Kari Samuels

About me

I am the faculty Reappoints & Promotions Coordinator in the Institute for Software Research at Carnegie Mellon University. Additionally, I am executive assistant to the senior faculty member Mary Shaw.

I am originally from the Bronx, New York (and liked it very much, thanks) and have traveled to many places before settling in the Burgh.

My darling hubby, Troy Jones, brought me here after a long search to find the perfect home. I was searching for the right balance of nature, culture, parks and walking amenities, and I never thought I would find all that in Pittsburgh!

I enjoy reading, writing, hiking, biking, rollerblading, dancing, travelling, and being lazy when I have the time. Currently, I am in the process of trying to get published as a children's book author.

I am also a vegetarian. :)

Contact Details

email: kari+@cs.cmu.edu
Phone: (412) 268-3063
Fax (shared): (412) 268-5576
Office: Wean Hall 8107
Address: Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890, USA

Words to Live By

"In order to keep a true perspective of one’s importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him."
- Dereke Bruce

"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society."
-Mark Twain

"Humility is no substitute for a good personality."
-Fran Liebowitz

"It doesn't make a difference what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature"
-Steven Wright

"Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone"
-Anthony Burgess

"The older I grow, the less important the comma becomes. Let the reader catch his own breath."
- Elizabeth Clarkson Zwart

"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."
-Douglas Adams

"It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.."
-Woody Allen

"There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and none worth killing for.."
-Tom Robbins