--- title: "Morteza Dehghani — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Morteza Dehghani, University of Southern California: 3 papers on Elamur Research (2020–2026), h-index 34 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/morteza-dehghani/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/morteza-dehghani/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Morteza Dehghani # Morteza Dehghani Morteza Dehghani has 3 papers in our library, in 2020–2026, most of them on [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/), [Bias, fairness & safety](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/); often with [Aida Mostafazadeh Davani](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aida-mostafazadeh-davani/), [Brendan Kennedy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/brendan-kennedy/), [Dan Roth](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dan-roth/). 3 papers in our library · 2020–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5065952016) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9478-4365) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57695455) · [**h-index 34**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5065952016) · [180 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5065952016) · [4,107 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5065952016&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/morteza-dehghani/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 124 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/morteza-dehghani/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5005](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/51/#star-5005) 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=Morteza+Dehghani) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Morteza+Dehghani) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Morteza+Dehghani) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Morteza+Dehghani) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Southern California** Los Angeles · United States 2009–2026 · 110 papersEmployment 2010–2013 · Research Scientist, Institute for Creative TechnologiesEmployment 2011–2014 · Research Assistant Professor, Computer ScienceEmployment 2014–2020 · Assistant Professor, Psychology & Computer ScienceEmployment 2020–2023 · Associate Professor, Psychology & Computer ScienceEmployment since 2023 · Professor, Psychology & Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-southern-california/) · [🎓**Northwestern University** Evanston · United States 2006–2017 · 11 papersEducation until 2010 · Postdoctoral researcher, PsychologyEducation until 2009 · PhD, Computer ScienceEducation until 2007 · MS, Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northwestern-university/) · [🔬**USC Institute for Creative Technologies** Playa Vista · United States 2013–2014 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/usc-institute-for-creative-technologies/) · [🎓**University of California, Los Angeles** Los Angeles · United States 2005Education until 2005 · MS, Computer ScienceEducation until 2003 · BS, Computer Science](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 7 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [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/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Bias, fairness & safety · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/bias-fairness-safety/) · [Sentiment & emotion · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/morteza-dehghani/year/2026/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/morteza-dehghani/year/2023/) · [**2020** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/morteza-dehghani/year/2020/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Contextualizing Hate Speech Classifiers with Post-hoc Explanation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kennedy-2020-contextualizing-hate-speech-classifiers-post/)** *(2020 · 205 citations)* Hate speech classifiers trained on skewed data often treat group identifiers such as "black", "gay" or "muslim" as signs of hate on their own. 2. **[Hate Speech Classifiers Learn Normative Social Stereotypes](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/davani-2023-hate-speech-classifiers-learn-normative/)** *(2023 · 84 citations)* This paper traces how social stereotypes enter each stage of building English hate speech classifiers: individual labeling, aggregated datasets, and model predictions. 3. **[LAD-RAG: Layout-aware Dynamic RAG for Visually-Rich Document Understanding](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sourati-2026-lad-rag-layout-aware-dynamic/)** *(2026 · 4 citations)* Retrieval-augmented generation over long, visually rich documents (slides, reports, papers) often fails on questions whose answers are spread across several pages. ## All works 4 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Contextualizing Hate Speech Classifiers with Post-hoc Explanation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/kennedy-2020-contextualizing-hate-speech-classifiers-post/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Brendan Kennedy, Xisen Jin, Aida Mostafazadeh Davani, et al.*2020 · 205 citations* 2. **[Purity homophily in social networks. ↗](https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000139) Journal of Experimental Psychology General · no summary yet**Morteza Dehghani et al.*2016 · 178 citations* 3. **[Hate Speech Classifiers Learn Normative Social Stereotypes](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/davani-2023-hate-speech-classifiers-learn-normative/) [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/)**Aida Mostafazadeh Davani, Mohammad Atari, Brendan Kennedy, et al.*2023 · 84 citations* 4. **[LAD-RAG: Layout-aware Dynamic RAG for Visually-Rich Document Understanding](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sourati-2026-lad-rag-layout-aware-dynamic/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Zhivar Sourati, Zheng Wang, Marianne Menglin Liu, et al.*2026 · 4 citations* ## Co-authors here 10 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Aida Mostafazadeh Davani](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/aida-mostafazadeh-davani/) ×2 - [Brendan Kennedy](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/brendan-kennedy/) ×2 - [Dan Roth](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dan-roth/) - [Marianne Menglin Liu](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/marianne-menglin-liu/) - [Sujith Ravi](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sujith-ravi/) - [Tao Sheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/tao-sheng/) - [Xiang Ren](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xiang-ren/) - [Xisen Jin](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/xisen-jin/) - [Zheng Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zheng-wang/) - [Zhivar Sourati](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhivar-sourati/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/) ×2: [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/), [ACL 2020](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2020/) - [Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/lrec/) - [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/): [Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics (TACL) 2023](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tacl/2023/) - Journal of Experimental Psychology General ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 124 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/morteza-dehghani/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026