--- title: "Sarah Ita Levitan — author profile and papers in our library" description: "Sarah Ita Levitan, The Graduate Center, CUNY: 4 papers on Elamur Research (2021–2026), h-index 16 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-ita-levitan/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-ita-levitan/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Sarah Ita Levitan # Sarah Ita Levitan Sarah Ita Levitan has 4 papers in our library, in 2021–2026, most of them on [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/), [Semitic languages](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/), [English](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/); often with [Elena Filatova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elena-filatova/), [Mohammad Shokri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mohammad-shokri/), [Shweta Jain](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shweta-jain/). 4 papers in our library · 2021–2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5024268798) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1160-6169) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130840325) · [**h-index 16**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5024268798) · [53 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5024268798) · [687 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5024268798&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 4 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-ita-levitan/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 25 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-ita-levitan/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #9577](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/96/#star-9577) 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=Sarah+Ita+Levitan) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Sarah+Ita+Levitan) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Sarah+Ita+Levitan) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Sarah+Ita+Levitan) ## Affiliations [🎓**Hunter College** New York · United States 2020–2026 · 25 papersEmployment since 2020 · Assistant Professor, Computer Science*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/hunter-college/) · [🎓**The Graduate Center, CUNY** New York · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/the-graduate-center-cuny/) · [🎓**Columbia University** New York · United States 2013–2020 · 8 papersEducation 2013–2019 · PhD, Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/columbia-university/) · [🎓**City University of New York** New York · United States 2022–2025 · 5 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/city-university-of-new-york/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 9 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Social Sciences · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 4 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Sociology and Political Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/sociology-and-political-science/) · [Information Systems · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/information-systems/) · [General Social Sciences · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/general-social-sciences/) · [Communication · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/social-sciences/communication/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[English · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/english/) · [Multilingual & cross-lingual NLP · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multilingual-nlp/) · [Semitic languages · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/semitic-languages/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-ita-levitan/year/2026/) · [**2024** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-ita-levitan/year/2024/) · [**2021** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-ita-levitan/year/2021/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Detecting Multilingual COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media via Contextualized Embeddings](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/panda-2021-detecting-multilingual-covid-19-misinformation/)** *(2021 · 25 citations)* The authors build classifiers that flag COVID-19 misinformation in tweets written in English, Bulgarian and Arabic. 2. **[Subjectivity Detection in English News using Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/shokri-2024-subjectivity-detection-english-news-large/)** *(2024 · 7 citations)* The paper asks whether language models can reliably tell opinionated sentences from factual reporting in news, and whether that ability survives a move to news from different sources and topics. 3. **[Council of LLMs: Evaluating Capability of Large Language Models to Annotate Propaganda](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sharma-2026-council-llms-evaluating-capability-large/)** *(2026)* This study asks whether large language models can reliably annotate propaganda, a subjective task where human labels are expensive and inconsistent. 4. **[The Impact of Highlighting Subjective Language on Perceived News Trustworthiness](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/shokri-2026-impact-highlighting-subjective-language-perceived/)** *(2026)* The paper asks whether pointing out subjective language in news makes readers trust it less. Instead of detecting misinformation automatically, it studies reader perception. The authors took true COVID-19 vaccination articles from the CoAID dataset and filtered them with a fine-tuned RoBERTa subjectivity classifier.… ## 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. **[Linguistic Cues to Deception and Perceived Deception in Interview Dialogues ↗](https://aclanthology.org/N18-1176/) Proceedings of the 2018 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies, Volume 1 (Long Papers) · no summary yet**Sarah Ita Levitan, Angel Maredia, Julia Hirschberg*2018 · 71 citations* 2. **[Detecting Multilingual COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media via Contextualized Embeddings](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/panda-2021-detecting-multilingual-covid-19-misinformation/) [Workshop on NLP for Internet Freedom: Censorship, Disinformation, and Propaganda](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/nlp4if/)**Subhadarshi Panda, Sarah Ita Levitan*2021 · 25 citations* 3. **[Subjectivity Detection in English News using Large Language Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/shokri-2024-subjectivity-detection-english-news-large/) [Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment and Social Media Analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wassa/)**Mohammad Shokri, Vivek Sharma, Elena Filatova, et al.*2024 · 7 citations* 4. **[Council of LLMs: Evaluating Capability of Large Language Models to Annotate Propaganda](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/sharma-2026-council-llms-evaluating-capability-large/) [Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment and Social Media Analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wassa/)**Vivek Sharma, Shweta Jain, Mohammad Shokri, et al.*2026* 5. **[The Impact of Highlighting Subjective Language on Perceived News Trustworthiness](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/shokri-2026-impact-highlighting-subjective-language-perceived/) [Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment and Social Media Analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wassa/)**Mohammad Shokri, Vivek Sharma, Emily Klapper, et al.*2026* 6. **[HunterSpeechLab at GermEval 2021: Does Your Comment Claim A Fact? Contextualized Embeddings for German Fact-Claiming Comment Classification ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2021.germeval-1.15/) Proceedings of the GermEval 2021 Shared Task on the Identification of Toxic, Engaging, and Fact-Claiming Comments · no summary yet**Subhadarshi Panda, Sarah Ita Levitan*2021* ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Elena Filatova](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/elena-filatova/) ×3 - [Mohammad Shokri](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/mohammad-shokri/) ×3 - [Shweta Jain](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/shweta-jain/) ×3 - [Vivek Sharma](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/vivek-sharma/) ×3 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment and Social Media Analysis](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wassa/) ×3: [Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment and Social Media Analysis 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wassa/2026/) ×2, [Workshop on Computational Approaches to Subjectivity, Sentiment and Social Media Analysis 2024](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/wassa/2024/) - [Workshop on NLP for Internet Freedom: Censorship, Disinformation, and Propaganda](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/nlp4if/): [Workshop on NLP for Internet Freedom: Censorship, Disinformation, and Propaganda 2021](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/nlp4if/2021/) - Proceedings of the 2018 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies, Volume 1 (Long Papers) - Proceedings of the GermEval 2021 Shared Task on the Identification of Toxic, Engaging, and Fact-Claiming Comments ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 25 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [9 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/sarah-ita-levitan/cited-by/). Updated 1 November 2026