Kathryn Strezishar

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701-***-****

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Fairfax, VA 22030

WORK EXPERIENCE

George Mason University- University Information Services September 2020

Information Desk Student Assistant

Arlington, Virginia

Provide excellent customer service to students and patrons of George Mason University

Part of a team that was responsible for creating and maintaining calendars relating to student life and academics.

Provide aid to the George Mason Arlington Campus community through troubleshooting problems, giving directions, and aiding in the scheduling and preparation of events

General reception duties

George Mason University- Housing and Residence Life August 2020

Community Advisor

Fairfax, Virginia

Connect students with appropriate Mason resources to assist with their personal, academic, cultural, and professional goals.

Assist with Housing and Residence Life desk operations by providing coverage for approximately 10 hours per week, as part of assigned on-call responsibilities during evening and weekend hours.

Submit work orders as needed; communicate with maintenance and other on-call staff to address after-hours facilities issues.

Maintain accurate records of student interactions at the assigned HRL desk, including equipment rentals, issuance of loaner cards, and other student concerns.

Assist with large-scale initiatives sponsored by Housing and Residence Life, University Life, and other campus partners including but not limited to Admissions preview events, Patriot Success Survey response, and Preamble.

Subjective Values Foundation January 2020- May 2020

Intern

Budapest, Hungary

Reviewed practices for the creation of an evidence-based methodology of community engagement in PVE/CVE

Participated in the development of EU-funded project CEAR—a project that works to create digital toolkits to be disseminated among three target groups within the participating countries that educate and train in strategies of de-radicalization.

Conducted initial research on current tactics regarding counter-extremism and de-radicalization in order to develop new methodology for CEAR

Familiarized with the process of writing grants, including the creation of budgets—wrote the grants for AMIF as well as ENAR

Conducting fieldwork such as organizing focus groups, meeting with key local stakeholders, setting up community events for MEET—EU project coordinated by SVF which works towards creating a self-sustaining network within the Hungarian-Muslim community to educate on the division between Muslims and non-Muslims in Hungary.

Office of Student Scholarship - George Mason University October 2019-December 2019

Research Assistant- Translation & Transcription

Fairfax, Virginia

Transcribed recordings from various members of the Chilean community regarding their memories of the 1988 plebiscite

Translated transcriptions in order to format them for professor’s website to educate on the subject in English and Spanish

Office of Student Scholarship - George Mason University November 2018 – April 2019

Research Assistant

Fairfax, Virginia

Analyzed terrorist movements and operations that were reported under a variety of media subsequently coding them using a binary method in order to find trends and patterns

Focused largely on the coding of events and the patterns that could be found in the communication techniques used by the terror cells and the manner in which acts were being reported

Worked independently and covered a timeline spanning from 1993-2011

Identified and coded Media bias

Camrud, Maddock, Olson & Larson, Ltd. April 2017 – August 2018

Law Office Clerk

Grand Forks, North Dakota

worked in the medical malpractice and family law departments

Performed duties assigned to me by the office, including presenting detailed overviews of cases at board meetings, researching past rulings, acting as a typist for mediations and depositions

Was responsible for ordering supplies, and maintaining office-related machines such as copiers typewriters, and fax machines

Performed reception duties, including but not limited to: answering phones, directing clients, and preparing memos, handling mail.

Acted as a liaison between my office and clients by running errands and speaking on behalf of the firm

EDUCATION

George Mason University- Fairfax, Virginia

BA, Conflict Analysis and Resolution - Anticipated Graduation, May 2021

3.87 G.P.A. as of Spring 2020

Studied abroad at La Universidad de Los Andes in Santiago, Chile for Spring 2019 Semester—Fluent in Spanish

Studied abroad at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary for Spring 2020 Semester

VOLUNTEER WORK

Altru Clinic

oAided nurses with their duties, stocked rooms with blankets and supplies

oAssisted with pediatric physical and speech therapy

oInteracted with patients and their families, making their stay more comfortable and often reading to them

Feed My Starving Children

oAssemble care packages of food for those in need

Habitat for Humanity

oBuilt houses in the countryside of Central America

Law Enforcement 10-78 5K

oHelped organize and execute MN 10-78 LE 5K to support police officers who were wounded/killed in the line of duty in Minnesota

East Grand Forks Senior High School Speech Team

oCoached students 6-12 in the art of public speaking and performance

Polk County Public Health

oInstructed a class on self- defense that was aimed towards empowering women who had been victimized by domestic violence

SKILLS

Foreign Language

oSpanish, Italian, French, Hungarian

Familiar with American Sign Language (ASL)

Computer Skills

oIntroduced to Python Coding

oAdept at Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel

Grant Work

oIntroduction to Grant Proposal writing and creation of budget

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