Joshua Munsey

He/Him/His ยท Irvine, CA ยท jwmunsey1@gmail.com

I am currently a student at the University of California, Irvine. My main interests lie with both the intersection of Education & Interactive Media as well as the application of Critical Pedagogy in Computer Science Education.


Experience

Research Assistant

Worked on Converse to Learn's conversational agent projects which aim to teach children through interactive television shows and interactive eBooks in conjunction with PBS Kids.

June 2024 - Present

Lab Tutor

Assisted students in the lab portion of a "Programming in C/C++ as a Second Language" course. Utilized a mixture of socratic questioning and metacognitive techniques in order to aid students with their programming assignments throughout the course.

Sep 2024 - Dec 2024

Learning Assistant

Interacted with students in a one-on-one setting leveraging proven pedagogical strategies to strengthen their understanding of core concepts within a Data Structures & Algorithms course. Engaged with students dialogically both in lectures and in labs.

Sep 2024 - Dec 2024
Sep 2023 - Mar 2024

Volunteer

Utilized unique problem solving tactics and communication during high impact/high stress situations to serve users during peak times. Worked both independently and with supervisors in-the-loop.

May 2022 - Oct 2022

Maintenance Worker

Created and facilitated training on running the medical inventory system that was used. Maintained and repaired medical equipment including IT infrastructure (e.g., phones, computers, hubs, etc.)

Sep 2016 - Sep 2021

Education

University of California, Irvine

Bachelor of Science
Data Science

GPA: 3.776

June 2025

Reedley College

Associate of Science
Computer Science

GPA: 3.87

May 2022

Interests

Apart from my research interests, I enjoy playing role-playing games, both Analog and Digital. My favorites being ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, and ๐˜š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด. Similarly, I enjoy reading Science-Fiction with my favorite authors being Harlan Ellison, Octavia Butler, and Peter Watts.

Another form of media I enjoy is film, particularly I follow the "New French Extremity" or Feel Bad Film genre with a special focus on the collective works of Michael Haneke and Julia Ducournau.

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