Fall 2026

Senior Honors Thesis

Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses for Honors in the Major as arranged with a faculty member.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Margarita Kaushanskaya4.3/5Ruth Litovsky3.9/5Katie Hustad3.9/5 +5 more

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades).

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Professors

Fall 2026

Margarita Kaushanskaya

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Raw average: 4.77/5 from 31 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).

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Raw average: 4.24/5 from 17 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 4 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Michelle Ciucci

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Raw average: 3.48/5 from 31 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AUDRA STERLING VON GLAHN is recorded teaching in Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CARRIE NIZIOLEK is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KATHERINE HUSTAD is recorded teaching in Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2014, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

KIMBERLY MUELLER is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Fall 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MARGARITA KAUSHANSKAYA is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MICHELLE CIUCCI is recorded teaching in Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2017, Fall 2019, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

NADINE CONNOR is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Fall 2012. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RUTH LITOVSKY is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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IND 004Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 025Classroom Instruction0 / 20
IND 024Classroom Instruction0 / 20
IND 013Classroom Instruction0 / 20
IND 050Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 060Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 005Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 017Classroom Instruction0 / 50

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=5 letter grades).

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CS&D 682 · Fall 2026

Senior Honors Thesis

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records 
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    "title": "Senior Honors Thesis",
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance 
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