Education

Organizer: Hack Your Data Beautiful Workshop

Data Science Workshop for Qualitative Grad Students

April 13, 2019

Team lead for designing, organizing, and teaching 3-day datascience workshop including data mining, visualizations, and website hosting using R and R Studio for novices in qualitative research.

Ultimate Frisbee

Coach / Committee Member

March 03, 2019

• Coach secondary school mixed and girls' ultimate frisbee team.
• Developed training plans, tournaments, and drills for teams.
• Member of executive committee for University of Glasgow Ultimate Frisbee team.
• Organized logistics of large-scale social events with club members with focus on inclusivity.

Social Robots Journal Club

Organizer

January 14, 2019

• Started and organized Social Robots Journal Club -- with student members from four departments across the university.
• Organized "Field Trip" to Edinburgh for Social Robotics exhibit.
• Organized "Bring Your Robot To Club" Day for cross-discipline idea exchange..

Active Academic Memberships

October 10, 2018

• British Computing Society
• British Psychological Society
• Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architecture Society
• Cognitive Science Society
• British Neuroscience Association
• University of Glasgow Robotics Society
• University of Glasgow FemEng

Other Active Memberships

October 09, 2018

• Glasgow Ultimate Society
• Scottish Mountaineering Society
• University of Glasgow Triathalon Team

Athena SWAN

Committee Member

October 08, 2018

• 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.

STEM Ambassadors

Volunteer

October 03, 2018

• Volunteer for STEM Ambassador program.
• Participate in career talks and robotics demos for high schoolers.
• Facilitate and mentor high school robotics team.
• Regularly volunteer with primary schools to teach STEAM lessons about team-based engineering.

Student Representative

SRC Class Representative

September 21, 2018

• 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.

Girl Guiding

Volunteer

September 21, 2018 - March 01, 2019

• 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.

Resilient Coders

Mentor and Organizer

January 08, 2018 - July 15, 2018

• 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.

Cambridge Inventors Club

Volunteer Mentor & Organizer

January 17, 2017 - May 15, 2018

• 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.

Girls Who Code

Instructor

September 14, 2015 - May 28, 2016

• 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.

Women in Computer Science

President

September 12, 2013 - May 17, 2015

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

Girls Computer Club

Mentor and Organizer

June 14, 2013 - April 28, 2014

• 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.