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challenging, fast-paced, goal-oriented, teamwork, cutting edge, computers, uses my language skills

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Work history

The Pennsylvania State University. September 2007 to the present
Research Assistant

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-Worked directly with a professor whose main research area is bilingualism and sentence level bilingual processing.
-Researched and designed various experiments and experimental stimuli in addition to programming, and administering these experiments.
-Played key role in at least five
professional publications in the field of psycholinguistics.
-Wrote a how-to introduction to a very frequently used programming/scripting language used in psychological and psycholinguistic research for distribution to researchers and graduate students new to computer programming and data recording.
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The Pennsylvania State University. August 2007 to the present
Teaching Assistant

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-Taught multiple sections of introductory and intermediate German with class sizes ranging from ten to twenty-five.
-Designed all classroom activities and classroom related activities including homework, in-class activities, student portfolio evaluations, test administration and spoken language
evaluation.
-Was intimately involved in a bottom-up curriculum redesign for the German language department which involved completely revamping the testing system, portfolio evaluation criteria, and portfolio design and pedagogic goals of portfolio.
-Initiated web based portfolio submission which requires students to design and create web pages which were used to provide the students with the opportunity to learn web design, express themselves freely and take more ownership of their learning experience.
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Metropolitan State College of Denver. August 2006 to July 2007
Mathematics, Physics and German Tutor

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-Tutored multiple students in multiple subject areas including college algebra, trigonometry, calculus, differential equations, algebra based physics, calculus based physics, modern physics (Electricity and magnetism, Schroedinger equations, Heisenberg uncertainty equations, general and special theories of relativity, atomic structure, and nuclear physics) and all levels of German.
-Rated no lower than excellent in all student and supervisor evaluations.
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Education

The Pennsylvania State University. August 2007 to the present
M.A. - German Applied Linguistics/Psycholinguistics

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While earning my masters degree, I both taught German classes for the university and conducted research for a professor. I enjoyed working with the students and pursuing my education. I also flourished while conducting research and designing experiments.
B.A. - Modern Languages - Theoretical Physics Minor

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During this time I worked part time (25-30 hrs/week) and took a full course load. I greatly enjoyed the challenges of learning while working and tutoring.
University of Luneburg, Luneburg, Germany January 2004 to January 2005
German

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While at this university I learned German, attended the university for translation and chemistry and worked as a bartender in a local bar. It was at this school that I discovered my passion for high-pressure environments, my ability to learn languages quite rapidly and set both long and short term goals.... read more

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