J. Hoy Loper
1822 Yorktown Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Education
- Brown University (9/04 - 5/05; 9/06 - present).
- Tandem Friends School (9/97 - 5/04). National Merit finalist; Recipient of Head's Award.
Volunteer Experience
- 2007. Volunteered at Providence Children's Museum.
- 2005-2006. AmeriCorps year with Ready to Learn Providence
.
- 2005. Team-taught Poetry in the Schools with the Highlander 5th
graders (through Brown's ``Poetry in classrooms and community,'' ED81).
- 2005. Team-wrote software to teach multiplication intuitions
for the Lincoln School 3rd graders (through Brown's ``Educational
Software Seminar,'' CS92).
- 2004. Summer volunteer work at the Virginia Children's Discovery Museum.
- 2004. Tutored a 5th grader in basic math skills.
- 2003. Developed independent study in computers and geometry
pedagogy; observed and taught 8th grade geometry, with and without computers.
- 2003. Volunteered briefly (5 days) in head-start on a Hopi reservation.
- 2001. Home-stay with Hopi family (Onshore Offshore Expeditions; 4 days). Volunteer work at local head start program.
- 2000. Taught computer literacy to the staff of Jefferson Area Board for the Aging.
Skills
- Spanish (Tandem Friends School; 2001-2004).
- Mandarin (Brown University; 2004-2005).
- Piano. Dorothy Stevens, classical: 1994-1999. Richard LaRue, jazz: 2001-2002. Roland Wiggins, jazz: 2002-2005.
- Musical Composition. For a production of As You
Like It, with Benjamin Ewing: 2005. For a theatrical version of
Alice in Wonderland: 2002. For Lattehouse (a
collaborative theater production): 2000. For Macbeth: 1998.
- Theatre. Koko, The Mikado: 2005.
Baker, Into the Woods: 2004. Hamlet, Hamlet: 2003.
Abdullah, Instructor, Camino Real: 2002. Chorus,
Antigone: 2001. Benny, Guys & Dolls: 2001.
Miscelleaneous, Lattehouse (a collaporative theater
production): 2000,2001.
- 12 years Computer Programming: Python, C++, Java, Scheme, OCaml.
References available upon request.