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Pronouns: they, them, their, themselves.

Bachelor of Music (Performance), Indiana University

Master of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison

ABD in Applied Math

I came by my Spanish as a young adult, working in Mexico.

I enjoy helping people and giving back what I can on the internet, having been helped many times by kind strangers.

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How do you answer "Oh, you're a professor? What do you teach?"
Jul 28, 2015
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Is it an insult to my US university to not walk in graduation?
May 28, 2017
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What should I do after advisor got upset when I expressed "belief in evolution" and then said he couldn't add me to his research team?
Sep 6, 2015
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Is there a place in academia for someone who compulsively solves every problem on their own?
Oct 10, 2016
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My advisor said that I should be more modest, and we should meet more often. Should I tell him about my impostor syndrome? If yes, mail or personal?
Jan 12, 2017
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My professor is not teaching his online course himself, but uses publicly available videos instead. Is this appropriate?
Mar 25, 2020
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How to react when a team of colleagues obviously made up some results?
Apr 18, 2017
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If you're black, how do you answer "Oh you're a professor? So you teach African Studies?"
Sep 17, 2016
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What can professors do to encourage properly written email messages from students?
Sep 27, 2015
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How can a TA help a student who is certain she sucks at programming?
Jan 16, 2018
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