Carolyn Saund

Carolyn Saund

PhD Student at University of Glasgow, previously Cogito Corp, Jibo. She/Hers

Education

Department / Athena SWAN

Committee Member

  • On Student committee for department Athena SWAN chapter.
  • Designed and implemented initiatives to encourage students to become STEM Ambassadors.
  • Implemented metric gathering mechanism to track demographics of seminar and workshop participation.
  • Collaborated with sociology department on evaluation metrics and surveys to ensure validity of efficacy reports.

Department / Student Representative

SRC Class Representative

  • Gathered feedback on courses, program structure, and student experience.
  • Participated in Student Council meetings to represent program cohort.
  • Collaborated with faculty and staff on program and messaging improvements.

Citizenship / Girl Guiding

Volunteer

  • Troupe volunteer for Girl Guiding program, ages 9-11.
  • Volunteer weekly with troupe leading leadership and cooperation building skills.
  • Supervise weekend trips to museums and venues around Glasgow.

Citizenship / Resilient Coders

Mentor and Organizer

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  • Cogito corporate sponsor and technical mentor for Resilient Coders -- an organization which trains non-traditional background adult students to become software developers.
  • Developed a 8-week "boot camp" curriculum for two apprenticeships.
  • Trained apprentices in software development practices, and in presenting to company.

Citizenship / Cambridge Inventors Club

Volunteer Mentor & Organizer

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  • Organized and designed engineering curriculum for Cambridge Inventors Club.
  • 40 children age 11-13 each term participated weekly in engineering challenges, including engineering design principles like iterative testing and collaborative working.

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Citizenship / Girls Who Code

Instructor

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  • Instructor for Girls Who Code program.
  • Supplemented given curriculum with weekly lessons on computer science basics.
  • Brought in speakers for work presentations, demos, and artists who employ technology in their work.

Department / Women in Computer Science

President

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  • Coordinated logistics of club hackathons, speakers, and outreach.
  • Led executive board in creating WiCS mission and club constitution.
  • Grew club 4x over two years.

Citizenship / Girls Computer Club

Mentor and Organizer

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  • Instructor and curriculum designer for the Girls Computer Club for secondary school students.
  • Recruited 20 girls from local secondary schools.
  • Taught computer science basics, including sorting algorithms, pointers, and python basics.