Southeast Asian Original Cataloging Student Assistant

January 2010 – Present. Memorial Library, UW-Madison, James Woods

Assign bibliographic information to uncatalogued Thai materials, using Voyager and OCLC Connexion. Use standardized database structures and controlled Library of Congress Authority Files vocabulary.

South Asian Bibliographer Student Assistant

2005; January 2008 – Present. Memorial Library, UW-Madison, Mary Rader

Compile bibliographic data from print-only South Asian journals in order to create an online indexing resource, using MS Access. Use standardized database structures and controlled Library of Congress Authority Files vocabulary. Transliterate materials from Sanskrit and Tamil.

Independent Ballroom Dance Instructor

Fall 2007 – Present. Independent Dance Teacher, Madison, WI

Teach group and private ballroom dance lessons in the greater Madison area.

Teaching Assistant

• RS/LCA/EALL 364: Introduction to Buddhism
  
  

Fall 2008. Prof. Anne Hansen. Languages and Cultures of Asia, UW-Madison

• RS/LCA/EALL 273: Introduction to Religions of Asia

Fall 2007. Prof. Beth Rohlman. Languages and Cultures of Asia, UW-Madison

Fall 2004. Prof. Charles Hallisey. Languages and Cultures of Asia, UW-Madison

Taught four weekly discussion sections on current lecture material, graded papers and exams. Held office hours to discuss papers and class content with students, and communicated with students via email and Learn @ UW (electronic course resource).

Southeast Asian Bibliographer Student Assistant

June 2007 – January 2008. Memorial Library, UW-Madison, Larry Ashmun

Processed donated Thai and Pali language books, selecting material to add to the library’s collection. Helped to revise erroneous online records using OCLC bibliographic data.

Course Evaluations Editor

Spring 2004. Associated Students of Madison, UW-Madison

Compiled data from Fall 2003 Course Evaluations for the entire University. Using Dreamweaver and Photoshop, created a sorting mechanism with original graphics to effectively organize the data on the website.

Technical Writer

June – August 2000. KLA-Tencor, Bedford, MA

Compiled a 50-page manual detailing the structure of a Scanning Electron Microscope’s software architecture, using Microsoft Word.

Assistant Programmer

1997. Raytheon Electronic Systems – IT Department, Sudbury, MA

As part of a team, generated a computer-based employee training module for Microsoft Word.

Master of Arts, Library and Information Studies

2009 – Present. University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

Current GPA 4.0

Languages studied: Beginning Hindi

Awards received: Academic Year FLAS (Hindi) from the Center for South Asia for one year.

Advanced Study of Thai Program

Summer 2006. Off-Campus Studies program, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Languages studied: Advanced Thai, Intermediate Pali

Master of Arts, Languages and Cultures of Asia

2003 – 2006. University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI

GPA 3.9

Languages studied: Advanced Thai, Intermediate Pali, Intermediate Sanskrit, Intermediate French, Beginning Sinhala.

Awards received: Academic Year FLAS (Thai) from the Center for Southeast Asia for two years. Summer FLAS (Thai – Center for Southeast Asia; Sinhala – Center for South Asia) for three years.

Bachelor of Arts, Religion

1997 – 2001. Carleton College, Northfield, MN

GPA 3.33, Cum Laude

Languages studied: Intermediate French, Beginning Sanskrit

Intercollegiate Sri Lanka Education (ISLE) Program Fall 1999

Off-Campus Studies program, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Language studied: Beginning Sinhala