Technical writing

Five years at Century Design, Austin, Texas (1989 to 1994). Created on-line help information for OS/2 performance monitoring software. Wrote marketing, planning, and installation guides for LAN Server product. Developed hardcopy and on-line, hypertext documentation for RISC workstations and AIX software (IBM version of UNIX). Indexed, edited, proofed. As a lead writer, advised junior writers. Coordinated, scheduled, and tracked the development of marketing spec sheets and brochures for major client company. Handled day-to-day liaison with client.

Language instruction

• Part-time lecturer of Dutch, Department of Germanic Languages, University of Texas at Austin, 1996-1997.

• Instructor at Berlitz, Austin, Texas; five-week course, Dutch for Engineers, 1992.

• Developed special course English for law students, State University Limburg, The Netherlands, in collaboration with Maastricht Translation Academy, 1986-1987.

• Assistant professor of English, University of Antwerp, Belgium, 1982-1984.

• Lecturer at annual summer course on Dutch Language and Culture, University of Ghent, Belgium, 1978-1983.

• Teaching assistant, German, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1977.

Textbook publishing

Editorial assistant at Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., School Division, Austin, Texas, 1987-1989. Development of French textbooks for high school.

Professional affiliations

• American Translators Association (Active Member)

• Austin Area Translators and Interpreters Association (as Membership Director January 1995 - March 1996; Coordinator for Membership Info and Job Referrals, April 1996 - March 1999)

• Society for Technical Communication 

• Alliance française d'Austin.

Education

• Doctorate (summa cum laude), University of Antwerp (UIA), Belgium, 1982. Published dissertation: Dutch Novels Translated into English. The Transformation of a "Minority" Literature. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1985.

• M.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1978; Course work in Comparative Literature, University of California, San Diego, 1976-1977.

• "Licentiaat" (M.A.) in English and Dutch Literature and Linguistics, and Teacher's Certification, University of Antwerp (UIA), Belgium, 1975; "Kandidaat" (B.A.), University of Antwerp (UFSIA), Belgium, 1973.

• Professional development courses: BASIC, C language, hypertext.

• Fellowships: Junior Fellow of the Belgian National Foundation for Scientific Research, 1978-1982 (conducted research on translation); Fellowship of the Belgian American Educational Foundation, 1976-1977; Fellowship of the American Association of University Women, 1977-1978.

References and portfolio available upon request.

Download résumé as Word (.rtf) file.

<< Résumé page 1