EDUCATION
. Master of Arts in Political Science-December 2008
Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
Area of emphasis: Public Administration
. Bachelor of Arts in Public Management- July 2005
Northern University of Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
WORK EXPERIENCE
Graduate assistant at Western Illinois University from January 2006 till
May 2007
. Serve as research assistance
. Organize committee meetings for department and students
. Proctor examines and provide tutoring for undergraduate political science
students
. Work closely with faculty researchers from a variety of fields with
extensive International Relations, Public, and foreign Policy research
expertise
. Provide data analysis and evaluation
. Help in the development and administration of survey questionnaires
Public safety Policy officer in the City of Heerhugowaard, the Netherlands
from February 01 2005 July 30 2005
. Served as public safety and security officer insuring safety of city
residents, travelers and tourists
. Interacted with community officials and provided guidance for daily
safety operations
. Helped developed new policies concerning public safety issues that arose
. Developed safety, fire and hazard management plans for new businesses in
order to provide peaceful solutions to citizens' worries and concerns
surrounding the establishment of the new business
Anti discrimination officer in Leeuwarden (ADB), the Netherlands from June
01 2004 till December 24 2004
. Researched three provinces' current disabled and handicapped persons
access to public places, services and transportation
. Developed policies for communities to implement changes to provide access
. Served as discrimination caseworker providing advice and assistance to
people with were experiencing discrimination
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES
. English
. Dutch
. Somali
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
. Participated the Mombasa Conference Entebbe II: Bringing the Somali
Civil Society Voices of Peace to the Forefront A Gathering of Somali
Civil Society, Mombasa, Kenya, December 2009,
. Organized and participated African Literature Association Conference-
Macomb, Western Illinois University-April 2008
. Midwest United Nations Model 47th conference 2007-St Louis -Massouri-
2007
. Graduate Faculty Seminar-Western Illinois University-2006
. Midwest Model United Nations 44th conference: The role of the
international organizations as well as the individuals in a civil
society-St Louis -Massour-2004
. Participated Public Administration students conference in 12 European
countries in the European Commission 's building in Brussels--Belgium,
and in the European Parliament in Strasbourg-France, and in the
European Central Bank in Luxemburg 2004
COMPUTER SKILLS
. Ms Word, Power Point, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Excel, Internet
Explorer
AFFILIATIONS
. Advisor of Somali American Youth in Columbus, Ohio
. Member of political science students club-Western Illinois University
. Member of African students Association-Western Illinois University
VOLUNTEER WORK
. Participated and organized with others the International Bazaar event-
Western Illinois University-2004
. Participated Somali American Youth's community developments programs
in the variety areas such as:
o Youth developments programs;
o After school programs;
o Crime prevention programs, etc., in the summer 2006 and 2007 in
Columbus, Ohio
References
Debby Willy
Secretary
Department of political science at Western Illinois University
Phone: 309-***-****
E-mail: *-*****@***.***
Dr. Vincent Auger
Professor
Department of political science at Western Illinois University
Phone: 309-***-****
E-mail: **-*****@***.***
Cinthia or Jan Kuitert
Director
Eewal 56
8911 GT Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
Telefoon 058-*******