Kaycie Barron
Email: kdbarron@wisc.edu
Biography
Kaycie Barron is a doctoral student in the Learning Sciences area within the Department of Educational Psychology. In The Responsible AI for Learning (TRAIL) Lab, she focuses on advancing equitable outcomes for bi/multilingual learners and promoting human-centered AI applications in K-12 education. Her research explores linguistic biases in large language models and how translanguaging and language variation affect model performance. She also collaborates with educators across the state to bridge AI tools with real-world classroom practices.
Education
M.S. Educational Psychology – Learning Analytics. University of Wisconsin, Madison (2023).
B.A. Psychology. University of Wisconsin, Madison (2021).
B.A. Spanish. University of Wisconsin, Madison (2021).
Research Interests
Learning Analytics, Learning Sciences, Human-Centered AI, Translanguaging, Psycholinguistics
Publications
Barron, K., Tseng, N., Karumbaiah, S., & Baeza, C. (2024). Evaluating language models using linguistic variations in multilingual learners’ writing: A teacher study. International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Syamkumar, A., Tseng, N., Barron, K., Yang, S., Karumbaiah, S., Uppal, R., & Hu, J. (2024). Improving bilingual capabilities of language models to support diverse linguistic practices in education.
Barron, K., Castro, M., Karumbaiah, S., & Román, D. (2025). A multiple case study of translanguaging and systemic functional linguistics in K-12 science education. Proceedings of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA).
Presentations
(2025, June) Evaluating language models using linguistic variations in multilingual learners’ writing: A teacher study. Presented at the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) Conference, University of Helsinki, Finland.
(2025, August) Barron, K., Castro, M. A multiple case study of translanguaging and systemic functional linguistics in K-12 science education. Presented at the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.