Q. Vera Liao

Social Sciences · University of Michigan

Mid career · publishing since 2009

Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Topic Modeling Misinformation and Its Impacts

Publications

101

Citations

5,051

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2009

In context

Among 947 mid career Social Sciences PIs within our index

Citations: 5,051cohort median 312

Publications / year (recent): 8.6cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~5 · 12% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 16 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.6/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

Participatory AI & Social Justice
2026
From Use to Oversight: How Mental Models Influence User Behavior and Output in AI Writing Assistants
2026
'It was 80% me, 20% AI': Seeking Authenticity in Co-Writing with Large Language Models
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · 2025
Why is AI Not a Panacea for Data Workers? An Interview Study on Human-AI Collaboration in Data Storytelling
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics · 2025
Exploring Chinese family caregiver vigilance in preventing hospitalized children falls from the attention network theory perspective: a qualitative study
Translational Pediatrics · 2025
Fostering Appropriate Reliance on Large Language Models: The Role of Explanations, Sources, and Inconsistencies
2025
As Confidence Aligns: Understanding the Effect of AI Confidence on Human Self-confidence in Human-AI Decision Making
2025
Responsibly Training Foundation Models: Actualizing Ethical Principles for Curating Large-Scale Training Datasets in the Era of Massive AI Models
2025
Measuring and mitigating overreliance to build human-compatible AI
ArXiv.org · 2025
AI-Driven Detection of Alkali-Silica Reaction in Concrete Structures Using Feature-Enhanced Deep Learning Models
IEEE Access · 2025
Seamful XAI: Operationalizing Seamful Design in Explainable AI
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction · 2024
Generation Probabilities Are Not Enough: Uncertainty Highlighting in AI Code Completions
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction · 2024
"I'm Not Sure, But...": Examining the Impact of Large Language Models' Uncertainty Expression on User Reliance and Trust
2024
The Who in XAI: How AI Background Shapes Perceptions of AI Explanations
2024
How different mental models of AI-based writing assistants impact writers’ interactions with them
2024

Publishes in

arXiv (Cornell University)×18
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction×7
CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts×2
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive Mobile Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies×1
ACM Transactions on Information Systems×1

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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