---
title: Judy Hanwen Shen
type: entity
tags: [researcher, ai, skill-formation, anthropic]
affiliation: Anthropic Fellows Program (at time of study)
sources: ["[[sources/2026-shen-ai-skill-formation]]", "[[sources/2026-shen-anthropic-coding-skills-post]]"]
created: 2026-04-20
updated: 2026-04-20
---

# Judy Hanwen Shen

Researcher affiliated with the Anthropic Fellows Program. Co-author with [[entities/alex-tamkin]] of a randomised controlled trial on AI's effect on skill formation — specifically, junior-developer acquisition of a new async Python library with and without AI assistance.

Prior work on privacy-preserving AI usage analysis (Shen & Guestrin 2025, *(referenced-not-ingested)*).

## Contributions in this wiki
- [[sources/2026-shen-ai-skill-formation]] — *How AI Impacts Skill Formation* (arXiv, January 2026).
- [[sources/2026-shen-anthropic-coding-skills-post]] — Anthropic research blog companion post.

## Related
Co-author: [[entities/alex-tamkin]]. Related hub: [[concepts/ai-skill-formation]].