{"id":296,"date":"2020-11-10T20:24:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T20:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/?page_id=296"},"modified":"2026-05-07T21:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T21:52:27","slug":"acknowledgments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/acknowledgments\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Acknowledgments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>I would like to thank and appreciate the generosity of &#8230; (Sorted by last name)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1507\" style=\"width: 188px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1507\" class=\"wp-image-1507 \" src=\"https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PXL_20211217_190641574_2-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PXL_20211217_190641574_2-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PXL_20211217_190641574_2-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PXL_20211217_190641574_2-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PXL_20211217_190641574_2-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PXL_20211217_190641574_2-1543x2048.jpg 1543w, https:\/\/eliott-fernanda.cs.grinnell.edu\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/PXL_20211217_190641574_2-scaled.jpg 1929w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thank you<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><strong>324 and 261 &#8211; Spring 2026 (Sorted by last name)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest Lecturers:\n<ul>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><strong>Software development and usage: navigating regulatory and legal challenges.<\/strong>\u00a0Jonathan Colby, <\/span><\/span>Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Service.<\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><strong>Skill Development with the Academic Success Center<\/strong>. <\/span>Kate Ferraro, Interim Assistant Dean of Academic Success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>207 &#8211; Fall 2025<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest Lecturer:\n<ul>\n<li>Kate Ferraro, Interim Assistant Dean of Academic Success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Academic Advising team.<\/li>\n<li>Diversity Office for Disability Resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>324\/326 &#8211; Fall 2025 (Sorted by last name)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest Lecturers:\n<ul>\n<li>Jonathan Colby, Chief Information Officer.<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Dahlby Albright, Peer Education Coordinator for Computer Science &amp; Statistics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Academic Advising team.<\/li>\n<li>CLS team.<\/li>\n<li>Diversity Office for Disability Resources.<\/li>\n<li>Vivero Fellows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>324\/326 &#8211; Fall 2024 (Sorted by the last name)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest Lecturers:\n<ul>\n<li>Jonathan Colby, Chief Information Officer.<\/li>\n<li>Kate Ferraro, Interim Assistant Dean of Academic Success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Course mentors: Livia Stein Freitas and Elliot Swaim.<\/li>\n<li><em>Ad hoc<\/em> mentors: Mai Hoang, Bhavyalochana (Lochi) Pratapaneni, and Ellie Seehorn.<\/li>\n<li>Autumn Wilke (and team), Associate Chief Diversity Officer for Disability Resources.<\/li>\n<li>Karen Neal and the Drake Community Library.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>324\/326 &#8211; Fall 2022 (Sorted by last name)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Drs. Julie Lascol, Susan Sanning, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grinnell.edu\/profiles\/center-careers-life-and-service\/staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Service &amp; Social Innovation Team in Grinnell College\u2019s Center for Careers, Life &amp; Service<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Dr. Brenda Strong and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grinnell.edu\/about\/offices-services\/international-student-affairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Student Compliance, Office of International Student Affairs (OISA)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Academic Advising and Disability Resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Tutorial &#8211; Fall 2022 (Sorted by last name)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Our peer educator, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grinnell.edu\/user\/dahlbysa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Dahlby Albright<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Drs. Belinda Backous and Kate Ferraro, Academic Advising.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grinnell.edu\/user\/engelk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Kevin Engel<\/a>, Department head of Kistle Science Library.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Academic Advising and Disability Resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Tutorial team and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grinnell.edu\/academics\/centers-programs\/reading-writing-speaking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writing Center.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">395 and 161 &#8211; Spring 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\"><em>Academic Advising and\u00a0Disability Resources.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">161 &#8211; Spring 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Effective study techniques<\/em>. Guest Lecturer: Dr. Kate Ferraro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">324\/326 &#8211; Fall 2022<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Seed Project, Grinnell College:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Ethical Design, Empathy Building, and Team Spirit in Software Design and Development Classes. Eliott, F. M., and Jimenez Pazmino, P. October 19, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Community partner:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Jennifer Cogley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Alumni mentors:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Wesley Beary, Cassie Koomjian, Alex Leach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Collaborators<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Wood DatArt: Dr. Craig Gibbens and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grinnell.edu\/academics\/resources\/wilson\/makerspace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maker Space<\/a> team, Dr. Robert Ludwig and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grinnell.edu\/academics\/centers-programs\/wilson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilson Center for Innovation &amp; Leadership,<\/a> and Amisha Pershad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Drs. Susan Sanning, Lia Schifitto and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grinnell.edu\/profiles\/center-careers-life-and-service\/staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Service &amp; Social Innovation Team in Grinnell College\u2019s Center for Careers, Life &amp; Service<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Dr. Brenda Strong and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grinnell.edu\/about\/offices-services\/international-student-affairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Student Compliance, Office of International Student Affairs (OISA)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>324\/326 &#8211; Spring 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Alumni mentors:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Wesley Beary, Cassie Koomjian, Terian Koscik, Alex Leach, Ian Young.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Community partners:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Drs. Jaimie Adkins, Sarah Barks, Nicole Eikmeier, Susan Sanning.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Collaborators<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Drs. Susan Sanning, Lia Schifitto and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grinnell.edu\/profiles\/center-careers-life-and-service\/staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Service &amp; Social Innovation Team in Grinnell College\u2019s Center for Careers, Life &amp; Service<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Dr. Brenda Strong and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grinnell.edu\/about\/offices-services\/international-student-affairs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Student Compliance, Office of International Student Affairs (OISA)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>261 &#8211; Spring 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Guest lecturers:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">02\/19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesswrong.com\/users\/turntrout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alex Turner.<\/a>\u00a0<strong>A case for AI alignment research.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">02\/11 <a href=\"https:\/\/ekowabaka.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Ainooson<\/a><b>. Mental Imagery for Visuospatial Reasoning in Artificial Intelligence.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>324\/326 &#8211; Fall 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Guest lecturers:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">12\/11: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/taciana-pereira-35a9b610b\/\">Taciana Pereira<\/a>. 12\/09: Kenneth Li, and Yiyuan Yang. 11\/25: Jonathan Santos. 11\/11: Wesley Beary.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Alumni mentors:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Wesley Beary, Cassie Koomjian, Terian Koscik, Alex Leach, Ian Young.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Community partners:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Drs. Sarah Barks, Nicole Eikmeier, Susan Sanning, Lia Schifitto.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Collaborators<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12pt;\">Drs. 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