Byron Lewis Email & Phone Number

Detroit, MI, US

Ferndale, Michigan, United States

SyriaWeek.info

• Maintain a publicly-accessible interactive daily map of control and conflict in Syria (SyriaWeek.info) with about 200 recorded events per day, over 8000 unique locations, and 400 armed groups categorized into one of.
• Monitor open-source Arabic-language press, social media, and forums including Shaam24.net, Sana.sy, Syrian Facebook groups, StepAgency-sy.net, and various Twitter accounts affiliated with armed groups in Syria
• Classify events in varying degrees of government or opposition control and, if contested, the intensity of violence
• Monitor perspectives of populations, organizations, and governments both sympathetic and hostile to US values/interests
• Analyze and rationalize discrepancies between data, interpretations, and sources of news outlets reporting on single event to determine which news outlet, based on interests, will provide more complete coverage of a.
• Independently learned enough SQL, JavaScript, and HTML to manipulate interactions between databases and the smooth display of map data (e.g. locations, languages, and date-dependent details) while enabling map.

Oak Park, MI

Greater Detroit Area

Dearborn, MI

• Assist Arabic-speaking students with high school classwork by providing written translations, developing their English language skills, and supporting communication between the school and the parents
• Develop a curriculum for teaching Arabic to English speakers ranging from beginner to upper-intermediate
• Translate and prepare advertising and promotional materials for Arabic tutoring sessions
• Tutor child and adult students in Arabic language, focusing on MSA (Fusha) and Levantine dialect

Largo High School

Algebra 1, Geometry, and Trigonometry.

• Prepare, organize, and administer Model Arab League (student leadership development program) conferences
• Promote public image via facilitation of meetings, correspondence, event preparation, and effective damage control
• Foster advantageous connections using keen interpersonal skills: attention to cultural and situational sensitivities,careful selection of connotation and word choice, and manipulation of perceived intimacy through.
• Selected to become full-time staff member from pool of 34 other interns following prestigious summer internship
• Escort delegations of academics and members of the Armed Forces to Arab countriesStudy Visit to the United Arab Emirates of the U.S. Air Force Academy: Deputy Escort, NCUSAR, November 18 – 28, 2011
• Under the direction of two NCUSAR Vice Presidents, guided 12 USAFA cadets and two professors to various ministries and Armed Forces bases and institutions; meetings were always diplomatic in nature, and often in.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Aided External Affairs Officer in organizing and hosting reverse-trade missions and economic/business delegation visits
• Provided quick translations for Arabic-speaking clients and event participants
• Constructed profiles and compiled contact information of officials and business representatives of interest to NUSACC
• Developed complex boolean-operator based search formulas to improve efficiency of news search service

* Brought and kept budget out of account deficit inherited from former administration * Constructed and presented a budget proposal for the Associated Student Government * Aided the president and supervisor in preparing to host regional and national conferences by comparing vendor prices, constructing conference itineraries, and making reservations *.

* Provided tutoring services weekly for students in entry-level Arabic classes * Worked with faculty to construct schedules and teaching methods * Coordinated schedule changes and fill-ins with other tutors

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy, 3.1

Minor In Arts & Sciences, Middle Eastern And Islamic Studies, 3.52*

Activities and Societies: Miami University Model Arab League ProgramCourses in Field of Study: History of the Modern Middle East; Politics.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Marching Band, The Cannon (Student Magazine)