Alexandra Paskhaver

Hello! I'm Alex. I write code, columns, and scripts. Most recently, I wrote 52 episodes for the children's podcast "The Word Search," produced by GoKidGo.

My syndicated humor column is distributed by Cagle: read it in the Delaware County Daily Times, the Gettysburg Times, and other papers.

I'm open to taking on writing and voice acting projects. If you'd like script or audio samples, feel free to reach out!

Technical Projects

Rutgers RUMobile

Technologies used: React Native, React Native Testing Library

  • Collaborated with a team of developers and designers to serve 3,000+ users across iOS and Android
  • Built 20+ components to display food details and profiles, welcome users, and more
  • Improved test coverage of functions by 12% to limit errors
  • Upgraded dependencies to ensure codebase was up-to-date

File Transcription Research with Professor Ananda Gunawardena

Technologies used: Python, Flask, SpaCy, Gensim

  • Built a website where a user could upload video or audio files, transcribe them, and perform searches for files containing keywords or topics
  • Researched and utilized natural language processing libraries to analyze video transcriptions for keywords suggesting idea or subject transitions
  • Improved test coverage to and maintained it at more than 80%
  • Automatically displayed results in easy-to-read visual format

Creative Projects

The Word Search

Skills: Scriptwriting, Editing

S&Co Scratch Night

Skills: Scriptwriting, Editing

  • Won an honorable mention for my short film script at the Spring 2022 competition

Online Course

Skills: Video Recording, Video Editing, Research, PhotoShop

  • Created the best-selling Introduction to Political Science course on Udemy
  • Produced 5 hours of course material (with jokes!) to engage 800+ students
  • Designed 5 course logos with PhotoShop on request for another instructor

Selected Columns

Cagle

Since February 2024, my weekly column has been distributed by Cagle newspaper syndicate.

Delaware County Daily Times

Writing a biweekly humor column since January 2023.

Gettysburg Times

Wrote a weekly humor column from January 2023 to February 2024.

The SAS Honors Program Blog

Wrote a weekly humor column from October 2022 to May 2023.

Hire Me

Want to work together? Find my resume and contact info here.