William Babbitt
Facilities Coordinator, IT
Village of Fort Edward, New York, United States
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Top SchoolWilliam Babbitt is an interdisciplinary researcher and IT facilities coordinator with nine years of experience bridging human-computer interaction, ethnocomputing, and STEM education research. He earned a PhD in Multidisciplinary Sciences from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has held research and teaching roles there, focusing on culturally situated computing artifacts and computational thinking in informal and formal learning environments. Currently coordinating IT facilities at Ace Hardware while maintaining an independent scholar practice, he blends operational pragmatism with a deep interest in communities of practice, motivation, and intentional conceptual change. His background spans hands-on inventory and district management to postdoctoral research, revealing a rare combination of logistical leadership and rigorous human-centered computing scholarship. Notably, he applies ethnographic sensibilities to design technological learning experiences that respect cultural context and learner identity.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
B.S.B.A. Finance, B.S.B.A. Finance at Xavier UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematics and Computer Science at SUNY Empire State CollegeDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Multidisciplinary Sciences Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Multidisciplinary Sciences Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (4)
snap6
javascript4
django3
gis2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
CSDTs/CSDT_Single_Page
Nov 2019 - Jun 2021
The repository for single page javascript apps.
Contributions:5 PRs, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
javascript
CSDTs/CSnap-Modules
Aug 2016 - Dec 2019
Home of any modules GK12 creates for CSnap
Contributions:28 commits, 7 PRs, 29 pushes in 3 years 4 months
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