Leslie Kim

Leslie Kim

Leslie Kim

Junior Director’s Fellow (Spring 2026)

Leslie is a junior at Yale University, majoring in Computer Science and Psychology. She is passionate about using behavioral and cognitive sciences to develop more human-centered AI applications. Previously, she has developed corporate AI tools and conducted user research for startups incorporating AI features. At the Digital Ethics Center, her research focuses on moderation frameworks that ensure safe, consistent, and collaborative human interactions with agentic systems. On campus, she has run the past two annual Yale hackathons, and now enjoys debating at the Yale Political Union and guiding conversation tables for English learners through ESL Bridges.