Hot and Cold: Quantifying the Variation of Sentiment in Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings

Abstract

8 Noah Alderton is currently a student at Purdue University pursuing a BS in computer science and data science and a BA in political science. During the past three summers, he has interned as a software engineer and plans on working fulltime in software development upon graduation. Additionally, Alderton has a passion for education, and he has worked as a lecturer and curriculum creator for CS 193. He has been a teaching assistant for multiple different courses, including CS 240 and POL 300. Later in life he hopes to achieve a master’s degree in computer science.