Dr. Viona Deconinck Email & Phone Number

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Munich, Bavaria, Germany

• Researched the digitization of the welfare state in the UK as part of a book project to be publish as a short monograph for the series “Zeitgeschichte im Gespräch” with Metropol Verlag (in cooperation with the Institute für Zeitgeschichte)• Focused on G2C („Government to Citizen“), G2B (“Government to Business”, G2E (“Government to Employee”) and mainly strategies at federal level. • Inquired into the core narratives behind different digitization strategies, the practical, legal and institutional implementation of digitization measures, as well as any obstacles and the wider public debate that marked the various digitization initiatives.

La Jolla

• Advise and mentor over 400 students, developing online lesson plans to improve their analytical writing skills to use both online during class and individually at home, and provide individual 1-on-1 coaching• Record detailed administrative records of performances and evaluate methods for improvement

San Diego, California, United States

• Design and lead projects assessing human perception of writing in relation to images, for long term writing project of over 200 pages, by identifying original questions and creating workflow processes to answer them • Asses complex technical arguments for strength and weaknesses, noting possible improvements by investigating and reviewing over 300 sources

• Strong writing, copy editing, proof reading and project management skills. • Reviewed copy for grammar, style, tone, and consistency, providing advice for improvement.• Topics include: public health, economics, law, medicine, history, literature, business analyses, multiple project proposals, CVs, cover letters and website content.

• Conceptualize and create curriculum content for a summer boot camp for teens with topics including leadership development, budget planning and management, marketing, and business planning• Lead a team of curriculum designers to set key performance indicators (KPIs) for both the curriculum planning and the student business projects, utilizing the Kanban agile method for efficient task management

• Develop and manage quarterly panels for graduated students, researching and liaising with potential panelists, which were attended by over 40 students online• Establish efficient workflow processes and timelines with four campus stakeholders to ensure student satisfaction, investigating each event's effectiveness by consulting with staff, students, and survey data using Qualtrics

San Diego, California, United States

• Proficiently utilized Trello as a Kanban agile tool to streamline task management, enhance team collaboration, and optimize workflow efficiency, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.• Create website for incoming students collaborating with a variety of campus partners, using UX tools including conceptual diagrams, user journeys and storyboards, and evaluating success using Google Analytics• Launch and market a student mentorship program matching over 350 graduate students across campus• Coordinate, train, and manage a team of 20 volunteers for our online orientation program using Slack

• Advocate for graduate students on a variety of topics including housing, library services, and basic need services• Provide feedback on 15 million dollar budgeting plans, including evaluating student requests for housing aid from a 1.5 million budget, provide rent burden insights, and assess San Diego housing needs

• Researched and drafted a business case study analyzing business metrics compared with off campus competition.• Completed a SWOT Analysis for an on campus business assessing current customer and community satisfaction.• Presented and compiled contemplation of alternative strategies re: location, sales, other.

• Lead a team of event coordinators and logistics staff, coordinated on-site management, created marketing materials publishing the event across campus for an event of over 60 attendees and 12 speakers. • Managed budget and achieved sponsor goals, created a guide to ease the process for future organizers

Greater San Diego Area

• Wrote and edited the show’s catalogue text• Facilitated communication among faculty, museum staff, curator and artists • Planned and executed the show

• Conducted research for an exhibition• Compiled metadata of photographs

Belgium

• Taught professionals English and Dutch • Conducted weekly online conversations • Created personalised homework assignments

Cambridge, United Kingdom

• Acted as a leader and role model to students aged 14-16• Built and maintained a positive working relationships with students, camp counsellors and support staff• Developed daily lessons to increase student engagement• Taught business and journalism to ESL students• Used positive framing to correct students behaviour and encouraged students to be confident in their work by having them share their work process

Antwerp Area, Belgium

• Wrote blogposts for the website• Managed multiple social media platforms • Kept up to date with developments within the field

Montpellier Area, France

• Guided discussions toward a consensus • Presented information through lectures, discussions, and active-learning techniques • Managed the expectations of multiple constituencies including the university, the students and my supervisor• Adapted to rapidly changing circumstances and think on one’s feet• Prioritized and organize a large body of knowledge • Created materials targeting an audience of varying levels of English profiency • Mastered technical skills to manage and convey information in innovative ways• Devised and implemented metrics for success • Provided substantive and timely feedback • Kept detailed administrative records • Accurately reported results

• Acted as a leader and role model to students aged 14-16• Built and maintained a positive working relationships with students, camp counsellors and support staff• Developed daily lessons to increase student engagement• Taught business and journalism to ESL students• Used positive framing to correct students behaviour and encouraged students to be confident in their work by having them share their work process

Cambridge

• Proofread manuscripts both electronically and on paper• Verified DOI’s• Created Excel spreadsheets, updated metadata sheets• Edited materials in MovieMaker, • DropBox troubleshooting• Uploaded files to online databases like Youtube and archive.com• Edited Wikipedia pages to promote the work• Used Jshop Server, XHTML, Microsoft mail merge and InDesign• Researched and applied for numerous grants

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Art History, Criticism And Conservation

Master Of Philosophy (Mphil), Comparative Literature

Activities and Societies: Comparative Literature Course Representative, St. Edmunds House Representative

Bachelor'S Degree, English And Film, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Peer Guide, Games Society Secretary, ESOL Tutor for Refugees, College Gallery Front House Volunteer

Aso, Latin And Mathematics

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