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Rebecca Doris

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Likes

  • My dog
  • Bird watching
  • Thunderstorms
  • Responsive, mobile-first design
  • The outdoors
  • Jurassic Park
  • The Simpsons
  • Linguistics
  • October
  • Running
  • Twin Peaks
  • Coding or digging into data until I forget what day it is, who I am
  • Soft, cuddly things
  • Tea
  • When people talk about the things they like
  • Reading
  • Birbs
  • Window cats
  • J.R.R. Tolkien
  • Manatees
  • Creative systems
  • The Earthsea series by Leguin
  • Neko Case
  • Cold brew with oat milk

Dislikes

  • Pop-ups that solicit your email address
  • House centipedes
  • Seafood
  • Family Guy
  • Being sedentary for too long
  • Cloudy overcast days

Pretty Good At

  • Customer service
  • Technical troubleshooting
  • Zendesk APIs
  • Python
  • Python Pandas
  • MySQL
  • HTML5
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • Google Maps Javascript APIs
  • CMS
  • Veggie lasagna
  • Needle felting
  • Endurance
  • Problem-solving
  • Peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies
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Resume

Education

Harvard Extension School, Cambridge MA
Professional Graduate Certificate in Web Technologies, 2016
Master of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies, 2017
Major: Digital Media Design

Boston University, Boston MA
Bachelor of Arts, 2010
Major: Linguistics
Minor: French

Experience

Senior Support Lead, edX (a 2U company)
2021 - present
Senior Learner Support Associate
2020 - 2021
Learner Support Associate
2019-2020
Cambridge, MA

Records Specialist, Harvard Extension School
Academic Services Office
Cambridge, MA — 2010-2019

I-20 Assistant, Harvard Summer School
Registrar’s Office
Cambridge, MA — 2010

Seasonal Teller, The Community Bank (now Eastern Bank)
Bridgewater, MA — 2008-2010

Office Assistant, Boston University
College of Arts and Sciences Business Office
Boston, MA — 2008-2010

Awards

Academic
  • Dean’s List Achievement Award, 2017 (HES)
  • Barbara Argote Junior Award in Linguistics, 2009 (BU)
  • Ken Hale Award, 2010 (BU)
Professional
  • Nominee: 2U No Back Row Award, 2023
  • Scariest Halloween Costume edX 2019
  • DCE Pumpkin decorating contest winner, 2016 and 2018
  • Harvard DCE Summer 2016 Fitbit Challenge: Most Steps

Volunteer Work

Chapter Organizer, Feminist Bird Club of Western Massachusetts
Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts - 2023 - present

Volunteer, Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence
Somerville, MA - 2018-2020

Friendly Visitor, Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly
Boston, MA - 2012-2013

Certificates

Fiber Art

Needle felting is the craft of sculpting felt wool using a special barbed needle.

Halloween

Rebecca dressed as a winged demon in all black with red tipped horns standing in front of the edX logo in the edX Office October 2019. She is holding a small skeleton trophy. The wings have red feathers at the top. Rebecca dressed as wizard with a long grey beard, pointy hat, colorful robe, brown cloak, and tall staff topped with a blue orb.

A pumpkin covered in felt and felting wool to depict Bag End. The stem has been turned into a tree that is lit up with lights. There is a round door colored on the front and a sign that reads 'No Admittance Except on Party Business' in the front next to a mossy fence. The garden has small green shrubs and a bush covered in white flowers. There is also a small needle felted jack o lantern in the garden. There is a purple curtain in the background. A pumpkin covered in felt and felting wool to depict Bag End. The stem has been turned into a tree that is lit up with lights. There is a round door colored on the front and a sign that reads 'No Admittance Except on Party Business' in the front next to a mossy fence. The garden has small green shrubs and a bush covered in white flowers. There is also a small needle felted jack o lantern in the garden. The pumpkin is outside on Rebecca's porch.

Small Critters

A needle-felted small yellow bird with an orange beak, small black eyes, three feathers on the back of its head and two-toed feet. The rear end of a needle-felted small yellow bird with three yellow feathers on its rump. For scale, the baby chocobo next to Sylvie, an 11 pound Yorkie Poo. A needle-felting red panda held in the palm of a hand. The front of a needle-felted pink pig that appears to be smiling. The rear of a needle-felted pink pig with a curly tail. A needle-felted grey and brown dog dog with brown ears, a white beard, white eyebrows, a white tail, white paws, and thick eyelashes being held in a hand. A needle-felted grey and brown dog dog with brown ears, a white beard, white eyebrows, a white tail, white paws, and thick eyelashes being held in a hand.