Trilingual Translator & Interpreter
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Marie-Claude Thomas
Arlington, Virginia 22203, Apt. 1711
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Title
Researcher, French and Arabic Linguist, Translator, Interpreter, Language and Media Analyst, MENA and Francophone Countries Specialist
SUMMARY
Fifteen years’ experience in language analysis and instruction in Higher Education settings, French and Arabic, in USA
Specialist in assessing information value and analyzing media in Arab countries, tracking trends, and consolidating findings into reports
Seven years’ experience in International Business, in Paris, France
Fluent Trilingual (speaking, reading and writing) Arabic, French and English
EDUCATION
Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH, U.S. A.
Masters of Business Administration
Field: International Management
Université de Paris 2, Assas, Sorbonne, Paris, France
French Press Institute
Master's and DESS Degrees in Communication and Information
School of Education, Beirut, Lebanon
Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy and Education
INTERNATIONAL AND BUSINESS POSITIONS
Self-employed, Bay Village, OH, USA, 1998- 2000
Translations
Translated a technical maintenance manual
English to French translation for Caterpillar, Belgium
Matra Conlgomerate, Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France
Communication Department
Worked closely with journalists
Acted as liaison to the Arab World
Wrote L'Histoire de Matra P29, Matra Automobile Catalogue
U.N.E.S.C.O., Paris, France
United Nations for Education Science and Culture Organization
Member of the Lebanese Delegation
Participated into 7th session of the International Program for Communication
Arab International Development and Investment Company, Paris, France
Public Relations Associate
Implemented and coordinated relations with international banks
Supervised French and Arabic correspondence
Led public and commercial relations with Middle Eastern countries
Performed translation and interpretation duties
Prepared logistics for special events
APPOINTMENTS
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 2012 – 2014
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Languages and Cultures Department
Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic
Illustrative initiatives include:
Taught Arabic Language MSA and Spoken Levantine: Arabic 101-102 (Beginning level); Arabic 201-202 (Intermediate); Arabic 486F (Modern Arab Thought); Arabic 342 Lebanese Spoken Arabic; and Conversation.
Designed and introduced a new language course FA342 Lebanese Spoken Arabic, spring 2013.
Invited at the Library of Congress, African and Middle Eastern Division to deliver a lecture titled Living Together and Facing Modernity, February 2013.
Organized a Movement Order for midshipmen to Chemonics International, a development company that promotes social and economic change around the world, and a Movement Order to the Library of Congress.
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 2007 – 2012
Division of Humanities
Religion Department
Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic
Illustrative achievements include:
Launched Oberlin College’s Arabic Language Program.
Independently designed, developed and taught the college’s first introductory, intermediate, and advanced Arabic courses.
Designed, developed and taught courses concerning contemporary Arab societal issues, including “Religion, Gender, and Cultural Identity in the Modern Arab World.”
Designed, developed, and taught courses concerning Arabic philosophy, including Modern Arab Thought. Contributed to the strategic direction and helped the program to grow in designing first content Arab course offered in Arab society.
Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH 1996 – 2004
Division of Humanities
Department of Languages and Literatures
Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Illustrative achievements include:
Taught French Language: French 101-102 (Beginning level); French 201 (Intermediate); French 210 (Introduction to French literature); French 310-311 (French Civilization & Culture); French 341 (Conversation). Important topics include a comparative perspective between France and USA on gender roles and women's issues.
Grew French language program enrollment by 50%.
Organized cultural extra-curricular French activities including trips to the Cleveland Museum of Art and Playhouse Square to listen to and discuss French Opera and musicals such as La Vie Parisienne and Operettes by Jacques Offenbach, Carmen by Georges Bizet, Le Mariage de Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Ministry of Education, Beirut, Lebanon
Taught C.A.P.E.S. Program
Baccalauréat d'Etudes Secondaires
Instructor
Illustrative achievements include:
Taught Western Philosophy in French
Taught Medieval Arab World in Arabic
PUBLICATIONS
Book
Thomas, Marie-Claude, Women in Lebanon: Living with Christianity, Islam, and Multiculturalism New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Article
Thomas, Marie-Claude (2014), Religious Practices in Lebanon, Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices, Second Edition, Gale Group, Michigan, USA.
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Thomas, Marie-Claude (2015), Civil Marriage in Lebanon: Construction of Citizenship, Foreign Language Association of Virginia, September 24-26, 2015.
Thomas, Marie-Claude (2014), Integrated Approach in Teaching Arabic: Evidence From the Field, Foreign Language Association of Virginia “Language Matters”, September 25-27, 2014.
Thomas, Marie-Claude (2002), Moral Responsibility of Corporate America Doing Business in China, International MBA Program at Baldwin-Wallace College, OH.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Translation of a poetry prose book The Churches' Street from Arabic into English (forthcoming)
RESEARCH PROJECTS
ARABSAT et le Développement du Monde Arabe UNESCO, Communication Department, Paris, France.
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
The Midwest Faculty Seminar, Global Feminism, January 2008, Center of Teaching and Learning, University of Chicago.
Mellon 23 Middle East Studies and Liberal Arts Conference, November 2008, Grinnell College, Des Moines, Iowa.
Middle East Studies Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C., November 2008; Boston, November 2009; San Diego, November 2010; Washington D.C., December 2011.
The Midwest Faculty Seminar, Alternative “Modernities,” April 2012 at the Center of Teaching and Learning, University of Chicago.
STARTALK training, Arabic: Teaching Best Practices, AACC and USNA, Annapolis, June 2013.
Professional Development LEARN Workshop for Language Teaching and Learning, Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, VA, May14-15, 2014.
Foreign Language Association of Virginia “Language Matters,” September 25-27, 2014.
Foreign Language Association of Virginia “C’s The Day,” September 24-26, 2015.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
The Minneapolis Foundation Grant, Oberlin 2011.
Power Travel Grant, Oberlin 2009.
Two-year U.N.E.S.C.O. scholarship to conduct a research on satellites that led to an M.A. and a D.E.S.S. diploma in Journalism and Information related to both Europe and the Arab World.
Four-year scholarship from the Ministry of Education in Lebanon that led to the teaching C. A. P. E. S. diploma.
LANGUAGES
Fluent (speaking, reading and writing) in Arabic, French and English.
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