Multilingual and personable educator and writing specialist with twenty-five years of teaching and tutoring experience. Outstanding analysis, critical thinking, editing, language, and writing skills. Forge positive working relationships with students and caregivers of all ages and backgrounds. Take initiative and enjoy collaborating to create educational and other resources to benefit the community.
· Appointed Teaching Assistant for undergraduate courses in sociolinguistics and English grammar
· Coursework in sociolinguistics, syntax, semantics, phonology, phonetics, language acquisition, Germanic linguistics, Slavic linguistics, and Spanish
· Thesis on language maintenance and identity among Ukrainian speakers in North America
· Awarded Blankenagel Prize for excellence in research in German Studies
· Thesis: English translation of letters by 19th-century essayist and activist Fanny Lewald
· Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
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