--- title: "Allison Lahnala — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Allison Lahnala, University of Toronto: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 7 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allison-lahnala/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allison-lahnala/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Allison Lahnala # Allison Lahnala Allison Lahnala has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Sentiment & emotion](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/); often with [Hongyi Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongyi-zhang/), [Charles Welch](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/charles-welch/), [Vasudha Varadarajan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/vasudha-varadarajan/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5017466919) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8626-1013) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130814617) · [**h-index 7**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5017466919) · [28 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5017466919) · [142 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5017466919&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allison-lahnala/#papers) · 🔗 Cited 1 time in our library · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #12835](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/129/#star-12835) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Allison+Lahnala) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Allison+Lahnala) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Allison+Lahnala) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Allison+Lahnala) ## Affiliations [🎓**McMaster University** Hamilton · Canada 2025–2026 · 7 papersEmployment since 2025 · Assistant Professor, Computing and Software*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/mcmaster-university/) · [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) · [🎓**University of Toronto** Toronto · Canada 2026 · 1 paper*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-toronto/) · [🎓**Philipps University of Marburg** Marburg · Germany 2021–2025 · 8 papersEmployment 2021–2023 · PhD Student, Mathematik und Informatik](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/philipps-university-of-marburg/) · [🎓**University of Michigan** Ann Arbor · United States 2018–2021 · 4 papersEducation until 2020 · Master's, Computer Science & EngineeringEducation until 2017 · Bachelor's, Computer Science & EngineeringEmployment 2018–2021 · PhD Student, Computer Science & Engineering](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-michigan/) · [🎓**University of Bonn** Bonn · Germany 2023–2025 · 3 papersEducation until 2024 · Doctorate, Computer ScienceEmployment 2023–2024 · PhD Student, Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (b-it)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-bonn/) · [🔬**National Institute on Drug Abuse** Bethesda · United States 2024–2025 · 1 paperEmployment 2024–2025 · Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational Addiction Medicine Branch](https://ror.org/00fq5cm18) · [🎓**Stony Brook University** Stony Brook · United States 2023Employment 2023 · Visiting Scholar, Department of Computer Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stony-brook-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 5 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Social Psychology · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/social-psychology/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Sentiment & emotion · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/sentiment-emotion/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/allison-lahnala/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[McMasters of Change: Predicting Well-Being States and Transitions from Longitudinal Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-mcmasters-change-predicting-well-being/)** *(2026 · 1 citation)* Most mental-health NLP treats social media posts one at a time and ignores how a person's state unfolds over a timeline. 2. **[McMaster NLP at SemEval-2026 Task 2: A Lightweight Multi-Feature System for Predicting Emotional Valence and Arousal over Time](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-mcmaster-nlp-semeval-2026-task/)** *(2026)* SemEval-2026 Task 2, Subtask 1 asks systems to estimate continuous valence and arousal scores for texts that the same people wrote repeatedly over time. ## All works 3 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[McMasters of Change: Predicting Well-Being States and Transitions from Longitudinal Language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-mcmasters-change-predicting-well-being/) [Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/clpsych/)**Hongyi Zhang, Derron Li, Scarlett Cleary, et al.*2026 · 1 citation* 2. **[McMaster NLP at SemEval-2026 Task 2: A Lightweight Multi-Feature System for Predicting Emotional Valence and Arousal over Time](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/zhang-2026-mcmaster-nlp-semeval-2026-task/) [International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/)**Hongyi Zhang, Daniel Hu, Allison Lahnala*2026* 3. **[LeadEmpathy: An Expert Annotated German Dataset of Empathy in Written Leadership Communication ↗](https://aclanthology.org/2024.lrec-main.894/) Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024) · no summary yet**Didem Sedefoglu et al.*2024* ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Hongyi Zhang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hongyi-zhang/) ×2 - [Charles Welch](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/charles-welch/) - [Vasudha Varadarajan](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/vasudha-varadarajan/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/clpsych/): [Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/clpsych/2026/) - [International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/): [SemEval 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/semeval/2026/) - Proceedings of the 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 1 time (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read). Updated 2 November 2026