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Seraj Assi

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Washington, DC 20018

adh2xu@r.postjobfree.com

202-***-****

CAREER POSITIONS

The Walt Disney Company 2019-2020

Orlando, Florida

Arab World Consultant

National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) 2017-2019

University of Maryland

Target Language Specialist (Arabic)

Translator & Test Developer (DLPT test items, both in MSA & Dialects) Center for the Education, Testing and Research of Language (CENTRL) 2017-2019 Target Language Expert (Arabic)

Translator & Test Developer (DLPT test items, both in MSA & Dialects) Foreign Service Institute 2018-2019

U.S. Department of State, Arlington, VA

Arabic Language & Culture Instructor II

Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU) 2016 – 2019 Georgetown University, Washington DC

Visiting Researcher

Department of Arabic & Islamic Studies 2016 – 2018 Georgetown University

Arabic Lecturer

The Arab World Studies Program 2017 – 2018

American University, Washington DC

Arabic Lecturer

Department of Modern & Classical Languages 2016-2017 George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Arabic Lecturer

Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) 2010-2015 Georgetown University

Research Assistant

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EDUCATION

Georgetown University 2010 – 2016

Ph.D. in Arabic Studies (with distinction)

Tel Aviv University 2005 – 2008

M.A. in Arabic Studies (magna cum laude)

University of Jordan 2002 – 2005

B.A. in Arabic Studies (Excellent)

AWARDS

– National Interest Waiver for Postdocs, Granted by USCIS, September 2017

– Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Visiting Scholar Fellowship, Georgetown University, 2016-2019

– The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) 2014 Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF) ACADEMIC & NEWSPAPER PUBLICATIONS

A complete list of publications (Arabic & English) is available upon request. LANGUAGES

Arabic (Native), English (Native fluency), French (Intermediate). SKILLS

WORD, WorkFront, SharePoint, Audacity

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