Hello! I'm Sarah Blankenship and I'm a recently graduated software engineer. I graduated from Clemson University with a Master's in Computer Science.
While in university I worked as a research assistant creating an educational web application that logged the progress of 112 users and completing experiments evaluating its effectiveness in teaching symbolic reasoning skills.
Skills
Git Version Control
Programming Languages
C/C++
Education
Clemson University
Master of Science, Computer Science, 2021-2022
GPA: 3.62
Clemson University
Bachelors of Science, Computer Science, 2018-2021
GPA: 3.62
Experience
Adjunct Instructor
USC Upstate, Aug. 2025 - Present
- Instructor of record for 6 sections of programming courses
- Created engaging lessons to encourage problem-solving skills and introduced best practices for programming
- Designed assignments for reflection of ethical and security concerns related to course content
Adjunct Instructor
Greenville Technical College, Sept. 2024 - Present
- Taught programming and other computer skills in higher education
- Created engaging lessons to encourage critical thinking and logic skills
- Implemented lessons across multiple platforms, combining in-person and online settings
Graduate Research Assistant
Clemson Univeristy, Aug. 2021 - Sept. 2022
- Designed & conducted two cross-university experiments in computer science education with 112 students
- Programmed and deployed an educational web app using Python, Django, and JavaScript that taught 112 students formal verification through a code editor that communicated to a custom compiler and logged student responses for analysis
- Performed statistical analysis of student scores and answers giving insight on how well students learned and used in a report published by the university and a second report published by ACM in ITiCSE '22
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Clemson Univeristy, May 2020 - Aug. 2021
- Programmed a conceptual nested list program based on mathematical tree theory and its corresponding unit tests in Java
- Contributed to writing three papers published by the ACM
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Clemson Univeristy, Aug. 2019 - Dec. 2020
- Assisted students in mastering C programming through projects and tutoring
- Tutored students in foundation programming concepts to be demonstrated in future projects
- Collaborated with students to test and debug their projects through both tutoring and pair programming