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Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

Adult education provider at a social services agency serving immigrants and refugees.Recruit, train, and supervise a staff of 5 teachers, 20 volunteers, and administrative staff. Schedule classes and oversee registration and enrollment for 200+ students per year. Manage and supervise data collection, state mandated reporting, and data analysis. Program development and community outreach. Grant writing and reporting.Teaching, curriculum development and testing.

Ann Arbor, Mi, Us

Developed materials and curricula related to English language exams.Coordinate and monitored the production, publication, and marketing of educational materials.Planned, produced, and delivered online webinars and training workshops to an international audience of English teachers.

Westlake, Ohio, Us

Founding director of nonprofit organization serving transracial adoptive families through educational support programs and events.Responsible for strategic planning, human resources, finance management, marketing and communication, fundraising, volunteer training, and board development. Served as public spokesperson for the organization.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Taught academic English as a Second Language to college students.

Euclid, Ohio, Us

Taught English to Speakers of Other Languages, in Adult Basic Literacy Education program.Designed curriculum and prepared lesson plans for a multi-level English classAdministered student assessments.Advised students on cultural awareness, job-searching skills, and educational opportunities.Documented progress and provided students with individual learning plans in compliance with state and federal policies.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Provided administrative and financial support for classroom-based research project, including grant reporting.Collaborated with team members on collecting, coding, and analyzing qualitative research data.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

Project Planning and AdministrationPlanned and coordinated all aspects of research and development for the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English (MICASE), a computerized database of audio and text files.Conducted background research and needs analysis.Database development and maintenance; collaborated in developing a publicly available online search interface.Prepared human subjects review board and grant applications.Budget planning and management.Recruited, trained, and supervised project assistants and interns.Conducted, presented, and published linguistic research.Planned and hosted workshops, conferences, and symposia.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Taught English as a Foreign Language in a rural Thai middle school in northeast Thailand.Designed, planned, and hosted in-service teacher training seminars for local teachers.Designed, planned, and hosted overnight extra-curricular English camps for students of all ages.

Ph.D., Linguistics

Master'S Degree, Linguistics

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, German Language And Literature