--- title: "Kathleen F. McCoy — author profile and papers · English" description: "Kathleen F. McCoy, University of Delaware: 4 papers on Elamur Research (1994–2002), h-index 24 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kathleen-f-mccoy/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kathleen-f-mccoy/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Kathleen F. McCoy # Kathleen F. McCoy Kathleen F. McCoy has 4 papers in our library, in 1994–2002, most of them on [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/), [Summarization](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/summarization/); often with [Lisa N. Michaud](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lisa-n-michaud/). 4 papers in our library · 1994–2002 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5102050950) · [**h-index 24**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5102050950) · [103 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5102050950) · [1,990 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5102050950&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 4 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kathleen-f-mccoy/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 66 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kathleen-f-mccoy/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #4896](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/49/#star-4896) 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=Kathleen+F.+McCoy) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Kathleen+F.+McCoy) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Kathleen+F.+McCoy) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Kathleen+F.+McCoy) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Delaware** Newark · United States 1988–2025 · 76 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-delaware/) · [🎓**University of Pennsylvania** Philadelphia · United States 1982–1986 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-pennsylvania/) · [🏥**Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children** Wilmington · United States 1997–2006 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/00jyx0v10) 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 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Summarization · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/summarization/) · [English · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) ## Works by year ### 2000s [**2002** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kathleen-f-mccoy/year/2002/) · [**2001** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kathleen-f-mccoy/year/2001/) ### 1990s [**1999** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kathleen-f-mccoy/year/1999/) · [**1994** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kathleen-f-mccoy/year/1994/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Efficiently Computed Lexical Chains as an Intermediate Representation for Automatic Text Summarization](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/silber-2002-efficiently-computed-lexical-chains-as/)** *(2002 · 225 citations)* Lexical chains are groups of semantically related nouns linked by identity, synonymy, hypernymy/hyponymy or sibling relations. 2. **[RAFT/RAPR and Centering: a comparison and discussion of problems related to processing complex sentences](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/suri-1994-raft-rapr-centering-comparison-discussion/)** *(1994 · 60 citations)* This squib compares two local focusing frameworks that propose antecedents for pronouns, which an inference component then confirms or rejects. 3. **[Modeling User Language Proficiency in a Writing Tutor for Deaf Learners of English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/michaud-1999-modeling-user-language-proficiency-writing/)** *(1999 · 14 citations)* The paper addresses how a writing tutor can adapt its feedback to learners whose English proficiency varies widely. 4. **[Error Profiling: Toward a Model of English Acquisition for Deaf Learners](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/michaud-2001-error-profiling-model-english-acquisition/)** *(2001 · 9 citations)* ICICLE is a writing tutor for deaf students whose first language is American Sign Language. Its parser uses a broad English grammar extended with mal-rules for typical learner errors, so it often returns several analyses of one ungrammatical sentence. The most plausible analysis depends on how proficient the writer… ## All works 6 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 4 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Efficiently Computed Lexical Chains as an Intermediate Representation for Automatic Text Summarization](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/silber-2002-efficiently-computed-lexical-chains-as/) [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/)**H. Gregory Silber, Kathleen F. McCoy*2002 · 225 citations* 2. **[Generation of Single-sentence Paraphrases from Predicate/Argument Structure using Lexico-grammatical Resources ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W03-1601/) Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Paraphrasing · no summary yet**Raymond Kozlowski, Kathleen F. McCoy, K. Vijay-Shanker*2003 · 74 citations* 3. **[RAFT/RAPR and Centering: a comparison and discussion of problems related to processing complex sentences](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/suri-1994-raft-rapr-centering-comparison-discussion/) [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/)**Linda Z. Suri, Kathleen McCoy*1994 · 60 citations* 4. [**Modeling User Language Proficiency in a Writing Tutor for Deaf Learners of English Computer Mediated Language Assessment and Evaluation in Natural Language Processing**Lisa N. Michaud, Kathleen F. McCoy*1999 · 14 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/michaud-1999-modeling-user-language-proficiency-writing/) 5. **[A Tutor for Teaching English as a Second Language for Deaf Users of American Sign Language ↗](https://aclanthology.org/W97-0508/) Natural Language Processing for Communication Aids · no summary yet**Kathleen F. McCoy, Lisa N. Masterman*1997 · 11 citations* 6. **[Error Profiling: Toward a Model of English Acquisition for Deaf Learners](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/michaud-2001-error-profiling-model-english-acquisition/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Lisa N. Michaud, Kathleen F. McCoy*2001 · 9 citations* ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Lisa N. Michaud](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/lisa-n-michaud/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/) ×2: [Computational Linguistics 2002](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/2002/), [Computational Linguistics 1994](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/1994/) - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2001](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2001/) - Computer Mediated Language Assessment and Evaluation in Natural Language Processing - Natural Language Processing for Communication Aids - Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Paraphrasing ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 66 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [15 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/kathleen-f-mccoy/cited-by/). Updated 31 October 2026