UW NLP faculty are recognized leaders in the field:
- Tim Althoff, Computer Science & Engineering
- Emily Bender, Linguistics
- Jeff Bilmes, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Aylin Caliskan, Information School
- Yejin Choi, Computer Science & Engineering
- Trevor Cohen, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education
- Pedro Domingos, Computer Science & Engineering
- Leah Findlater, Human Centered Design and Engineering
- Hannaneh Hajishirzi, Computer Science & Engineering
- Katrin Kirchhoff, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Pang Wei Koh, Computer Science & Engineering
- Ranjay Krishna, Computer Science & Engineering
- Gina-Anne Levow, Linguistics
- Mari Ostendorf, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Chirag Shah, Information School
- Noah Smith, Computer Science & Engineering
- Shane Steinert-Threlkeld, Linguistics
- Yulia Tsvetkov, Computer Science & Engineering
- Melanie Walsh, Information School
- Lucy Lu Wang, Information School
- Sheng Wang, Computer Science & Engineering
- Dan Weld, Computer Science & Engineering
- Fei Xia, Linguistics
- Meliha Yetişgen, Biomedical & Health Informatics
- Luke Zettlemoyer, Computer Science & Engineering