Lori A. Clarke is an American computer scientist noted for her research on software engineering.
She received a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Colorado in 1976.
She then joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as an assistant professor in 1976.
She was a board member for SIGSOFT from 1985 to 2001, including the chair from 1993 to 1997.
She is also noted for her leadership in broadening participation in computing.