Clemson University

Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education

August 2020 - Present

Activites:

Undergraduate research, College of Education Undergraduate Student Advisory Board, YoungLife

Honors:

President's List - Spring 2023

Dean's List - Fall 2023

Dean's List - Spring 2022

Certifications:

Group 1 Investigators Conducting Social and Behavioral Science Research (SBR) at Clemson University

Committee:

Program Committee, International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography (ICQE) 2023

Practicum Student - 3rd Grade

Midway Elementary | Anderson School District 5

Fall 2023

This was a 215 hour placement that satisfied the requirements of EDEL 4010 - Elementary Field Experience at Clemson University.

Practicum Student - 3rd Grade

Whitehall Elementary | Anderson School District 5

Spring 2023

This was a 35 hour placement that satisfied the requirements of EDEL 4520 - Elementary Methods in Mathematics Teaching at Clemson University.

Practicum Student - 4th Grade

Forest Acres Elementary | Pickens County School District

Fall 2021

This was a 6 hour placement that satisfied the requirements of EDF 3340 - Child Growth and Development at Clemson University.

Substitute Teacher

Greenville County School District | Greenville, SC

January 2021 - Present

In this role, I substitute taught at various middle schools in school district in all subject areas.

Permanent Substitute Teacher

Greenville Middle Academy | Greenville, SC

Spring 2021

Permanent Substitute Teacher

Beck Academy | Greenville, SC

Spring 2021

After School Caregiver

Pelham Road Elementary | Greenville, SC

May 2017 - Mar 2020

In this role, I worked in the extended day program at Pelham Road Elementary School in Greenville, SC.

Undergraduate Researcher

IDEA Lab @ Clemson University | Clemson, SC

August 2021 - Present

In this role, I assisted the IDEA Lab in Clemson University's College of Education on an NSF funded project that seeks to "measure and model youth’s data science knowledge and practices in the context of social, ethical, and political issues related to digital technologies" and "measure youth’s sense of empowerment to enact change in their communities in terms of the ethical use of digital technologies." ¹

My duties included, but were not limited to:

• Work alongside professors and graduate students in the IDEA (Inclusive Digital Education and Analytics) Lab in the College of Education
• Assist in the writing of academic literature
• Assist in the development and design of educational software
• Developed extensions to the Scratch programming environment that interface with educational robots
• Assist in artificial intelligence education research for elementary and middle school-aged youths
• Collect data from research implementations
• Complete other tasks as assigned by Lab Director and graduate students

Substitute Teacher

Greenville County School District | Greenville, SC

January 2021 - Present

In this role, I substitute taught at various middle schools in school district in all subject areas. During the 21-22 school year, I was hired as a part-time permanent substitute at Greenville Middle and Beck Academy.

My duties included, but were not limited to:

• Provide classroom instruction to students as assigned in lesson plans.
• Take attendance and document daily notes.
• Create a classroom that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students.
• Maintains discipline and classroom control that fosters a safe and positive learning environment for all students and staff in accordance with school district policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Freelance Developer

Nice Lion Technologies LLC | Clemson, SC

July 2021 - Present

I own Nice Lion Technologies LLC, a web development and software consulting business and currently act as the sole freelance developer.

Audiovisual Technology Intern

Fellowship Greenville | Greenville, SC

May 2022 - August 2022

In this role, I gained experience working in a large church in the AV department. I primarily learned how to mix and produce live sound using Allen&Heath and Avid sound boards. I also used my computer science background to develop Cronicle extensions written in Python and C++ to create automatons for different church technologies.

My duties included, but were not limited to:

• Work alongside our Worship Technology Director to complete various improvement projects to worship technology, including system optimization, storage organization efforts, and implementation of new equipment.
• Assist the Audio/Visual Technology Director with weekly needs such as lighting plots, setup of stage equipment and microphones, and configuring the sound console.
• Assist the NextGen Production Designer with weekly needs in all NextGen production environments, including system optimization, maintenance, and implementation of any new equipment.
• Serve and support any and all weekend services in a variety of production roles.
• Accomplish other tasks and projects as assigned.

After School Caregiver

Greenville County School District | Greenville, SC

May 2017 - Mar 2020

In this role, I worked in the extended day program at Pelham Road Elementary School in Greenville, SC.

My duties included, but were not limited to:

• Facilitate planned activities as determined by the site director.
• Provide assistance in distributing snacks, supplies, etc.
• Assist the site director with providing all daily services and reports.
• Supervise children constantly, never leaving them unattended.
• Assist in homework supervision.
• Refer serious discipline problems to the site director.
• Attend all staff meetings and training sessions.
• Arrive promptly and remain for the specified time.
• Complete clerical tasks assigned by the director.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Young Life Leader @ T.L Hanna High School

Tri-County Young Life | Anderson, SC

August 2023 - Present

Young Life is a ministry for high school students. In this role, I have connected with many students and families at T.L Hanna High School in Anderson, SC. I am on a team of other college students who plan weekly gatherings, aka "club", and other events with the goal of sharing the Gospel of Christ to our high school friends.

WyldLife Leader @ McCants Middle School

Tri-County Young Life | Anderson, SC

August 2020 - August 2023

WyldLife is a ministry under Young Life for middle school students. In this role, I have connected with many students and families at McCants Middle School in Anderson, SC. I am on a team of other college students who plan weekly gatherings, aka "club", and other events with the goal of sharing the Gospel of Christ to our middle school friends.

S.P.O.T: A Game-Based Application for Fostering Critical Machine Learning Literacy Among Children

Interaction Design and Children Conference @ Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

June 19, 2023

ABSTRACT: This paper describes S.P.O.T., a game-based application for promoting children's practical understanding of ML concepts and applications. Current tools for teaching ML in K-12 engage students in playful exploration of ML mechanisms and teach ML from a cognitive perspective. However, in S.P.O.T, learners interact with ML within real-life sociopolitical contexts and examine how ML predictions impact their daily lives and communities. Through the immersion of stories that mirror children's lived experiences, S.P.O.T. provides elementary school aged children with opportunities to learn how machine learning applications function and develop children's abilities to critically examine, question, and reimagine the consequences of ML decisions in the real world.

Ibrahim Oluwajoba Adisa, Ian Thompson, Tolulope Famaye, Deepika Sistla, Cinamon Sunrise Bailey, Katherine Mulholland, Alison Fecher, Caitlin Marie Lancaster, and Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens. 2023. S.P.O.T: A Game-Based Application for Fostering Critical Machine Learning Literacy Among Children. In Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 507–511. https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3593884