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Sara Smollett
sara@simons-rock.edu
Academic resume:
Philosophy and history of science (M.A.):
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2009-2010):
Audited philosophy and history of science courses
- Tufts University, Medford, MA (2001-2005):
M.A. in Philosophy (May 2005), GPA 3.5
Mathematics and computer science (B.A.):
- University of the Virgin Islands, St Thomas, VI:
Audited a math course (2023)
- Hacker Dojo, Mountain View, CA (Spring 2012):
Python class co-instructor
- Coursera and Udacity (2011-2021):
Took several online courses, mostly in CS topics
- Simon's Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, MA:
Taught undergraduate Linux course (Spring 2001)
B.A. in Liberal Arts with concentrations in Mathematics and Computer Science, magna cum laude (May 2000), highest honors on thesis, GPA 3.5 (Aug 1996-May 2000)
Math tutor (Aug 1996-May 2000)
Robert Hutchins Scholarship recipient (Aug 1998-May 2000), Acceleration to Excellence Scholarship recipient (Aug 1996-May 1998)
- Amherst College, Amherst, MA (Aug 1997-Dec 1997)
- Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics, Amherst, MA:
Student (Summer 1994, Summer 1995), YPMF board member (2023-)
- Antilles School, St. Thomas, USVI (until Jun 1996):
Presidential Scholar Nominee, National Merit Scholar, competed in MathCounts Nationals
Linguistics and history:
- Society for Caribbean Linguistics:
Member (intermittently), conference attendee (2012)
- Linguistic Society of America (2011-2013):
Member, Linguistic Institute student (summer 2011, summer 2013)
- San Jose State University, San Jose, CA (Aug 2011-Dec 2012):
Certificate in computational linguistics (May 2012)
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA (Spring 2011):
Audited linguistics course
- Mountain View/Los Altos, Palo Alto, and Cupertino/Sunnyvale Adult Ed: CA (2009-2013, 2020):
Studied Finnish, Italian, German, and ASL
- University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (May 2006):
Presented paper at Denmark and the Black Atlantic conference (2006)
Full course list here.
Work resume here.
Last updated 2025