Sentiment Analysis
& Emotion Detection

Bridging Human Emotion and Machine Understanding

About • Emily Öhman

Associate Professor of Digital Humanities
Waseda University

Dr. Emily Öhman earned her Ph.D. in Language Technology from the University of Helsinki. Her work focuses on integrating computational methods with humanities research to explore language and emotions across various contexts.

Digital Humanities
Language Technology
Sentiment Analysis
Digital Ethics
AI Ethics
Machine Learning
Emily Ohman

Research History & Awards

2004 - 2005

European Intercultural Workplace: Sweden

Department of Linguistics, Gothenburg University

Sep, 2014 - Dec, 2015

Language Change Database (Research Assistant)

Department of English, University of Helsinki

Jan, 2016 - Mar, 2021

PhD project in Language Technology (Doctoral Student)

Department of Digital Humanities, University of Helsinki

Sep, 2020 - Mar, 2021

Unconventional Communicators in the Corona Crisis (UnCoCo) (Postdoc)

University of Helsinki / Tampere University / Consumer Society Research Centre

Nov, 2020

Future Digileader

Award • KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Digital Futures Research Center, Sweden

Nov, 2020

Grants, Python for Digital Humanities

European Association for Digital Humanities

Dec, 2020 - Mar, 2021

Intimacy in Data-driven Culture (Postdoc)

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University

Apr, 2021 - Present

Assistant Professor

School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University

Sep, 2023

12th WASEDA e-Teaching Award

Individual Zones of Proximal Development for Massive Online Programming Courses, Waseda University

Apr, 2024 - Present

Visiting Professor

School of Engineering Sciences, LUT University

Oct, 2024 - Sep, 2029

Title of Docent in Computational Media and Communication Studies

LUT School of Engineering Sciences, LUT University

Feb, 2025 - Present

Visiting Professor (Title of Docent in Computational Media and Communication Studies)

School of Engineering Sciences, LUT University

Mar, 2025 - Present

Title of Docent in Language Technology and Digital Humanities

University of Helsinki