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Margaret Ann Fero
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
University: Earlham College, Double Major in Theatre Arts and Comparative
Languages & Linguistics, Expected Date of Graduation: May 2014
Nanjing University, Certificates in Intermediate Chinese Language & Culture
and Advanced Chinese Language & Culture, December 2012 and June 2013
High School: Shady Side Academy, 2006-2010
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Work History
Earlham College Pedagogical Tools Group Member (August 2013-present)
Rewrote tutorials for all software used by our department, including
emacs; remote editing via ftp; remote connection software for Mac-based,
Windows, and linux-based operating systems; in-house scripts; and VTWM.
Collaborated with a team to keep all campus public computers and three public
printers usable by computer science students.
Earlham College Theatre Arts Web Strategy Development Consultant (August
2013-present)
Assisted Theatre Arts faculty in developing and implementing a web
strategy to include active use of the Umbraco access provided by the school and
creation of social media accounts. Taught Faculty to use a WYSIWYG editor to
update the information on their department’s website. Established a Twitter
account and strategy. Trained Official Twitter Team on social media best
practices. Seeded a YouTube account from department video archives,
Developed a strategy for continuing to update with current content.
Translator to Professor Zhengming Huang (February-June 2013)
Provided real-time Chinese-to-English translations of lectures for one
class taught and responses for several interviews given by Nanjing University
Institute for International Studies Professor of Calligraphy Zhengming Huang,
as well as translating students’ questions and some follow-up information in
interviews from English to Chinese for the Professor.
Nanxiucun Community Center Parrot Club Instructor (2012-2013)
Created lesson plans for and taught one English as a Second Language
class a week to a group of up to twenty five Chinese children ages 4-10 as a
supplement to in-class instruction.
Freelance English Tutor (2012-2013 Academic Year)
Created lesson plans and taught English As A Foreign Language classes
both as standalone lessons and as supplements to in-school instruction for an
array of students from pre-school to adult, all of whom were native Chinese
speakers. Classes were individual or small group.
Earlham College Theatre Department Workstudy Student (2011-2012 Academic
Year)
Created marketing materials for plays including advertisements using
information from a concurrent research position as Dramaturg. Created the
program. Took photographs including the actors’ and designers’ headshots for
inclusion in program.
Freelance Model (2008-present)
Selected credits include Jason Girard, J. Dax Parise, Morgan Creative,
Charles Gast, Brian Herman, Angie Candell, and Riccardo Monaco. My work has
been featured in Nanjing Youth Olympics advertisements, several Jiangsu
Broadcasting Corporation productions, Pittsburgh's East End Fashion
Magazine, and numerous portfolios and gallery showings.
Freelance Actor (2008-present)
Past theatrical roles include Lin Daiyu (of Dream of Red Mansions) in an
operatic medley presented by Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation as part of the
closing ceremony of the Ring Taihu Lake International Cycling Race Award
Ceremony, Miss T. Muse and Chorus Girl #2 in Earlham College Theatre
Department’s production of The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder; Felicity in
Earlham College Theatre Department’s production of The Real Inspector
Hound; and Synesius in Still Breathing Productions’s debut production of This All
Really Happened: "Doing The Lord's Work." Past roles in short films include
supporting roles in “Quiet Money” for Pittsburgh’s 48 Hour Film Project and the
Nanjing Youth Olympics’ promotional videos, and the title role in “Imogene” by
hinapa:studios. Voice Acting experience includes Kathy in Episode 5 of
Radiosonic Productions’s Doctor Who Fan Podcast.
Shady Side Academy Science Department Tutor (2007-2010)
I provided tutoring help for students struggling with introductory-level
physics and chemistry classes through one-on-one and small group assistance
and study sessions.
Shady Side Academy Computer Science Department Tutor (2007-2010)
I provided tutoring help for students struggling with object-oriented
programming theory, Java, HTML, RobotC, and JavaScript.
Shady Side Academy Writing Center Scribe (2008-2010)
As nominated, took a training course preparing me to work as a writing
tutor and copyeditor, then assisted students in improving their writing skills
while helping with essay editing or tutoring at the discretion of the student
receiving help.
Advisory Representative (2006-2009)
Organized activities and community service projects for our class.
Assistant Coach, Word of God Junior Varsity Girls' Volleyball Team (2008-2009
Season)
Organized stretches for warm-up and cool-down, and worked individually
with girls who needed extra help with certain aspects of gameplay.
All-Purpose Volunteer, Woodland Hills Girls' Softball Association (Summer 2009)
Worked in the snack bar for all of the games, was on call for and
occasionally performed minor first aid, and sang the National Anthem for the
Championship games.
Pittsburgh Area Slovak Folk Ensemble Member (2003-2011)
Studied traditional Slovak language, culture, dance, and music, and
performed as part of a touring ensemble.
MoveOn.Org Greater Pittsburgh Regional Council Core Member (2009-2010)
Organized political action and provided trainings for aspiring activists
from Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas, including acting as the Co-Chair of
the Community Committee for Pittsburgh's branch of the Other 98% Campaign.
Research Positions
Independent Researcher, Nanjing University (Fall 2012-Spring 2013)
Created a Chinese-English dictionary of technical theatre terms and
produced an accompanying paper describing the formation of different types
of technical theatre terms in the two respective languages as well as detailing
the need for such a dictionary in the current climate of intercultural exchange
promotion.
Dramaturg, Earlham College, The Skin of Our Teeth (Spring Semester, 2012)
A workstudy position involving providing necessary background
information for the cast, crew, directors, and designers; pulling out references
they may not otherwise have noticed; giving background on references or the
play in general; answering questions in table work and rehearsals. Published
findings in GoogleDocument format for members of the cast and production
team, Wrote series of articles for our school newspaper to increase community
involvement in the production process, Created program notes for audiences,
and presented findings at Earlham College Annual Research Conference on April
17, 2012.
Computer Science Theory Group, Earlham College (Fall 2010-present)
I worked with a group of students from mixed backgrounds (primarily
computer science, but also math) to work on individual research in the field of
Computational Linguistics. My primary purpose within the group was to write
about the group’s work, but I also compiled a dictionary of specific constraints
found in languages upon DFA analysis and a dictionary of the abstract
constraints which defined the types of constraints which we found.
PUBLISHED OR PRESENTED RESEARCH
● Translating Contemporary Chinese Theatre: A Case Study. Paper to be
presented at Earlham College Annual Research Conference, Spring 2014.
Funded in part by an Earlham College Annual Research Conference Grant
and by Earlham College Department of Theatre Arts. ß
● Measuring Relative Cognitive Complexity of Linguistic Patterns. Poster
co-authored with Sean Wibel, Dakotah Lambert, Gilbert Bailey, and James
Rogers. Presented at Earlham College Undergraduate Research Poster
Conference, Fall 2013.
● Classifying Relative Complexity of Factored Stress Patterns. Poster
co-authored with Jeremy Hurst, Dakotah Lambert, Sean Wibel, and James
Rogers. Presented at University of Delaware Conference on Stress and
Accent, Fall 2012.
● Cognitive and Sub-regular Complexity. Paper co-authored by James
Rogers, Jeffrey Heinz, Self, Jeremy Hurst, Dakotah Lambert, and Sean
Wibel. Presented at Formal Grammar, August 2012. Published in Formal
Grammar 2012, edited by Glyn Morrill and Mark-Jan Nederhof. Lecture
Notes in Computer Science 8036. Netherlands: Springer, 2012: 90-108.
Reprinted in 17th and 18th International Conferences, FG 2012, Opole, Poland,
August 2012, Revised Selected Papers, FG 2013, Düsseldorf, Germany, August
2013, Proceedings.
● Referencing the Past, Creating Time Anew: Fusional Time Periods in “The Skin
of Our Teeth.” Paper presented at Earlham College Annual Research
Conference, Spring 2012.
● Analyzing Trends in Linguistics Patterns' Cognitive Complexity. Paper
co-authored with James Rogers, Jeremy Hurst, Dakotah Lambert, Sean
Wibel. Presented at Earlham College Annual Research Conference, Spring
2012.
● Simplest-Level Analysis of Linguistics Patterns' Cognitive Complexity. Poster
co-authored with Dakotah Lambert, James Rogers, and Sean Wibel.
Presented at Earlham College Undergraduate Research Poster
Conference, Fall 2011.
● Cognitive Complexity of Linguistic Patterns. Paper co-authored with James
Rogers, Aaron Weeden, David Wellcome, and Sean Wibel. Presented at
Earlham College Annual Research Conference, Spring 2011.
● Observing The Structure of the Subregular Hierarchy. Poster co-authored
with James Rogers, Aaron Weeden, David Wellcome, and Sean Wibel.
Presented at Earlham College Science Division Poster Conference, Fall
2010.
● Slovak Day at Kennywood: A Festival in the New World. Original research
co-authored with Michael Pacacha. Presented at Kennywood Park’s
Annual Slovak Day, 2008.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
● “Quaker Values in Dramaturgy: Simplicity of Speech and Textual Editing,”
published March 9, 2012 in Vol. XXXII, No. VI of The Earlham Word.
