Erin Bennett
Computer Science & Mathematics Teacher
Fremont, California, United States
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Top SchoolErin Bennett is a computer science and mathematics teacher with 11 years of experience blending deep academic research and hands-on education work. She holds a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Stanford and has translated that research background into classroom practice at The Kehillah School while co-founding challenge-bot to bring playful, project-based learning into tech. Erin’s career bridges elite research environments—lab manager and PhD work at Stanford, a Google internship—and longstanding teaching roles from university TA to museum instructor, giving her a rare mix of pedagogical range and technical credibility. Based in Fremont, California, she designs learning experiences informed by cognitive science and practical software projects, often focusing on how people learn to program rather than just what they code.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San DiegoDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive Psychology at Stanford University
Stackoverflow
161reputation
19kreached
1answer
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Github Skills (47)
truncate10
webppl10
generative10
probabilistic10
probabilistic-models10
probabilistic-programming9
minecraft9
cognitive-science9
bayesian9
bayesian-inference8
density-estimation8
lucky-framework8
machine-learning8
dnd-tools7
probabilistic-programming-languages7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
erindb/Submiterator
Sep 2014 - Feb 2018
Contributions:15 commits, 1 push in 3 years 5 months
erindb/causal_simulations
Dec 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:91 commits, 54 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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