Laura Robinson Email & Phone Number

Oakland, CA, US

Oakland, CA

I teach English to newly arrived immigrant students at a high poverty school in Oakland, California. I have taught ELD 1, ELD 2, ELD 3, ELD 4, as well as more advanced 11th grade and 12th grade English learners. I have taught advisory classes to 9th, 10th, and 11th grade, and I also taught Algebra 1 to newcomers.

San Francisco Bay Area

I directed three different residential programs for international students that combine English language instruction, academic skills, and art studio content with college readiness, all while allowing students to become familiar with life in the Bay Area. -hired and supervised over 30 student coaches and a dozen instructional faculty-worked with faculty to.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Taught English as a second language to international students

Santa Barbara, California Area

Taught courses in linguistics, supervised research assistants, advised students, analyzed language data, wrote and published research, gave presentations. Taught as invited instructor at institute for language activists and others seeking to revitalize endangered languages. Taught workshop in web design, taught a course in utilizing technology for.

Fairbanks, Alaska

Conducted fieldwork in Indonesia, analyzed language data, and published research for the project “The Alor-Pantar languages: Origins and theoretical impact”, funded by the National Science foundation in collaboration with the European Science Foundation (PI Gary Holton). Worked with an international team of scholars to collaborate on shared research goals..

San Francisco Bay Area

Taught distance-learning linguistics course for professional nurses.

Houston, Texas Area

Taught linguistics courses. Held office hours, advised students, and attended faculty meetings. Published a grammar and dictionary of a Philippine language.

Honolulu, Hawaii

Instructor for "Introduction to the Study of Languages", a linguistics survey course for non-majors. Course fulfilled university requirements for "writing-intensive" credit.

Honolulu, Hawaii

The Language Documentation Training Center trains native speakers of endangered or underdocumented languages in basic linguistics and language documentation skills and helps them create basic documentary materials, such as glossed texts, in their native languages. As the director, I sought funding, managed the budget, organized workshops, developed.

Honolulu, Hawai'i

Managed all aspects of the Center's website, including posting of content, layout, design, photographs, etc.

Honolulu, Hawai'i

Co-founded the center with two other students. Developed curriculum, taught workshops, recruited volunteers, mentored participants.

Phd, Linguistics, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: president of Linguistic Society of Hawaii

B.A., Linguistics & Anthropology, 3.8 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Davis Honors Challenge, Phi Beta Kappa

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