Resume
Selected Professional Experience
October 2019 - June 2020
Communications Specialist & Academic Instructor at Maria Grzegorzewska University, Poland
Developed a set of guidelines for the university faculty on how to write about disability and people with disabilities in English
Prepared promotional materials for our international partners
Managed and updated the English version of the university's official website
Translated academic papers from Polish to English
Taught English-language courses on Critical Theory and Human Rights to 30 graduate students
Advised graduate students on research methods and helped them develop their own research projects
August 2016 - May 2019
Teaching & Graduate Assistant at State University of New York at Albany, US
Taught Introduction to Cultural Anthropology to over 40 undergraduate students each semester
Incorporated non-standard teaching methods, eg. created Jeopardy games for students and used short YouTube videos to illustrate problems presented in assigned readings
Graded students' homework and exams
Revised and discussed with other TAs reading materials selected for the course
Consistently received high ratings in student evaluations of teaching
April 2012 - July 2015
Freelance Researcher, Analyst & Translator
Selected projects:
Created a database of 60 MENA NGOs working in the field of human rights for a charity from Kuwait
Wrote a report on 30 MENA NGOs operating in the social development field for a consulting company from Kuwait
Conducted a feasibility study on online payments implementation for the Kuwait Port Authority
Conducted informational research and wrote a report on Qatar's LNG export capacity for a consulting company from Poland
For a consulting company from the US conducted informational research on Rosoom, the electronic payment gateway developed by Dubai Trade
Analyzed and identified language skills essential for Saudi Arabian students to pass Qudarat Exam (Saudi Arabian equivalent of GRE tests)
January 2014 - January 2015
Junior Consultant at Delta Consulting for Economic & Financial Consulting, Kuwait
Conducted informational research for the ongoing projects using sources in English and Arabic
Wrote reports on such topics as Kuwait Energy Market; Wastewater Treatment in Kuwait; Government Performance Management System and Environmental Fuel Analysis in the State of Kuwait
Cooperated with the representatives of the World Bank, the IMF, and the Kuwaiti Ministry of Finance on the Public Finance Management Project
Trained and supervised a multinational team of interns