Professional Experience
Multimedia and Online Materials Development, Teaching and Assessment
Teaching assistant for graduate-level courses (ECI 517: Advanced Multimedia Design and Applications in Instruction; ECI 716: Design and Evaluation of Instructional Materials), Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Counselor Education, College of Education, North Carolina State University (2011-2012)
Founder, director, tutor, principal curriculum and instructional designer for tutorials teaching the Macedonian language online, Macedonian Language E-Learning Center (2007-present)
Scorer for the speaking portion of the internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL-IBT), Educational Testing Service (ETS)(2007-2008)
Developer, writer, and producer of more than ten employee and customer training multimedia tutorials for business and financial products and websites as a research associate/technical writer for OpRisk Global Data, SAS Institute, Cary, NC (2004-2008)
Developer, writer, and producer of an on-line tutorial, Reading and Pronouncing Macedonian (http://www.unc.edu/~bbiljana/MKDtutorial.html), assisted in the development of a similar tutorial for Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (http://home.mindspring.com/~bcs1/), and assisted in design, testing, and web publishing of online language resources for Czech, Serbo-Croatian, and Macedonian at the Southeast and East European Language Resource Center (http://www.seelrc.org/), Chapel Hill, NC (2001-2004)
SPEAK test examiner, University of Memphis, TN (2001)
Onsite and Self-paced Course Development and Teaching
Languages and Culture
Macedonian
Developer and instructor for an online beginning Macedonian course, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures/Friday Center for Continuing Education, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2012 - present)
Developer and instructor for an intermediate/advanced seminar in Macedonian language and culture, conducted entirely in Macedonian for linguists and employees of Titan Corporation/L-3 Communications, Washington, D.C. (2005-2007)
Instructor for a yearly shock-lesson in Macedonian, Department of German, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2002-2003)
Russian
Continuing Education Specialist, instructor and editor of the correspondence course first semester Beginning Russian, developer and instructor of the correspondence course second semester Beginning Russian, University of North Carolina Distance Education Program, Chapel Hill, NC (2004-2008)
Instructor of first and second semester Beginning Russian and guest lecturer for Intermediate Russian, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2003-2005)
Instructor and developer of Beginning Russian, Chapel Hill Institute for Culture and Language Education, Carrboro, NC (2003-2007)
English as a Second/Foreign Language
Teaching assistant for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic (2001)
Tutor of English as a second language, Latino-Memphis Connexion, Memphis, TN (2000)
Pedagogy
Instructor for Communicating in the American Classroom and Advanced Communicating in the American Classroom, Graduate School, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2004-2005)
Graduate Teaching Liaison at the Center for Teaching and Learning, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2002-2004)
Guest lecturer for Language Teaching Methods, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2002)
Linguistics
Guest lecture for the graduate-level course Sociolinguistic Issues in Post-Yugoslavia, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Indiana University (2011)
Instructor of Languages and Nationalism and guest lecturer for Introduction to Slavic Civilization and Ethnic Conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2002-2003)
Translation and Interpretation
Interpreter, Macedonian, Bosnian, Serbian to English and English to Macedonian, Bosnian, Serbian, Language Services Associates, Willow Grove, PA (2003-present)
Translation from Serbian to English for Dr. Milada Vachudova's grant, entitled "Democratization and the Prospect of EU Membership: Comparing East Central Europe and the Balkans," Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Program, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2005)
Content Analyst, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; content analysis of texts by Vojislav Seselj in original Serbian, including searching all of his publications for key phrases; providing context for references; and paraphrasing and translating content into English; while working for the prosecution (Fall 2004)
Operational Risk Research Analyst, SAS Institute; surveying online newspapers and other news sources for operational risk events regarding Slavic and European companies, translating articles, inputting gathered information into a database, categorizing events, and searching for company financial information (2004 – 2008)
Interpreter from Macedonian, Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian to English and from English to Macedonian, Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian, Chapel Hill Institute for Culture and Language Education (2003-2006)
Radio Broadcasting
Board member, WXYC-FM (2004-2005)
Program director, Traffic director, Production director, on-air personality, WUMR-FM (1996-2001)
