EDUCATION

Georgetown University, Washington, DC (1994 to present)
Master of Science in Linguistics (1996), and candidate for Ph.D.
Concentration: Theoretical Linguistics/Phonology
GPA: 3.9/4.0
Honors:    Georgetown University Linguistics Department Fellowship Recipient
                Honorable Mention - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Competition

Georgetown University Law Center & School of Foreign Service (1989)
Juris Doctor and Master of Science
Joint Degree Program in Law & International Affairs
GPA: 10.267/12.0
Honors:    cum laude
                Dean's List
                Dean's Award for Academic Excellence

University of Delaware, Newark, DE (1985)
Bachelor of Arts in French and Modern Languages
Concentration: Interpretation/Translation
GPA: 3.92/4.0
Honors:   summa cum laude
              Phi Beta Kappa
              Mortar Board (President)

EXPERIENCE

Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., Sept 1995 to present:
Instructor for undergraduate course "Introduction to Language".
Teaching Assistant to Prof. A. Morales-Front for graduate-level course in Theoretical Phonology I.
Teaching Assistant to Prof. D. Lardiere for graduate-level course in Language Acquisition.
Teaching Assistant to Prof. E. Zsiga for graduate-level courses in General Phonology, Theoretical Phonology I, and Articulatory Phonetics.
Research Assistant to Prof. E. Zsiga.
Technician, Georgetown University Linguistics Laboratory.
Network Administration Asst., University Information Services.
Computer Support Specialist, Georgetown University Deparment of Demography.

UMagic Systems, New York, NY
March 1999 to present. Consultant on Web-based expert systems on Family Law and Nutrition.  Member of Knowledge Engineering team; responsibilities include system design and implementation.

Science Applied International Corp. (SAIC), Chantilly, VA,
July to August 1996. Consultant on natural language processing project (preparation for Oct. 1997 MUC conference). Focussed on part-of-speech tagging and integration of tagger with parser.

Mudge Rose Guthrie Alexander & Ferdon LLP, Washington, D.C., June 1992 to Aug. 1995.
Associate with Washington office of New York-based firm specializing in international trade law.

Johnson & Gibbs, P.C., Washington, D.C., Jan. 1990 - June 1992.
Associate with Washington office of 300-lawyer Dallas-based law firm practicing international trade and taxation law.

Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Washington, D.C., Sept. 1989 to Jan. 1990, summer 1988.
Associate with 125-attorney law firm specializing in international trade and taxation. Moved to Johnson & Gibbs, P.C. with International Practice Group in 1990.

BAR MEMBERSHIPS

Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Freelance translator (English, Spanish, French) - specialty: legal, technical and commercial texts.

Certified conference interpreter (simultaneous & consecutive) in French and Spanish U.S. Department of State

Certified proficiency, Parisian Chamber of Commerce - Business French

Programming Languages: Basic UNIX, Perl

Specialized software proficiency: SYLLT© (speech synthesis), CSL© (digital speech analysis), LEXIS/NEXIS©, WESTLAW© (information retrieval)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

LabPhon 5, Evanston, IL (July 1996)
Poster: Intonation Patterns in Two Spanish Dialects by Renée J. O'Brien

Penn Linguistics Colloquium (21st), Philadelphia, PA (February 1997)
Paper: Polarity Assignment in Spanish, French and English by Renée O'Brien and Dee Cain.