implemented talking dictionary framework for documentation and revitalization efforts for global endangered and minority languages, in collaboration with Swarthmore College ITS
expanded from 2 in 2006 to 110 active dictionaries with over 100,000 entries and 75,000 audio recordings (as of Dec. 2017)
added global reach for endangered and minority language communities as they entered the digital domain
languages used: PHP, MySQL, Javascript, jQuery, D3.js, html5, css3
built web application to generate verbs in Navajo, which has one of the most complex verbal morphologies among documented human languages, to be used as framework for collaborative development of digital tools with endangered language community stakeholders with Prof. Ted Fernald and Digital Scholarship Librarian Nabil Kashyap
helped lead collaborative application development with undergraduate students, faculty and community members
partially funded by a NSF REU Site grant (PI Harrison, Building Digital Tools to Support Endangered Languages and Preserve Environmental Knowledge in Mexico, Micronesia, and Navajo Nation, Award #1461056)
languages used: Django, Python, jQuery, html5, css3
tools
some software and tools that I use
(linguistics) Praat, ELAN,
(data science) R, Python, D3.js, regex
(creative) Adobe creative suite (Lightroom, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and prior versions,
(productivity) Microsoft, Apple and Google productivity software (leveraging formulas, scripting and macros),