CV

Education

• B.A. in Linguistics, Michigan State University, 2021
• M.A. in Linguistics, Michigan State University, 2023
  • Member of MSU Sociolinguistics Lab
• Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh (in progress)

Experience

• Phonetics and Phonemics Assistant Instructor: August 2024 to present
  • Position held at the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Linguistics.
• Digital Scholarship Summer Graduate Intern: May 2024 to August 2024
  • Position held at the University of Pittsburgh in the University Library System.
  • Duties included:
    • Mentoring and managing 3 Digital Scholarship Open Lab Undergraduate students.
    • Researching, generating metadata, building, and writing content for Connecting Queerness in the Pittsburgh Archives website.
• MI Diaries Research Assistant: November 2020 to August 2024
  • MI Diaries is a project of the MSU Sociolinguistics Lab.
  • Duties included:
    • Transcribing audio diary entries to be compliant with Forced Alignment & Vowel Extraction software.
    • Participating in sessions related to recruitment, engagement, and brand management.
    • Mentoring and managing 10 Research Experiences for Undergraduate students.
    • Creating software documentation for the MI Diaries Research Framework.
• Language and Gender Assistant Instructor: May 2022 to July 2022
  • Position held at Michigan State University in the Department of Linguitics, Languages, and Cultures.
  • Duties included:
    • Creating lesson materials, leading class sessions, and grading assignments for 15+ students in LIN225 – Language and Gender.
• Introduction to Linguistics Teaching Assistant: January 2022 to May 2022
  • Position held at Michigan State University in the Department of Linguitics, Languages, and Cultures.
  • Duties included:
    • Assisting in the teaching and grading of 70+ students in LIN401 – Introduction to Linguistics.
• HR Data Specialist: June 2019 to August 2021
  • Position held at Michigan State University in the Residential and Hospitality Services department.
  • Duties included:
    • Developing accessible online leadership training for 200+ employees on the D2L platform.
    • Managing departmental resources, including Excel spreadsheets, web pages, schedules, and Access databases.
    • Optimizing and analyzing data by continuously improving data collection and upload strategies.
• Structured Learning Assistant: August 2018 to June 2019
  • Position held at Delta College.
  • Duties included:
    • Creating and teaching lesson plans for 5 separate developmental English courses.
    • Tutoring 100+ students independently to strengthen and revise their writing.
    • Developing and writing a handbook to be implemented in training future Structured Learning Assistants.

Awards

• University of Pittsburgh Arts & Sciences Graduate Fellowship: August 2023 to April 2024

University Service

• Webmaster for the University of Pittsburgh Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Organization: November 2023 to Present
• Chair for the University of Pittsburgh Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Organization Summer Research Grants Committee: April 2024 to June 2024
• Judge for the 24th University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum at Michigan State University: April 2022
• Graduate-Undergraduate Liaison for MSU Linguistics Society: 2021 to 2022