Kassi Burnett, Phd Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

- Published environmental-justice and disability- and human-rights research in prestigious academic journals in German and English in: Oxford German Studies, NonFiktion, and Studies in the Humanities- Crafted editorial, nonfiction, and creative writing for The Columbus Dispatch, The Sierran, and The Harvard College Journal of Germanic Studies- Recipient of more than a dozen high-profile grants for innovate research projects and service work, including a Fulbright Research Grant, an ENGIE-Axium grant, and a Global Arts and Humanities Livability Grant- Selected and Funded by German and Belgian Fulbright Commission to travel to Luxembourg and Belgium for week-long seminar at the EU and NATO; granted security clearance from US government; attended global cybersecurity workshop with global cybersecurity experts- Presented research at over 15 prestigious institutions around the world, including: UT Austin; U of Minnesota; U of Michigan; die Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing, Germany; UC Berkeley; Cornell; TU-Darmstadt, Germany; U of Plymouth, England; U of Maryland, College Park; U of Wisconsin-Madison; Universität Bonn, Germany- Designed and organized international, interdisciplinary, 2-day conference, Environmentangled, as President and acting treasurer for German Graduate Student Association at Ohio State; constructed GGSA website still in use- Served as Secretary for Ohio State’s premier student accessibility organization, Buckeyes for Accessibility; worked with leaders and members to collectively construct an updated accessibility map for OSU’s campus- Selected by peers to serve as liaison to the following university faculty committees at Ohio State: Undergraduate Studies Committee, Scheduling Committee, Graduate Studies Committee, Departmental Council; contributed to creation of new student evaluations that collect quantitative feedback and are still used today

Columbus, Ohio, United States

- Worked with 2 peers to design and implement Ohio State’s first-ever online German language classes; these courses were crucial to OSU’s ability to offer German courses during the pandemic- taught online, hybrid and in-person German language courses varying in size from fewer than 10 to 150+ students, including: all levels of German language from beginner to advanced and German culture courses

Berlin, Germany

National Live Remote

Recently graduated from Java bootcamp at Tech Elevator. Below is a list of projects completed during the bootcamp:- Taste Buds: Designed to find the perfect place to dine. Restaurant matching and voting application using MVC pattern and RESTful APIs. Registered Taste Buds users can search for restaurants in a desired area and create scheduled events. Friends are invited via unique links to view restaurant information and submit votes. The program will record votes and calculate the winning restaurants. Utilizes Java, SpringBoot, JSON, Vue.js, Yelp Fusion API, and PostgreSQL.- COVIDCare: Developed for the GirlDevelopIt (GDI) Hackathon, Hack4Health. Built to increase awareness of and access to long COVID resources and to help track long term symptoms; connects user with COVID-19 statistics and NIH informational web pages; symptoms are recorded in journal entries with the date, COVID-19 test results, and any notes the user wishes to enter; utilizes Java, Spring Boot, SQL, JavaScript, Vue.JS, ElephantSQL- Ohio State Accessible Campus Mapping System: one of the first accessible campus mapping applications in the country; displays OSU campus features like accessible entrances, ground slope, difficult-to-reach areas; allows user input; utilizes Java, Javascript, GIS- Home Library Program: User may enter ISBN, program calls OpenLibrary API to search for book details and report them to user; user may store any book in a searchable home library database; utilizes Java, JUnit, Spring Boot, SQL- TEnmo: similar to Venmo, this multi-layered app enables users to register and then log in to send or request “bucks” to/from other users; utilizes Java, JUnit, Spring Boot, SQL, JWT

Middlebury, Vermont, United States

- Taught advanced German language and culture at Middlebury’s prestigious, immersive, 7-week language school, consistently ranked in the top 3 summer German-language programs in the country- Developed and led Diversitätsclub (Diversity Club), instructed students about contemporary debates and inclusive language practices in the German-speaking world

- Taught second-semester German language with Impuls Deutsch and online learning platform, Blinklearning; designed four creative, open-ended language-learning projects for students

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Fulbright 10-month Research Grant at the Rachel Carson Center in Munich, Germany

Translated formal and business documents from German into English and English into German

Dublin, Ohio

Supervised group of 12 8-10 year-olds daily; planned and facilitated educational and extracurricular activities

Hilliard, Ohio, United States

Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

St Clairsville, Ohio, United States

Received two Bob Evans B.E.S.T. Awards (similar to Employee of the Month)

Full-Stack Coding Bootcamp, Java

A full-stack Java coding bootcamp learning how to develop dynamic web-based software systems using the Java programming language.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Germanic Languages And Literatures, 4.0

Fulbright Research Year, German Studies

Activities and Societies: Researcher at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society

Teaching English As A Second Language (Tesol), Teaching English As A Foreign Language (Tefl), Teaching English As A Second Or Foreign Language/Esl Language Instructor

Master Of Arts - Ma, Germanic Languages And Literatures, 3.9

Bachelor'S Degree, German Language And Literature, 3.8