● “Titling a Production,” published March 2, 2012 in Vol. XXXII, No. V of The
Earlham Word.
● “Dramaturgy,” published February 24, 2012 in Vol. XXXII, No. IV of The
Earlham Word.
● The Diary of The Subject of The Painting. Co-authored with Connor Caprara.
Published in The Frick Museum’s Programs Guide, 2007.
INTERVIEWS, WORKSHOPS, AND GUEST LECTURES
● Auditioning With Formal Verse. Workshop taught at Earlham College, Fall
2013.
● “China’s Current Social Media Climate.” Guest lecture given in Professor
Colette Plum’s Nanjing University course, Contemporary Chinese Studies.
● “What Characters Do Foreigners Who Live In Nanjing Use To Describe
Their New Home?” Nanjing Chenbao Interview, March 4, 2013.
● “Reflections on the Nanjing Plum Blossom Festival From Plum Blossom
Hill.” Interview given for Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation in
collaboration with Map Magazine, February 2013.
● World Wise Woman Interview. 72m Magazine, Fall 2012 Issue, page 48.
http://issuu.com/72m_magazine/docs/72m_magazine_issue6
● Viewreels Featured Model Interview, July 2012.
● Preparing For Auditions. Workshop taught at Earlham College, Fall 2011.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Applications: Microsoft Office Suite, OpenOffice Suite, Audacity, Eclipse,
Photoscape, SAM Broadcaster, Shoutcast, KVirc, Colloquy, mIRC, Windows Live
Suite, Dropbox, GoogleDocs suite, MiKTeX, X-Chat, Xming, PuTTY, Adobe
Photoshop Elements, Notepad, Finale Notepad, Paintshop Pro, Internet
Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome
Programming Languages: Java, LaTeX, RobotC, LabView, Javascript, HTML, C++,
Haskell
Operating Systems: Windows 98-7, Mac OSX, Ubuntu (Jaunty Jackalope-Oneiric
Ocelot)
General Social Media and Online Networking Tools: LinkedIn, Twitter,
Google+, Facebook, Facebook Fanpage Interface, MySpace, LiveJournal, Reddit,
Wikimedia, Youtube, Blogger, Wordpress, Xanga, Yelp, Meetup, Eventful, Netlog,
Ning, Dropbox, CiteULike, Empire Avenue, Chime.In, Favors, Wikia, Wikispaces,
Skype, StickAm, Grooveshark, Last.fm, Spotify, DeviantArt, Flickr, PhotoBucket,
Picasa, Scribd, SimpleMachineForums, Yasni, RenRen, Weibo
Discipline-Specific Social Media and Online Networking: Stagee, Talent &
Skills, ModelMayhem, Steam, Theatrics/Beckinfield, StarNow, Actors’ Access,
ModelInsider, Musecube, 2kmodels, FashionFluid, ExploreModeling, ViewReels,
iStudio, PaidModels, CastingCallPro, ExStreamLive
OTHER SKILLS
Human Languages: English (Spoken/Written, Fluent), Mandarin Chinese
(Spoken, Fluent/Written, Advanced), Spanish (Spoken/Written, Advanced),
Slovak (Spoken/Written, Intermediate), Japanese (Spoken/Written, Beginner),
American Sign Language (Spoken, Intermediate), Chinese Sign Language
(Spoken, Beginner), Interlingua (Spoken/Written, Intermediate), Connossue
(Spoken/Written, Beginner), Lingua Franca Nova (Spoken/Written, Beginner)
Music: Voice (Soprano, Advanced), Guzheng (Intermediate), Recorder
(Intermediate), Keyboard (Beginner), Ocarina (Beginner)
Dance: Creative Movement, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Slovak Folk Dance (Eastern, Det’va,
and Gorale regions), Contemporary Bellydance, Dabki, Veilwork, Contemporary
Dance, Modern, Swing (East coast and West coast), Square Dance, basic Round
Dance, Cancan, Salsa, Merengue, Ballroom Tango, Argentine Tango
(Traditional), Mambo
Leadership Positions: Theatre Sans Serif (Theatre Company) Board Member
(2010-present), Earlham Theatre Company Co-Convenor (Company Manager,
2011-2012 school year and 2013-2014 school year), MoveOn Council Core
Member (2009-2010), MoveOn Council Coordinator (2010-2011), Steel City
Robotics Alliance (Founding Member, Student Representative to Charter
Authorship Committee), FIRST Robotics Team 2618 (Vice President 2007-2009,
President 2009-2010), Advisory Representative (2006-2009), St. Colman School
Student Council President (2005-2006)