Assistant Manager

Helen Dunn

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Objective

I am an education and technology professional with more than 12 years of experience in the fields of higher education, marketing, and

technology. I hope to obtain a position that will enable me to use my great rapport with and admiration for students, strong organizational

skills, educational background and ability to work well with people in order to continue my work in education and while incorporating my

marketing and administrative abilities.

Education

University of Virginia, PhD, French 2012

Dissertation: Dressing Down: Representations of fashion in the post Rousseauian female memoir

• By exploring the descriptions of fashion that aristocratic women living during the Revolutionary period made in their memoirs, I

demonstrate how these writers internalized Jean Jacques Rousseau’s philosophy, showing how it affected people’s sense of identity.

UVa Graduate Student Council Archival Research Grant Huskey Travel Grant UVa Departmental Dissertation Acceleration

Fellowship UVa Teaching Fellowship Folger Shakespeare Library Fellowship and Seminar Grant

University of Virginia, MA, French 2005

Presidential Scholarship 2003 2004

University of North Carolina, BA, French and Psychology 2002

GPA 3.83 Phi Beta Kappa Graduated with Honors and with Distinction Studied abroad at the Sorbonne in Paris, completed

program with distinction Dean’s List every semester

Experience

Bits and Fields LLC, Marketing and Tech Intern Spring 2014 to present

Creating technical, promotional, industrial, and scientific documents, event plans and marketing, and content solutions for a variety of

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clients, including Microsoft, True Patriot, and Fidgetland

Researching content and SEO optimization, writing blog articles and new web content, reporting directly to CTO

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University of Virginia, Lecturer (2013 15) and Graduate Instructor (2004 12) Fall 2004 to present

Teaching French language and literature classes, including beginner through intermediate grammar, literature surveys, and literature of

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the French Enlightenment, acting as course chair upon appointment several times for four different courses

Advising and informing students of study abroad and career possibilities while holding office hours and designing effective lesson plans

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Receiving consistently excellent student evaluations and continuing to assist students after semester’s end by writing reference letters

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James Madison University, Adjunct Professor Fall 2013 to present

Teaching French language classes, including beginner through advanced grammar

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University of Virginia School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Instructor Fall 2013 to present

Improving adult learning significantly by creating engaging curricula and non traditional teaching methods, such as helping students

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create targeted language role plays to practice traveling scenarios

UVa Summer in Morocco Study Abroad, Assistant Director Fall 2010 to Fall 2011

Serving as recruiter/marketer for the program in the months leading up to departure and advising students regarding their course load

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Acting as a leader on site to help solve all student concerns, provide safety guidance, and ensure successful program and course

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completion

Presenter Fall 2013 to Spring 2014

41 Annual NE Modern Language Association: “To Dress or to Disappear: Fashion in the Post Rousseauian Female Memoir”

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NC Orange County Rape Crisis Center, Assistant Director of Community Education Spring 2000 to Fall 2002

Researching effective educational programs for public forums, primarily serving public schools, universities, fraternities and sororities

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Cooperating with various school agencies to ensure the safety and awareness of students in schools from kindergarten to undergraduate

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Skills

Near native fluency in French, proficiency in Italian and Spanish Excellent computer skills, including Microsoft Office, database

software, WordPress, Blackboard/Canvas, SEO, all social media platforms Special interests in civilization and material culture

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