Anders W. Christensen
Writer · Linguist · Technologist · Leader
Writer
A creative writer, poet, journalist, and stand-up comedian who uses language across literary, journalistic, and comedic forms.
Linguist
A researcher exploring language from historical, theoretical, and computational perspectives, from Esperanto to second-language acquisition.
Technologist
A developer applying AI and computational tools to language-related problems, including language learning, tokenization inequity, and endangered-language preservation.
Leader
An Editor-in-Chief, co-founder, president, and competition captain who turns his interests into organizations, tools, and collaborative projects.
The token tax
Language models read text as tokens. The same idea costs a different number of tokens depending on the language, which is the gap my tokenization research measures across 50 languages.
Language shapes how we think.
Tokens: 6
Creative Writing
Developed as a creative writer through the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio and independent poetry, writing and workshopping short stories and 20+ poems exploring faith, linguistics, and existentialism across multiple poetic forms and languages.
Linguistics Research
Conducted interdisciplinary linguistics research spanning language history, second-language acquisition, and AI, examining Esperanto, Spanish L2 errors, and tokenization inequity across languages.
Extracurricular
Led diverse extracurricular initiatives spanning journalism, AI and language preservation, mathematics, and comedy, combining leadership, technology, and creative expression.
Honors & Awards
Earned national and international recognition across writing, linguistics and AI research, mathematics, and academic competitions.