Christine Thrasher

- Provide personalized one-to-one English and German language instruction to adults and children of all levels, online and in person - Translate documents from German to English including advertisements, web copy, smartphone apps using CAT software - Proofread and edit English-language documents including academic research, correspondence, fiction

- Supported Chair in linguistic research through data collection, transcription, translation, documentation

- Taught English at public grade school Grundschule in den Rollbergen with special support to speakers of languages other than German

- Taught English one-to-one and small groups at private language including TOEFL preparation and general grammar/speaking

- Taught English at public school IGS Mainz-Bretzenheim through language/cultural workshops

- Managed day-to-day gallery operations such as welcoming visitors, educating about the current exhibition, routine maintenance of art pieces, and communicating with resident artists

- Wrote grant proposals, progress reports, web copy, social media to support bilingual education outreach

- Integrated international students into university life through academic/social support, cross-cultural workshops, mentoring - Hold weekly office hours and participate in weekly staff meetings - Plan, organize, promote and host regular social events and workshops

- Expanded knowledge of child syntax acquisition through analysis of collected speech data

- Further interethnic peace and educational access by helping to develop and implement UCI online course in policy writing and conflict resolution, taken by students living in conflict zones - Assist in preparation of grant proposal to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which secured an $85,000 grant for the first phase of the project - Write proposal and secure $1,500 grant through the UCI Summer Undergraduate Research Program to fund own participation in the project

- Private piano tutoring for elementary age children - Engaged interest by incorporating children's favorite pop and rock songs into the curriculum

Master's Thesis: "Kapampangan, Tagalog, and English in the Linguistic Landscape of Pampanga, Philippines"

Minor: Civic & Community Engagement Certificate: Middle East Studies Thesis: "Bridging the Divide: Online Education as an Instrument for Peacebuilding in the Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict"