MY CV
Professional Experience
ARCHIVAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Provides archival research services for patrons of YIVO. Records of all sorts in Yiddish, German, and Russian are searched for and accessed in the institution's extensive digital collections.
March 2022-Present
FREELANCE TRANSLATOR
2017-present
Completes translations of familial documents, including postcards, letters, writings on back of photos, and official documents from German-English. Retains poetics and semantic nuances where possible and applicable.
RESEARCH COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST
Provides programmatic support for all aspects of University's research conflicts of interest program which covers institution's 1000-member faculty presence.
September 2019-Present
GRADUATE STUDENT
August 2017-May 2019
Obtained vast expertise in Germanic Languages and Literatures, including the mechanics and conventions central to academic writing and editing. Other activities included
-Graduate Student Assistant for FOCUS trip on the history, memory, and
representation of the Holocaust in Germany, Poland and Lithuania (Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis, Spring 2018). This included trip planning and logistics as well as leading discussion groups, and assisting in the development curriculum and didactic materials based off offerings of museum archival materials and active exhibitions.
-Washington University Summer 2018
Program Leader Training for Overseas Programs.
-Statistical Intern with University College and Dean of Arts and Sciences,
Washington University in St. Louis. These internships included analyzing historical
data in an effort to meet the course needs of current students and creating marketing materials for current courses.
-Judge for German Day (Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures,
Washington University in St. Louis, Spring 2018, Spring 2019). This included event
planning: coordinating catering, table and facility usage, etc.
-Graduate Student Symposium Website Committee (Department of Germanic
Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis, Spring 2019). This
included analyzing historical enrollment data to shed light on the evolving
trajectories of German majors, and completing data visualization which provided the German Department with recommendations and possible courses of action in response to the findings with regard to course offerings and the level at which they are taught to better meet the needs of both their majors and minors.