Samuel Shear
Selected highlights from my academic and professional work. For the full CV, please visit cv.sshear.dev.
Education
University of Pittsburgh
B.A. in Linguistics with Certificate in Jewish Studies (2024–Current)
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Uriel Weinreich Summer Program (2025, 2026)
Experience
Software Engineering Intern — Coursemojo (Remote)
March 2023 – June 2023
- Refactored the codebase of a Zoom extension to use TypeScript instead of JavaScript.
Projects
LCAAJ Transcription Project
Go Programming Language (2024)
- Built a web app for converting between the LCAAJ transcription system and the IPA.
- Used the Go programming language and Regular Expressions.
LCAAJ Digitization Project
Python Programming Language (2025–Current)
- Assisting librarians at Columbia University to fully digitize the LCAAJ using text recognition tools.
Skills
Programming
- Go
- Java
- Python
- R
- C
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- HTML
- CSS
Languages
- English — Native Speaker
- Yiddish — Around B1
- Hebrew — Around A2
Writings in Progress
[1] S. Shear, "Tote-mome allophony before the velar nasal across the podolian-bessarabian yiddish border"
Scholarships and Awards
Gilboa Jewish Studies Scholarship (2025–2026)