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aparente001

Note: I prefer that people use ungendered pronouns when referring to me.

Bachelor of Music (Performance), Indiana University

Master of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison

ABD in Applied Math

I learned my Spanish as a young adult, 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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242 How do you answer “Oh, you're a professor? What do you teach?” Jul 28 '15
108 Is it an insult to my US university to not walk in graduation? May 28 '17
103 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 '15
75 Is there a place in academia for someone who compulsively solves every problem on their own? Oct 10 '16
74 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 '17
70 How to react when a team of colleagues obviously made up some results? Apr 18 '17
59 If you're black, how do you answer “Oh you're a professor? So you teach African Studies?” Sep 17 '16
58 What can professors do to encourage properly written email messages from students? Sep 27 '15
56 How can a TA help a student who is certain she sucks at programming? Jan 16 '18
53 How to tell speakers that their English is terrible? Oct 2 '17
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