Amanda Robb Email & Phone Number

Stanford, California, United States

Greater Seattle Area

Seattle

• Research and create content for exhibits related to East Asia
• Hold information sessions on library databases
• Record interviews for Oral History Project, “History through Memories and Stories: Exploring Seattle’s Chinese Immigrant Experiences,” in Chinese and English; transcribe English interviews

Greater Seattle Area

• Conduct subject research, write content, design poster layouts, install cases
• Select case materials from special collections and digital archives
• Exhibit List: o “Kaifeng Jewish Community in Exile,” East Asia Library, March-June 2020 o “Dunhuang Treasures,” East Asia Library, Jan.-March 2020 o “Global Seattle,” East Asia Library and Special Collections.
• Exhibit List: o “Kaifeng Jewish Community in Exile,” East Asia Library, March-June 2020 o “Dunhuang Treasures,” East Asia Library, Jan.-March 2020 o “Global Seattle,” East Asia Library and Special Collections.

Seattle

• Process newspapers, microfilm, microfiche and perform quality checks on digitized newspapers
• Answer reference desk questions and contribute to department Tumblr
• Led the design, research, and installment of department exhibits

Seattle, Washington, United States

Greater Seattle Area

• Used PowerPoint to present useful software or database functions to students and faculty
• Presentation list: o Zotero, Anthropology Department o China Academic Journals (CAJ), Asian Languages and Literature Department o Chinese Classic Ancient Books (CCAB), Asian Languages and Literature Department o.

Greater Seattle Area

• Assisted undergraduate students research and write papers based on relevant historical sources
• Taught weekly quiz sections, led general discussion classes, graded papers and exams
• Courses taught: o Spring 2019: China in the 20th Century (Reader/Grader) o Winter 2018: Peoples of the United States o Fall 2017: Introduction to South Asia o Spring 2017: Survey of History of Chinese Civilization.

Greater Seattle Area

Revised English translations of Classical Chinese poetry checking for flow and accuracy

Greater Seattle Area

• Organize and appraise Japanese festival slides; research slide historical content
• Create metadata entries with Dublin Core and update SAM catalog according to DACS standards
• Digitize slides and upload them to Omeka to generate online art exhibit for final presentation

Greater Seattle Area

Led tours of up to 47 people through Seattle's underground tunnels, telling educational stories about Seattle's 19th-century history in an entertaining way.

Greater Seattle Area

• Revise multiple academic articles for professional publication by Yue Zhang, Associate Professor of China Studies
• Focus on word choice, flow, and accuracy of Classical Chinese poetry translation

Greater Seattle Area

• Completed four independent projects, see IHME Portfolio: https://asrobb.wixsite.com/portfolio
• Cataloged data on online content management system according to internal guidelines
• Maintained and added content to controlled vocabularies in the GHDx taxonomy

Vienna, Austria

• Worked as UX Designer on Microsoft team with Semantic Web Company
• Created knowledge graphs, researched client needs, designed wireframes with Balsamiq and InVision
• Learned PoolParty software to develop taxonomies then presented product to Microsoft clients

Greater Seattle Area

• Assisted adult students complete research projects related to social work
• Answered questions about search strategies on library databases
• Used PowerPoint to present functions of PolicyMap

Taipei City, Taiwan

• Proofread, ensured accurate translation of Chinese-to-English government publications

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Recorded textbooks, commercials, children's songs, department store greetings, bus stops, testimonials, company introductions, and anything else my clients needed in Taiwan.Worked for several different studios who had my demos on file. Their clients listen to my voice and if I was what they're looking for, the studio called me in to work with that company..

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

I worked at TLI where I taught all levels of English one-on-one to students of all ages. My emphasis was on upper-level English training, reading and writing, as well as history and literature homework help for Kaohsiung American School students. I enjoyed working with my students in small classrooms because we were able to go in-depth, discuss ideas, and.

London, United Kingdom

Updated library collections in digital databases and proofread scientific articles for publication

St Andrews, Scotland

Catalogued pre-twentieth-century documents and updated records

St Andrews, Scotland

Acted as receptionist and guide for historical collections of St Andrew's, Scotland's oldest university.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

Catalogued publications, maps, microfilm with Millennium and OCLC with SuDoc Numbers

Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis

Activities and Societies: Society of American Archivists-UW, Secretary, 2019 Special Library Association-UW, Secretary, 2019

Master Of Arts - Ma, Chinese History, 3.9

Fields: Late Imperial-China, Modern China, Modern Britain, and Comparative Colonialisms.

Master'S, History

Ba, Chinese Studies/History Double Honors

Chinese Language And Literature

I completed one year of language training at the NTNU language center. This included discussion classes on Zhuangzi (莊子) and Classical.

Language Center, Mandarin Language

I completed one year advanced Mandarin study at the university's Chinese Language Center.