Data Specialist

• Sep 2023 - Present

Doctoral Researcher

• Sep 2017 - Present

* Designed & managed multi-year, mixed-methods research project on the expression of temporal-modal semantics in Diza (Tlacochahuaya Zapotec)* Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams on projects in support of Zapotec language revalorization and knowledge repatriation* Conducted interviews, informal focus groups, and bi-directional learning workshops* Prepared grant proposals; received NSF Graduate Research Fellowship & NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant* Presented research findings to international audiences at major academic conferences (both single- and co-authored presentations); co-authored research-based reports, articles, and pedagogical materials* Managed IRB proposals & protocols for human-subjects research Show less

Graduate Research Assistant

• Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

* Developed automated workflow to produce human- and machine-readable datasets from crowd-sourced transcriptions of Mixtec language surveys* Co-authored project whitepaper

Teaching Assistant

• Sep 2018 - May 2019

* Assisted with syllabus development, exam design, course management, and grading in graduate- and undergraduate-level courses* Provided one-on-one mentorship to students during office hours

Guest Teacher

• Oct 2016 - May 2017

* Supervised classrooms and taught a variety of middle school and high school subjects on a per diem basis * Supervised classrooms and taught a variety of middle school and high school subjects on a per diem basis

Assistant Coordinator

• Jun 2016 - Jun 2016

Linguistics Field School, Tri-College Consortium* Trained undergraduate students in research methods: language elicitation, video interviews, data management* Mentored students during international research experience; managed student activities during trip* Co-organized language and literacy workshops for Zapotec community members in Oaxaca, Mexico* Co-authored digital, multi-media dictionaries for Zapotec languagesNSF REU Site Grant #1461056, co-PIs Dr. Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, Dr. Theodore B. Fernald, Dr. K. David Harrison Show less

Research Assistant

• May 2013 - May 2016

* Co-authored online repository of Colonial Zapotec documents* Identified key literature & synthesized information to support academic publications* Transcribed and analyzed 16th- through 18th-century documents in Spanish and Zapotec; encoded transcriptions in TEI XML* Tagged datasets for mixed-methods linguistic analysis* Identified and digitized Colonial Zapotec documents in archives