Dynamic Computational Linguist with six years of experience in research and academic roles. Proficient in advanced NLP techniques and passionate about the intersection of language and technology. Proven ability to implement NLP systems and analyze societal impacts of language technology.The following papers showcase my contributions to machine learning datasets and linguistics research in my roles as a research assistant and linguistics consultant:Co-Author:Freeman, V., Chan, J., Levow, G.-A., Wright, R., Ostendorf, M., Zayats, V., Luan, Y., Morrison, H., Fox, L., Antoniak, M., & Parsons, P. ATAROS Technical Report 1: Corpus collection and initial task validation. (2014) Technical Report, Linguistic Phonetics Lab, Department of Linguistics, University of WashingtonAcknowledgments:Beguš, G. “Generative Adversarial Phonology: Modeling Unsupervised Phonetic and Phonological Learning With Neural Networks.” Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence (2020), 3. Doi: 10.3389/frai.2020.00044Freeman, V. “Prosodic features of stances in conversation.” Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology (2019), 10(1), 19. doi:10.5334/labphon.163Freeman, V., & Wright, R. “Investigating the Role of 'Yeah' in Stance-Dense Conversation.” Proceedings of INTERSPEECH 2015, 16th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (2015): 3076–3080. Print.Freeman, V. “The Phonetics of Stance-Taking.” Doctoral dissertation, University of Washington (2015): n. pag. Print.Freeman, V. “Exploring Task and Gender Effects on Stance-Taking in a Collaborative Conversational Corpus.” Presentation at New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 44), Toronto, ON (2015): n. pag. Print.Freeman, V., Wright, R., & Levow, G. “The Prosody of Negative ‘Yeah.” LSA Annual Meeting Extended Abstracts (2015): n. pag. Web.Freeman, Valerie, and Richard A. Wright. “Manipulating Stance and Involvement Using Collaborative Tasks: An Exploratory Comparison.” Proceedings of INTERSPEECH 2014, 15th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (2014): 2238–2242. Print.