Chahat Raj Line drawing of eight people with varied hairstyles, head coverings, and glasses

Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science, George Mason University

My first name is pronounced as /ˈtʃaː.ɦət/

I am a final year Ph.D. candidate, majoring in Computer Science at George Mason University. I'm advised by Prof. Ziwei Zhu and Prof. Antonios Anastasopoulos. I am also advised by Prof. Aylin Caliskan at the University of Washington.

I specialize in sociocultural biases, ethics, and fairness in multimodal and multilingual NLP. My current work examines how biases are perpetuated and reinforced in large vision-language models, and explores mitigation approaches informed by social psychology and cognitive sciences.

My broader goal is to develop responsible and trustworthy AI that accounts for how language, culture, and social context shape model behavior.

The times when I'm not a Researcher, I'm a Poet!

I am on the 2027 job market for postdoctoral and tenure-track positions. For positions or collaborations, email me at craj at gmu dot edu.
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