)* The paper asks whether a transformer-based scorer for spoken English treats children differently by gender or by race. 2. **[Does BERT Exacerbate Gender or L1 Biases in Automated English Speaking Assessment?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kwako-2023-does-bert-exacerbate-gender-or/)** *(2023 · 8 citations)* Pretrained language models like BERT can score spoken English test answers about as accurately as human raters. ## Co-authors here 5 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Jieyu Zhao](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jieyu-zhao/) ×2 - [Kai-Wei Chang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kai-wei-chang/) ×2 - [Li Cai](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/li-cai/) ×2 - [Mark Hansen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mark-hansen/) ×2 - [Yixin Wan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/yixin-wan/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications (BEA)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/) ×2: [BEA 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/2023/), [BEA 2022](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/bea/2022/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 8 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [1 citing paper with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-kwako/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026