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Composing two dozen blog posts per month, keeping in mind the client's specific brand.Posting these articles to the various different dealership back-end websites.Using basic HTML coding to ensure that each post is optimized for the viewer and for SEO results.

Rochester, New York, United States

Managed a diverse staff of 10 employees that conducts more than 200 transactions per day.Resolved conflicts between members of said staff.Provided outstanding customer service to the store's clientele.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Conducted research on governmental instrumentalization of religion in the pursuit of soft power objectives, with a focus on the Islamic world. Coordinated and tracking the editorial and publication process for numerous authors and their work.Edited academic papers and publications in various stages of the publication process.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Managed the various documents, accounts, and records associated with the Center for Contemporary Arab StudiesCommunicated effectively with staff, faculty, and visitors to the CenterPrioritized projects based on fluid circumstances

Rochester, New York Area

Delivered training on the use of different software applications to groups of clients, both in-person and virtually, which numbered as many as 40. Assisted in the editing of slide decks which were used to present training to clients.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Guided nine Moroccan high school teachers in their exploration of religion in America and American culture in general. Duties included translation when the need arose, organization of transportation and nourishment daily, and assisting the visitors with anything else they needed.

Mellon Endowment For Humanities Research

Spent several months studying the Islamic State entity and the way in which this group manipulates Islamic religious prophecy and tradition in its propoganda, in support of a professor's academic work.

Allegheny College

This position was paid for with grant money from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and as such my duties were split between the grant work -- which was the creation of several films on economic development -- general office duties, such as photocopying, and the proofreading of the works of some academics whose first language was not English, which made for some long projects.

Rochester, New York Area

I canvassed voters both door-to-door and over the phone; I also spent some time doing data entry.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Arab Studies

Activities and Societies: Affiliate Editor at the Georgetown Public Policy ReviewDegree Concentration: Politics

Arabic (Msa)

Activities and Societies: I lived with a host family in Rabat, Morocco for 14 weeks where I studied Arabic five days a week. During this.

Bachelor'S Degree, International Studies (Middle East&North Africa); Religous Studies Minor; Law & Policy Concentration, 3.7/4.0

Activities and Societies: Allegheny Student Government Senator, Member of the Beta Chi Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity (also held.

Education record

Studied abroad in Amman, Jordan, for one semester. Learned colloquial Jordanian Arabic in addition to valuable cross-cultural.

Arabic, A-

The Arabic Language School is a 8-week immersion program during which I had daily classes on the Arabic Language and a weekly class.

High School, 92/100 (Pittsford Mendon High School Does Not Employ A 4.0 Scale)

Activities and Societies: Founding President, Wellness and Activities Club Member, Masterminds Trivia Team Member, Finance Club Member.