Email: [email protected] MIGUEL MERINO LÓPEZ-MORILLAS Phone: +34 608 440 850 WhatsApp: +1 812 340 3735 Language Instructor | Translator www.otaakband.com LANGUAGE TEACHING & WORK EXPERIENCE English | native fluency Modern Standard Arabic | written and spoken, highly proficient General colloquial Arabic | spoken, near-native fluency Spanish | written and spoken, native fluency French | written and spoken, proficient English<->Arabic translation August 2015—present Freelance Literary translation in Modern Standard Arabic Transcription and translation of spoken dialects Georgetown Summer Arabic Program | Amman June—August 2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant Provided supplemental instruction for 15 undergraduates in reading, writing, grammar and conversation in Jordanian dialect Middlebury at Mills Arabic School | Oakland, CA June—August 2015 Assistant Instructor Conducted group review sessions and individual lessons with 40+ students ages 18-65 during full-immersion course, Modern Standard Arabic and regional dialects Center for Advanced Study of Language | College Park, MD February—June 2015 Language Analyst Analyzed 200-250 Arabic Twitter posts weekly for key words MUSIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE Tempo Music Academy | Cairo August 2018—October 2019 Drum Instructor Private drum instruction for 10+ students, ages 8-30, English and Arabic Modern English School | Cairo October 2009—April 2012 Music Instructor Provided private and group instruction to 40+ students, ages 5-18, English and Arabic EDUCATION Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) | Amman September 2016—May 2017 Fellow US Department of Education fellowship for intensive Arabic training in modern literature, grammar, Quranic studies Georgetown University | Washington, DC May 2016 Master of Arts in Arabic and Islamic Studies Concentration in contemporary Arabic poetry Thesis: “Al-Kawnu Mawqifun: Poetry and Prophecy in the Works of Qassim Haddad, 2000-2013” Middlebury at Mills Arabic School | Oakland, CA June—August 2013 Student Full-immersion course addressing reading, writing in Modern Standard Arabic, speaking in various dialects University of Miami Frost School of Music | Coral Gables, FL May 2008 Bachelor of Music in Studio Music & Jazz Concentration in jazz drums PUBLICATIONS “Al-Kawnu Mawqifun: Poetry and Prophecy in the Works of Qassim Haddad, 2000-2013” (translated), https://mana.net/7429 June 2020 .