Kyle Hager Email & Phone Number

Lexington, Ky, Us

- Transcribed audio according to guidelines in order to generate high quality data sets for ASR models.- Performed annotation tasks, such as sentiment analysis, contributing to the engineering team's research projects.- Provided thorough and constructive feedback on documentation and best practices to improve guidelines and workflow.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Provided linguistic consultation in support of projects for a major social media company.- Tagged natural language utterances with semantic annotations within an established ontology.- Evaluated annotations for consistency and accuracy according to guidelines.- Improved guidelines, processes, and tools through feedback and discussion.- Performed co-reference linking, named entity linking, deixis analysis, and multi-turn annotation and analysis.- Supported teammates by giving timely feedback, engaging in discussion, and promoting a welcoming atmosphere.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

- Wrote and submitted grants by assessing relevant funding opportunities in order to expand the capacity of environmental education and outreach programming.- Assisted in the planning, development, and scheduling of a series of energy efficiency and food justice workshops engaging low-income communities.- Planned, developed, and organized volunteer events related to the installation and maintenance of rain gardens, tree plantings, storm water drain stenciling, litter cleanups, etc.- Developed partnerships with community organizations, local businesses, and public education institutions to increase knowledge of events held by Bluegrass Greensource and promote marketing materials in both English and Spanish for said events.

- Edited the association's bibliography with entries concerning research and materials relevant to the field of ecolinguistics.- Provided feedback and proofread materials in support of an online course in ecolinguistics.

San Francisco Bay Area

- Designed and delivered beginner- and intermediate-level English lessons to adult learners in order to prepare them for advanced-level coursework.- Implemented data-driven course materials into lessons by using corpus linguistics methodologies.- Incorporated ecolinguistic principles and methodologies into critical thinking lessons inspiring reflection on the way language influences our relationship to the environment.

San Francisco Bay Area

- Prepared course materials and delivered lectures for ENG422 "History of the English Language" in order to introduce and put into practice historical linguistics methodologies.- Designed and delivered workshops on fundamental linguistics topics to lay the groundwork for non-linguistics majors to succeed in approaching the methods and historical themes explored in the class.- Provided support by offering feedback and giving personalized instruction to students through weekly office hours.

San Francisco Bay Area

- Provided administrative support by prioritizing project goals, meeting deadlines, and holding team members accountable for individual tasks.- Expanded and maintained a database of lexical and syntactic data as part of an ongoing language documentation project on Teotitlan del Valle Zapotec in Oaxaca, Mexico.- Designed and managed an online dictionary (Zapotec-Spanish-English) for academic and instructional purposes.- Collaborated with and conducted interviews with community members, linguistic experts, and graduate students and worked closely with filmmakers to further the community-led project's main goals.

San Francisco Bay Area

- Prepared and delivered workshops on introductory linguistics topics, such as the International Phonetic Alphabet and transcription.- Administered examinations and evaluated student homework assignments, providing individualized constructive feedback to students.

Albarracín, Aragon, Spain

Master’S Degree, Linguistics

Primary focus areas: ecolinguistics, critical discourse analysis, conceptual metaphor, semantic framing. Language documentation.

Bachelor’S Degree, History, Philosophy

Activities and Societies: HONORS: The Edwa P. and Allie W. Young Memorial Award (Outstanding Student in the Dept. of History, Philosophy.