Emma S. Manning

Since October 2021, I’ve been a Linguist at Google in NYC. I work on natural language generation (NLG) for Google Assistant, with a focus on evaluation methods and dataset quality. I’m currently seeking my next adventure!

Before that, I got a PhD in Computational Linguistics at Georgetown University (graduated December 2021). Nathan Schneider was my advisor, and I was a member of NERT and GUCL.

While not part of my current position, I’ve previously enjoyed teaching, especially when it allows me to introduce linguistics to broader audiences like high schoolers. Check out the Teaching page for info on courses I’ve taught and TAed in the past!

referring to me

My name is Emma for professional purposes, including on publications. I’ve also been trying out some more gender-neutral nicknames, particularly Ember; feel free to call me these in informal settings, especially if we’re friends.

I pronounce my name /ˈɛmə ˈmænɪŋ/.

When referring to me with third-person pronouns in English, please use either he/him or they/them. If you’re talking about me in a language other than English that marks gender grammatically, any non-feminine forms are fine.