Sara Colando

(she/her)

Hi, and welcome to my website!

I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Carnegie Mellon University. I graduated magna cum laude from Pomona College with a double major in Mathematics and Philosophy in Spring 2024.

Currently, I am working with Nynke Niezink and Eva Jaspers on a continuation of my Advanced Data Analysis project, titled “Why Do Students Avoid Each Other? Investigating Positive and Negative Network Effects.” I am also working on a project with Erin Franke and Alex Reinhart in which we analyze statistics students’ writing before and after the emergence of Large Language Models. I have previously been involved in statistical genomics and data science ethics pedagogy research with Jo Hardin.

Find out more about my interests and past experiences by browsing this site.

Curriculum Vitae