KARAM S. TANNOUS
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Cell 917-***-****, Email: ac01qi@r.postjobfree.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
Spring 2006 – Present New School
Department of Foreign Languages
New York City
Instructor of Arabic language
Fall 2015 – Present College of Staten Island
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
New York City
Instructor of Arabic
March 2017- May 2017 Document Reviewer/Arabic translator
Discover Ready
Fall 2008 – spring 2016 Seton Hall University
Department of Asian Studies
New Jersey
Instructor/coordinator of The Arabic Program
Developed advanced courses; Assisted in developing a Minor in Arabic Studies
Fall 2012 – June 2015 John Jay College
Department of Modern Languages
New York
Instructor of Arabic
Fall of 2012 BBC- The World
Interpreting for Syrian Puppet Show “Masaset Matta”
Fall of 2011 Khalil Gibran International Academy
Mentoring and Developing curriculum for teaching Arabic
1992 - Present Freelance Arabic Translator and Interpreter
Legal: Federal, NY State and City Court System, INS, EBT
Nonprofit and Human Rights
Educational: Board of Ed
Media: TV networks, radio stations and newspapers
Medical: hospitals and clinics
Spring 2010 – Fall 2011 Fordham University
Department of Modern Languages
Arabic Instructor
Fall 2005 –Spring 2009 Stuyvesant High School
Department of Foreign languages
New York City
Instructor of Arabic language
Developed an Arabic teaching program.
Fall 2004 – Fall 2008 Baruch College
New York City
Instructor of Arabic language
Fall 2004 – Fall 2010 NAAP- Network of Arab American Professionals
New York City
Implemented and taught Arabic
Summer of 2004 Filmmaker Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 911”
Translation and transcription
09/2003 – 11/2003 Center for Immigrant Health-NYU Medical Center
Training Arabic-speaking health advocates/interpreters
10/2003 – 6/2004 Rennert Bilingual
New York
Arabic instructor
11/2002- 09/2003 Lutheran Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York
Outreach/case worker
02/1999 – 06/2008 Alwan Center of the Arts
New York
Implemented an Arabic language program [Modern Standard and Spoken Arabic]
09/1998 – 03/2002 Department of Justice- US Attorney
Southern Dist. New York
Linguistic Specialist/Translator/transcriber
05/2001 – 08/2001 Witness
New York City
Volunteer translator
07/1998 - 07/2001 The Committee to Protect Journalists
New York City
Research Associate, Translator/Interpreter
01/1999 – 01/2000 Oxford University Press
Translation and editing of the English-Arabic Oxford Picture Dictionary
01/1998 –01/1999 Ittihad
Brooklyn, NY
Volunteer
Networking and organizing fundraising events for the organization
Educating the community about social, cultural and educational issues
11/1995 - 11/1996 N.Y Immigration Hotline
New York City
Immigration counselor for the Arabic-speaking communities rendering information on immigration issues and making referrals to various institutions
03/1995 - 06/1999 Board of Education
New York City
Certified Bilingual teacher.
Implemented and taught an after-school Arabic program
09/1994 - 02/1995 Arab American Family Support Center
New York City
Case Worker, Teacher of English as a Second Language and a translator/Interpreter
Advocacy and referrals to shelter, legal services and other agencies; Counseling and crisis intervention
Assistance to children with school, daycare, court, health services advocacy; Referrals to shelter, legal services and other agencies; Information regarding police domestic violence units, court, Crime Victims Board and other procedures; Support groups for domestic violence victims; Information on emergency financial assistance; Information about emergency housing transfers within the New York City Housing Authority; Empowering women through ESL with survival skills, awareness with cultural difference and learning job skills
08/1993 – 09/1997 International Rescue Committee
New York City
Teacher of English as a Second Language
Implemented English courses to help refugees with their day-to-day life, their adjustment to new culture and learning job skills
01/1993 - 09/1995 Berlitz School of Languages
New York City
Teacher of Arabic and English
01/1991 - 08/1992 United Nations Relief and Welfare Agency
(UNRWA), Jerusalem
Translator
09/1990 - 03/1991 YMCA
Jerusalem
Taught Arabic to none-native speakers
EDUCATION
Summer of 2016 New School University
TESOL Certificate
(In progress)
Summer of 2014 Penn State University- Pennsylvania
Seminar on StarTalk methodology in teaching Arabic
Summer of 1995 Fordham University- New York, USA
Summer program in ESL-Bilingual Studies
09/1989 – 06/1992 Mt. Scopus University - Jerusalem
Degree: Masters in Criminology and Arabic
09/1985 - 05/1989 San Francisco State University - California, USA
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Journalism
09/1982 - 05/1985 Skyline College - San Bruno, California, USA
Degree: Associate of Arts in Paralegal Studies
SKILLS Over 25 years of teaching MSA and Colloquial Arabic, Criminal Justice system and Legal knowledge; Interpreting/translation with familiarity of several Arabic Dialects; Board of Education certification in Bilingual Studies; Community activism in the field of human rights and community organizing.
Windows, PowerPoint, Word-processing
ORGANIZATIONS ATA (American Translators Association), New York Circle of Translators, NAJIT, Arab American Teachers of Arabic
LANGUAGES Fluent in English, Hebrew and Arabic
LEGAL STATUS Citizen of the United States of America