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Competencies
Demonstrated experience with Python (NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow).
Demonstrated experience with Java.
Demonstrated experience with SQL.
Demonstrated experience with JSON.
Demonstrated experience with Jupyter Notebooks.
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Languages
Summary
Research Assistant open to new opportunities
Experience
Research Assistant
Transcribed spoken interviews with speakers and learners of the Lakota language, ensuring transcriptions followed proper grammar.. Annotated transcribed interviews to highlight common themes and words, synthesizing connections between different interviewees.. Reviewed seminal and novel writings on qualitative research methods, and proposed ways to incorporate these into the project.
Research Assistant
Transcribed handwritten documentary notes of the Atchan language, the original IPA and translations into English and French.. Developed custom shortcuts with Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator to cut entry time of high-frequency special characters in half.. Utilized a custom electronic database for data entry, ensuring each field of the digitized transcription was correctly inputted.
President
Directed weekly leadership meetings to plan and organize networking and development opportunites to linguistics students.. Recruited and provided onboarding training for thirteen new officers over three years, including leadership and technical skills.. Learned HTML and CSS to manage the organization’s website, and updated information about upcoming events.
Lead Organizer
Lead the organizing team for an academic conference for three years, and delegated tasks to ensure the events were successful.. Maintained contact with over 20 visiting speakers, assisting in travel and accomodation , expenses, and presentation preparation.. Managed an annual $1500 budget, allocating money for conference space, presentation materials, advertising, and stipends.
Student Teacher, Internet Linguistics, Introduction to Conlanging
Developed and taught two semester-long courses of about 30 students each via the DeCal program at UC Berkeley.. Designed lesson plans to introduce and explain complex and novel linguistics concepts to students with no background in the field.. Utilized rubrics to grade and assess student learning and performance, and provided targeted feedback for improvement.