Production and on-air personality, WQOX-FM (1995-1996)
Teaching assistant for graduate-level courses (ECI 517: Advanced Multimedia Design and Applications in Instruction; ECI 716: Design and Evaluation of Instructional Materials), Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Counselor Education, College of Education, North Carolina State University (2011-2012)
Founder, director, tutor, principal curriculum and instructional designer for tutorials teaching the Macedonian language online, Macedonian Language E-Learning Center (2007-present)
Scorer for the speaking portion of the internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL-IBT), Educational Testing Service (ETS)(2007-2008)
Developer, writer, and producer of more than ten employee and customer training multimedia tutorials for business and financial products and websites as a research associate/technical writer for OpRisk Global Data, SAS Institute, Cary, NC (2004-2008)
Developer, writer, and producer of an on-line tutorial, Reading and Pronouncing Macedonian (http://www.unc.edu/~bbiljana/MKDtutorial.html), assisted in the development of a similar tutorial for Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (http://home.mindspring.com/~bcs1/), and assisted in design, testing, and web publishing of online language resources for Czech, Serbo-Croatian, and Macedonian at the Southeast and East European Language Resource Center (http://www.seelrc.org/), Chapel Hill, NC (2001-2004)
SPEAK test examiner, University of Memphis, TN (2001)
Onsite and Self-paced Course Development and Teaching
Languages and Culture
Macedonian
Developer and instructor for an online beginning Macedonian course, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures/Friday Center for Continuing Education, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2012 - present)
Developer and instructor for an intermediate/advanced seminar in Macedonian language and culture, conducted entirely in Macedonian for linguists and employees of Titan Corporation/L-3 Communications, Washington, D.C. (2005-2007)
Instructor for a yearly shock-lesson in Macedonian, Department of German, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2002-2003)
Russian
Continuing Education Specialist, instructor and editor of the correspondence course first semester Beginning Russian, developer and instructor of the correspondence course second semester Beginning Russian, University of North Carolina Distance Education Program, Chapel Hill, NC (2004-2008)
Instructor of first and second semester Beginning Russian and guest lecturer for Intermediate Russian, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2003-2005)
Instructor and developer of Beginning Russian, Chapel Hill Institute for Culture and Language Education, Carrboro, NC (2003-2007)
English as a Second/Foreign Language
Teaching assistant for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic (2001)
Tutor of English as a second language, Latino-Memphis Connexion, Memphis, TN (2000)
Pedagogy
Instructor for Communicating in the American Classroom and Advanced Communicating in the American Classroom, Graduate School, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2004-2005)
Graduate Teaching Liaison at the Center for Teaching and Learning, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2002-2004)
Guest lecturer for Language Teaching Methods, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2002)
Linguistics
Guest lecture for the graduate-level course Sociolinguistic Issues in Post-Yugoslavia, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Indiana University (2011)
Instructor of Languages and Nationalism and guest lecturer for Introduction to Slavic Civilization and Ethnic Conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2002-2003)
Translation and Interpretation
Interpreter, Macedonian, Bosnian, Serbian to English and English to Macedonian, Bosnian, Serbian, Language Services Associates, Willow Grove, PA (2003-present)
Translation from Serbian to English for Dr. Milada Vachudova's grant, entitled "Democratization and the Prospect of EU Membership: Comparing East Central Europe and the Balkans," Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Program, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2005)
Content Analyst, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; content analysis of texts by Vojislav Seselj in original Serbian, including searching all of his publications for key phrases; providing context for references; and paraphrasing and translating content into English; while working for the prosecution (Fall 2004)
Operational Risk Research Analyst, SAS Institute; surveying online newspapers and other news sources for operational risk events regarding Slavic and European companies, translating articles, inputting gathered information into a database, categorizing events, and searching for company financial information (2004 – 2008)
Interpreter from Macedonian, Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian to English and from English to Macedonian, Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian, Chapel Hill Institute for Culture and Language Education (2003-2006)
Radio Broadcasting
Board member, WXYC-FM (2004-2005)
Program director, Traffic director, Production director, on-air personality, WUMR-FM (1996-2001)
Production and on-air personality, WQOX-FM (1995-1996)