Marketing University
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Martha S. Held
Bloomington, IN 47404
******.****@******.*****.***
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/martha-held/48/799/98a
www.beknown.com/Martha-Held
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Expert in linguistic studies and translation with focus on Near Eastern and
South Asian languages and cultures
- Bridges both cultural and generational gaps through language and
listening
- Develops cross-cultural insights that result in a creative approach to
problem solving
- Targets an individual's needs for a customized path to the right
resources and opportunities
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Cross Cultural Communications/Translation/Interpretation:
French/Spanish/Pashto/Arabic
- Leading English as a Second Language class for native Thai speakers:
teaching beginning recitation and literacy in a self-designed course
tailored to the students' present levels and requisite goals
- Currently providing Spanish/English interpretation for host-client
families during Habitat for Humanity effort
- Nominated by the Brown University Dean of Students to the prestigious
Building Understanding Across Differences program as an internal
ambassador to promote and spark inter-cultural interaction and
understanding within the Brown community
- Works in progress
- Independent book project including poems translated from Pashto,
Arabic, Sorani Kurdish, Azerbaijani into English
- Proposing for publication "Between Dream and Realization:
Unconscious Realms that Fostered Conflict in Lebanon" in both
English and French
Teaching: Curriculum Development/Delivery
- Designed and delivered customized ESL curriculum for Bahasa Indonesian
student
- Developed and delivered phonetics-oriented French course for business
travelers
- Created custom SAT curriculum that not only provided content learning
but also addressed test-taking anxiety and challenges of ADD. Used a
holistic curricular approach to put student's efforts in the context
of longer-term educational and career goals.
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Program Development: Content/Writing/Marketing
- Proposed and successfully launched first University Kurmanji Kurdish
language course in North America. In promoting course enrollment to
prospective students, linked employment possibilities to language
studies.
- Coordinated program marketing and admissions advising process for
University department, resulting in largest incoming graduate class to
date.
- Developed marketing concept and copy for new French language course
that increased language class enrollment.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Habitat for Humanity
present
Providing Spanish/English interpretation services for clients
|Martha Held Language and Tutoring |2/2010-present |
|SAT Prep Tutor, ESL Tutoring, Translation | |
|City of Bloomington Dept. of Parks and Recreation |1/2011-03/2011 |
|French Language Instructor | |
|VITAL ESL Program, Monroe County Public Library |1/2011- 05/2012 |
|English as a Second Language Tutor | |
|Indiana University Department of Near Eastern Languages and |9/2005- 05/2006 |
|Cultures | |
|Graduate Assistant in charge of overseeing the international| |
|and domestic | |
|application process to NELC | |
|Habitat for Humanity of Greater Providence, RI |5/2004-08/2004 |
|Spanish/English Interpreter | |
|Brown University Building Understanding Across Differences |2003-2004 |
|Program | |
|Internal Student Ambassador | |
EDUCATION
Indiana University
M.A., Arabic Language and Linguistics, December 2009
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Courses: Advanced Arabic, Advanced Pashto, Iraqi Arabic, Kurmanji Kurdish,
Persian Farsi, Azerbaijani
Brown University
A.B., French Language, May 2005
Courses: Spanish for Social Service, Advanced French, Arabic, Immunology
AWARDS AND HONORS
More than $265,000 in academic scholarships received, including the
following:
- U.S. Dept. of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship
Awards
Four scholarships received for Kurdish, Arabic and Azerbaijani
Language Studies
- Indiana University, Graduate Assistantship Awarded in exchange for
full tuition
- Brown University, Alan J. and Doris C. Freedman Merit Scholarships
Full tuition, merit-based scholarship received for studies at Brown
University
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Languages: English, Spanish, Pashto, Arabic (MSA and Iraqi), and French;
Persian Farsi, Azerbaijani, and Kurdish.
Microsoft Office Suite
INTERESTS
Fencing, camping, writing, music
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