Hi all, I’m Will Shrestha! I’m from Saint Paul, Minnesota. I’m a senior Computer Science major and Digital Arts and Humanities minor. I worked as a TA for Hacking the Humanities fall and winter terms of the 2023-2024 academic year. Spring 2024 was my first term working as a Digital Humanities Associate after I heard about the job from Austin Mason, the director of the Digital Arts and Humanities department. I got a lot of experience working with a team of faculty and students in a professional setting and learned more about the intersections between computer science and the humanities. This year, I’m hoping to become proficient in at least one new software/tool that will help me in my projects. I’m also hoping to be able to help students learn more about the Digital Arts and Humanities minor as its Student Departmental Advisor.
Some other academic interests I have are music and psychology. I take saxophone lessons here at Carleton and occasionally arrange sheet music for piano on the music composition software, MuseScore. Recently, I’ve been learning more about social psychology in my free time. I’m currently reading Nudge by Richard H. Thaler which is a really interesting book about how choice architecture alters people’s behavior in predictable ways.
My main extracurricular at Carleton is being a member of the Karls, our club level men’s ultimate frisbee team. I play as a D-line handler. I am also member of MOSAIC (Mosaic of South Asian Interests at Carleton), Mixed Club, and Club Tennis.
Some hobbies of mine outside of Carleton are spending time with my pets and playing video games with my friends. I have two dogs and two cats (one cat, Scoop, is living on campus with me as an ESA). Two of my current favorite video games are World of Warcraft and Deadlock. Two of my all-time favorites are Stardew Valley and Minecraft.
Here’s a picture of Scoop in my dorm during junior year!
