Assistant Technical Writer
Resume:
Erin O’Reilly
www.linkedin.com/in/erin-s-oreilly
PO Box 1131, Huntsville AL 35807-0131
*************@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
•20+ years of intensive Spanish language, reading, and culture studies,
•4 years teaching experience, specializing in Spanish language, general literature and cultural studies.
•Immersive language experience during 2011 study abroad semester in Madrid.
•2+ years Spanish translating and interpreting work, both academic and semi-professional.
•Problem-solving, trouble-shooting, analyzing, and critical thinking skills developed over 10+ years of academic research.
•10+ years of collaborative work; equitably distributed work, oversaw timely production of work, facilitated communication and peer review.
•10+ years preparing, reviewing, and editing academic work.
•Strong written and oral communication skills garnered from multiple conference presentations.
•Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills developed from teaching and research assignments.
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy – Comparative Humanities, University of Louisville, 3.97 2019
Graduate Certificate in Spanish Translation and Interpretation anticipated 2020
Master of Arts – Spanish Literature, Purdue University, 3.91 2014
Bachelor of Arts – Spanish and Medieval Studies, Sewanee: The University of the South 3.38 2012
LANGUAGES
•Spanish: Near-native speaking, reading and writing skills
•Brazilian Portuguese: Intermediate speaking and reading skills, enough to carry a conversation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 2019-2020
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 2017-2019
•Taught two classes each semester and one five-week summer term
•Courses: Introduction to World Literature I, and Cultures of America
•Developed course syllabi, policies, and assignments; determined course content and readings
•Incorporated active learning and digital humanities into both classes
Spanish Language Interpreter, La Casita, Louisville, KY 2018
•Provided interpretation services between Hispanic immigrants and immigration and family attorneys for one year, one day a week.
Technical Writer, OASYS Incorporated, Huntsville, AL 2014-2015
•Edited Department of Defense Architectural Framework (DoDAF) technical documentation
•Worked with “scrum” team, with work divided into sprints
•Created and assigned action items to each member of the team
Language Interpreter, Foreign Language Services, Huntsville, AL 2014-2015
•Served as Spanish-English interpreter for cases in the Department of Human Resources
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2012-2014
•Taught beginning and intermediate Spanish grammar
•Created lesson plans, and presented course material
PRESENTATIONS
Louisville Conference on Literatures and Cultures Since 1900, February 22nd-24th, 2018
•Presenter: “‘I Am Just Against Bad Television’: Reading Cervantes Through Fahrenheit 451.”
•Panel Moderator: “Temporality and Narrative Arcs in Twentieth-Century Literature,” and “Writing, Editing, Art, and Activism”
•Introduced each speaker and facilitated discussion after each paper
Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, January 25th-27th, 2018
•“Denies My Tongue to Tell: The Creation and Destruction of a Human Book in Titus Andronicus.”
Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 20th-22nd, 2017
•“Don Quijote, Sancho Panza, and Barataria: Populism in Spanish Golden Age Literature.”
Louisville Conference on Literatures and Cultures Since 1900, February 23rd-25th, 2017
•“Tradition vs. Progress: Female Oppression and Subversion in the Post-Civil War Spanish Novel”
Rocket City Technical Communication Conference, University of Alabama in Huntsville, March 2015
•“Translation, Localization, Globalization: An Overview of International Technical Communication.”
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Six hours coursework in Technical Writing – University of Alabama in Huntsville 2014-2015
•Completed six hours of graduate coursework in technical communication, writing, and editing
•Learned mechanics of technical documents, reviewed editing methods, wrote book reviews.
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