Jana M. Perkins

I'm an expert in data-rich systems thinking — ask me about my doctoral dissertation and I'll be glad to tell you all about it. What this means is that I’m trained in using statistical models to analyze complex patterns in human behaviour, from how users act to how companies function.

Selected Awards and Distinctions

• Phi Kappa Phi, UIUC, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (Top 10 percent of graduate students)
• Career Exploration Fellowship, UIUC, 2023
• Lucile Huntington Wilkinson Memorial Scholarship, UIUC, 2021 and 2022
• Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), 2020–2025
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, SSHRC, 2019

Dunham-Hickman, M.* and Perkins, J. M.* (Under contract). Deep literacy, digital time. Routledge. bit.ly/dtl-r

Fang, A.* and Perkins, J. M.* (2024). Large language models (LLMs): Risks and policy implications. MIT Science Policy Review, 5, 134–45. doi.org/10.38105/spr.3qrco9kp8x

* Equal contribution.