kelltrill

EDUCATION Senior School Principia Private School, Oudtshoorn 2002 - 2005 Bachelor of Arts (BA: triple major) in English Literature, Classic Civilizations and Linguistics Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 2009 English: Coursework included the English Novel, American Literature and Literature and Ecology. Third year elective research topic: A Progressing Ecological Awareness: The appearance and development of anthropomorphism in South African children’s stories. Invited to do English Honours at Rhodes University, 2010 Classics: Coursework included the emerging world view, Homer, the Ancient Novel, pottery and sculpture, the lifestyles and political systems of the Greeks and Romans, and romantic literature. Linguistics: Transcription experience through the Discourse Analysis module. Advertising experience through the Analysing Language in Use module. Emphasis on textual coercion, covert linguistic manipulation and how people encode subtleties. Extensive editing and proofreading experience through my own research, tutoring, news publications and other avenues (listed below). Experienced phonetician and familiar with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) Final year: Supervision of Research under Dr Ian Bekker Research Topic: A sociophonetic study to determine whether Port Elizabethan English and East London English in the Eastern Cape, South Africa are regional varieties of Standard South African English. Reference: BA Linguistics Honours University of Cape Town, South Africa (to be completed by the end of 2010) Scholarship obtained from the National Research Foundation of Pretoria via Prof Rajend Mesthrie Supervision of thesis under Prof Rajend Mesthrie Elective Research Topic: An attitudinal study of the linguistic choices made in the Afrikaans-English bilingual Cape Coloured community of Athlone. Primary Thesis Topic: A sociophonetic study of the effectiveness of multidialectal advertising in a South African context. Reference: LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AT SENIOR SCHOOL Secretary of Outdoor Forum and member of Student Leadership Body, Principia Student Leadership (PSL), Gr.11 – Gr.12 2004 & 2005 COMPETITIVE ACHIEVEMENTS AT HIGH SCHOOL Certificate of Achieving Academic Excellence. Meritorious distinction in four subjects 2001 Best public speaking award, Toastmasters, Gr.11 2004 Awarded Honourary Academic Colours, Gr.11. Meritorious distinction in English 1st language HG, Afrikaans 1st language HG, Art HG, Drama HG, Biology HG 2004 Awarded Academic Colours, Gr.12. Distinction in English 1st language HG, Afrikaans 2nd language HG, Art HG, Drama HG 2005 LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AT UNIVERSITY News subeditor for Activate, the Rhodes student newspaper 2006 Member of the Organising Committee for the Vagina Monologues, presented by Amnesty International 2008 Allen Webb Hall Representative for OutRhodes (LGBTI society) 2008 Presented and facilitated a workshop for all Rhodes University journalism students on media sensitivity organised by the Oppidan Press (competing student newspaper for off-campus students) 2008 Elected Chief Human Rights Education Coordinator on the Amnesty International Committee 2009 Elected Student Liaison Officer (SLO) for the Representative Council of Learners (RCL) in Grahamstown East (operating through the Centre for Social Development (CSD) and the Rhodes Student Representative Council (SRC)) 2009 Elected Head Treasurer and Data Collector for the Give5 Committee 2009 Selected for academic exchange to Milan, Italy through the Rhodes International Office 2009 semester II (Unable to attend for financial reasons) Appointed Professional Communications Tutor for second and third year Bcom students through the English Language & Linguistics Department, semester 1 & 2 2009 Trained for six weeks to become a peer counsellor through the Rhodes University Counselling Centre March – May 2009 Selected for Global PACT activist training workshop, Grahamstown. (Scholarship for expenses included) 30 June – 20 July 2009 I had the privilege of working alongside university students from the United States, Venezuela, Colombia, and from across the African continent. We studied the public health system in SA and actively engaged with a variety of sustainable development project initiatives in different fields, including health care, education, sanitation, and unemployment. The training ended with a press conference where we launched our respective projects to the media. [login to view URL] Reference: Prof Sunita Srinivas [login to view URL] Editor for the Extended Studies programme at Rhodes University under Ms Leela Pienaar, a teacher of Academic Literacy for Science 2009 Part-time phonology research assistant to Prof Rajend Mesthrie for the University of Cape Town Linguistics Department 2010 Experience in Praat, acoustic phonetics and voice analysis software. Responsible for contributing to the South African acoustic phonetic database. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT UNIVERSITY Volunteer Gr.11 tutor/education mentor for the Centre for Social Development (CSD), Grahamstown Focus on computer literacy, English literature, research and study skills. 2008 Narrator for the Library for the Blind (BlindLib), Grahamstown 2008 - 2009 Active member of the Gender Action Project (GAP) Participation included active protests and passive demonstrations around both town and campus to show solidarity with specific ongoing court cases against alleged rapists. Protests also included gathering signature for petitions handed over to the high court to strive for a more expedient justice system and better facilities (the Eastern Cape criminal information analysis centre that deals specifically with rape cases has a two year backlog as of 2008). 2008 Active member of the Human Rights Education workshops at the schools in Grahamstown East run by Amnesty International 2008 Nominated for the Student Volunteer Program (SVP) Award through the CSD 2008 Co-founder of the Fundaninathi Reading Project whose goal it is to provide Primary schools in the Grahamstown townships with reading materials and resources, such as bookshelves. Schools reached thus far: C.M Vellem Primary in Joza (2009) RHODES ORGANISATIONAL MEMBERSHIP Astrosoc, Amnesty International, Live Music Society, the Gender Action Project (GAP), Activate Student Newspaper, OutRhodes (LGBTI community activism), SHARC (HIV/Aids activism) INTERESTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES Activism (homophobia, xenophobia, racism, sexism, gender violence/issues), community engagement and outreach, reading (primarily fiction with an interest in science-fiction and post-apocalyptic fiction), music, drawing (mediums: graphite and fineliner), painting (medium: oils), dancing (jazz, ballet and recreational), designing (in several forms), current affairs, editing, copywriting, internet surfing, new software, hiking, snorkeling, spelunking, live music, languages, linguistics (especially socio-phonetics), literature (specifically translated texts – Calvino; Borges; Kafka; Mann; Marquez), modern fiction (including the methodology, narratology), cultural studies, anthropology and other cultures, art, astronomy, religion and mythology (Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Norse, African).