• Review English translations of French and Arabic texts side-by-side with originals and edit them for meaning and style; ensure that translations are appropriately idiomatic and natural• Completed reviews from French to English: In the Shadow of the Fire, Hervé le Corre; In His Own Image, Jérôme Ferrari; The Tyranny of Algorithms, Miguel Benasayag; A Single Rose, Muriel Barbery; No Touching, Hetty Rouf; The Hanged Man of Conakry, Christophe Rufin; Reeling, Lola Lafon; Belle Greene, Alexandra Lapierre; Alma, Timothée de Fombelle; The Best Thing That Can Happen to a Man Is to Get Lost, Alain Gillot; First Blood, Amélie Nothomb; The Postcard, Anne Berest; [Paradises Lost], Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt; Lenin Walked On the Moon, Michel Eltchaninoff; [One Hour of Fervor], Muriel Barbery; [The Daughter of the Ogre], Catherine Bardon• Completed review from Arabic to English: The Italian, Shukri Mabkhout• In-progress review, French to English: [The Silence of the Choir], Mohamed Mbougar Sarr• In-progress review, Arabic to English: [Calamity of the Nobles' House], Amira Ghenim

• Tutor high school students and adults in literature, writing, listening, speaking• Taught English conversation classes (for young professionals and college students) at Deewan Language Institute in Amman, Jordan

Spend 8–20 hours a month doing freelance proofreading online, with texts ranging from MLA to APA to Chicago to business, in addition to blog entries, cover letters, personal statements, etc.

On a freelance basis, translate a variety of texts online including legal documents and academic papers from Arabic, French, and Spanish into English

As a Fulbright English Teaching Fellow, taught courses on beginning writing, technical writing (CVs, cover letters, proposals, personal statements, etc.), and intercultural communication

In May 2015, was a co-instructor for the 2-week May Term course in Paris. During this time, helped to coordinate students pre-departure, en route, and on the ground in Paris, providing them with access to cell phones and museum and metro passes, as well as basic French and a sense of the city’s geography. Accompanied them to sites further afield such as Versailles and La Villette and was the sole chaperone for the return journey from Paris to Cedar Rapids.During May Term, was also responsible for holding class meetings on the course topic (Paris as a Living History) with the five francophone students present and grading their participation, as well as their final presentations and journals.In the fall of 2015, taught Elementary French I and an upper-level course on French humor, which included a mixture of materials from medieval to modern times ranging from texts by Rabelais and Molière to films (Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis, Ridicule, Le Dîner de cons) to contemporary stand-up comics and satirical weeklies like Charlie Hebdo. The course integrated discussion and biweekly journaling with performance-based immersion activities and a final research paper. In the spring of 2016, taught Elementary French II and a modified version of the French and Francophone cinema course taught in the fall of 2012 at Coe.Helped to coordinate French conversation table and film screenings.

Was in charge of contacting and working with 8 published writers (in English, Arabic, and Kurdish) and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad to publicize Lanterns of Hope: A Poetry Project for Iraqi Youth—a project aiming to solicit and publish an anthology of poems by youth in Iraq ages 16 to 23, in English, Arabic, and Kurdish.Via videoconferencing calls and email, coordinated initial publicity efforts: generation and translation of texts, design of poster and logo, outreach to IWP connections in Iraq and abroad who might be able to help advertise the projectCo-managed the Facebook page, as well as Submittable and a Lanterns of Hope email account created for the purpose of collecting submissions.Gathered mentor feedback on the poems read and organized several videoconference calls with mentors and colleagues at the Embassy to make a final selection.Drafted and oversaw translation of text congratulating the chosen poets and urging them to consider their personal security situations before sending in final biographies.Corresponded personally with five young Iraqi poets writing in English and aided them in editing their poems. Coordinated with the mentors so that they could do the same for our other poets.Located translators, oversaw translation of poems, introduction, and bios before compiling the final manuscript.Located a book designer and worked with her to create a final e-Book and print anthology before finally coordinating with a local press to print hard copies.Coordinated with the IWP and the Embassy for publicity of the project in its final stages and to raise awareness for the e-Book.

Taught translation seminars for upper-level students in the creative writing track of the English department. Courses included readings in translation theory and readings, viewings, and listening sessions that developed an understanding of translation as an intermedia, intergenre discipline able to enrich the creative original work of all writers, even those who don’t speak a second language. Works studied include the likes of Edward Hopper’s paintings, Anne Carson’s poetry, John Logan’s play Red, and the film Fantasia.Students were each given the opportunity to workshop their creative work, and they were also given a number of creative exercises to do, as well as two craft papers that allowed them to absorb and integrate the theoretical readings they did. The final project was a portfolio that included their revised work from the semester and also discussed their revision process.Outside of class, responsible for helping to organize various activities (readings, film screenings, etc.) in the undergraduate creative writing community.

Taught between 65 and 70 first-year, second-year, and masters'-level students in Phonetics, Comprehension, Conversation, and Oral Presentation. This job required a working knowledge of the university's language labs. Conversation classes included a variety of language-learning games, debates, and role-playing activities.

Assisted with preparation of grant applications, copy-editing of manuscripts for publication, and translation of literary texts from French.In fall of 2011: edited English-language texts of over 25 foreign Writers-in-Residence who were in Iowa for the fall IWP Residency, and translated works from French by two residents: Fabienne Kanor, a Martinican-French writer and filmmaker, and Marvin Victor, a Haitian writer and filmmakerIn fall of 2012: helped to organize International Literature Today, a course in which the resident writers came to speak about their work and their national literatures. Graded student journals.

Assisted with or planned and taught various courses in the department of Cinema and Comparative Literature--ranging from a discussion section in world literature to a course on translation and adaptation, taught from my own syllabus.

Co-taught a 400-level course of 12 students in French and francophone cinema. Using David Aldstadt and Jean-Louis Hippolyte’s Septième Art, we developed activities to deepen students’ understanding of French and francophone cinema as well as their listening, speaking, and writing skills in French. These activities included weekly writing assignments (some creative), class discussion and reenactments of film scenes, two major essays, weekly student presentations, comprehension quizzes, a take-home midterm, and a comprehensive final exam.