Biljana Belamaric

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
314 Dey Hall
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Email: bbiljana@email.unc.edu

Teaching and Course Development

Languages and Culture

• Macedonian
• Developer and instructor for an intermediate/advanced seminar in Macedonian language and culture, conducted entirely in Macedonian for linguists and employees of Titan Corporation, Washington, D.C. (Aug. 2005)
• Taught a yearly shock-lesson in Macedonian, Department of German, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2002-2003)
• Russian
• Instructor of first semester Beginning Russian, developer and instructor of second semester Beginning Russian, University of North Carolina Distance Education Program, Chapel Hill, NC (2004-)
• 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-)
• English as a Second/Foreign Language
• Prepared students for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic (Summer 2001)
• Taught English as a second language as a volunteer tutor, Latino-Memphis Connexion, Memphis, TN (July-Dec. 2000)
• Speak Test examiner for assessment of oral skills of non-native speakers of English, University of Memphis, TN (Spring 2001)

Linguistics

• 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)

Pedagogy

• Instructor for Communicating in the American Classroom and Advanced Communicating in the American Classroom, Graduate School, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2004-)
• Planned and conducted teaching workshops, assisted with the planning and facilitation of the annual Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall Orientation and Faculty Teaching Assistants Coordinator/Graduate Teaching Liaison Retreat, and planned and implemented special programs identified in collaboration with the Graduate Teaching Assistants Development Network of Faculty Coordinators and Graduate Teaching Liaisons, 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)

Language Resource Development

• Developed and published an on-line tutorial, Reading and Pronouncing Macedonian, participated in the development of a similar tutorial for Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, and participated in design, testing, and web publishing of online language games for Czech, Serbo-Croatian, and Macedonian, Southeast and East European Language Resource Center, Chapel Hill, NC (2001-2004)
• Liaison for the Macedonian language, Gorin & Cook, Inc (Summer 2002-)

Translation and Interpretation

• Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
• Provided Serbian-English translation of articles for Dr. M. Vachudova's Fulbright-Hayes Faculty Research Program grant, entitled Democratization and the Prospect of EU Membership: Comparing East Central Europe and the Balkans, (Jan.-Feb. 2005)
• Content analyst for texts by V. Seselj in original Serbian, including searching his publications for key phrases; providing context for references; and paraphrasing and translating into English, United Nations War Crime Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, The Hague, Netherlands (Sept.-Nov. 2004)
• Consecutive interpreting for a doctor’s office, Chapel Hill Institute for Culture and Language Education, Carrboro, NC (2003-)
• Document translation, Language Services Associates, Willow Grove, PA (2003-)
• Consecutive interpreter for Bosnian mothers and children and the American host-families and administrators at LeBonheur Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN (March-May 1997)
• Macedonian
• Document translation, Language Services Associates, Willow Grove, PA (Spring 2002)
• Russian
• Document translation of private requests

Radio Broadcasting

• Board Member, representing the student body, its opinions, and interests, WXYC-FM, Chapel Hill, NC (2004-2005)
• Production, recording, writing, editing, on-air performance, public relations, clerical and computer work, and direct supervision of radio station staff as volunteer on-air personality, Production Director, Traffic Director, and Program Director, WUMR-FM, Memphis, TN (1996-2001)
• Writing, interviewing, recording, editing, and production of a weekly show, on-air performance, representing the station at scheduled events, giving tours to visitors, WQOX-FM, Memphis, TN (1995-1996)

Publishing and Editing

• Reading and Pronouncing Macedonian: An Interactive Tutorial. In OSUWPSS 3 (Spring 2004), 13-25.
• Resolving Ethnic Conflict through Language Planning: Constitutional Changes in the Republic of Macedonia. Master's Thesis. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill: 2003.
• Resolving Ethnic Conflict: The Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia. In South-East European Politics Online IV:1 (May 2003), 25-40.
• Assisted with the indexing of Dr. B. Ching's Wrong is What I Do Best. Oxford University Press: 2001.
• Proofreader for T. R. Adams' Drum Tuning Theory. Two One Publishing: 2001.

Conference Presentations

• Multimedia on CALL: Teaching LCTLs in the 21st Century, Duke-UNC Slavic and East European Language Research Center Summer Institute, Durham, NC (July 2003)
• Reading and Pronouncing Macedonian: An Interactive Tutorial, Fifth Macedonian-North American Conference on Macedonian Studies, Columbus, OH (May 2003)
• Using Interactive Technology to Teach Alphabets: B/C/S and Others with Dr. C. Ford, University of South Carolina, Duke-UNC Slavic and East European Language Research Center Summer Institute, Durham, NC (July 2002)
• Attempting to Resolve Language Conflict: The 2001 Macedonian Constitution, Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature, and Folklore, Chapel Hill, NC (Apr. 2002)
• Sung Histories: Themes in Macedonian Music, American Association of Teachers of Southeast and East European Languages, Chapel Hill, NC (March 2002)

Research and Analysis

• Operational Risk Research Analyst specializing in Slavic and European companies and events, SAS Institute, Cary, NC (2004-)

Administration and Student Government

• Assistant to the Gifts Processing Coordinator in the Acquisitions department of Davis Library, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Summer 2003)
• Assisted in the design and conducting of phone surveys with health care providers and physicians regarding mental health awareness and resources in several rural North Carolina counties while working for the Institute for Mental Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Summer 2003)
• Administrative assistant to the Assistant Dean for Alumni Services at the Law School, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Summer 2003)
• International Student Issues Committee Co-Chair; responsible for the creation of a website, and the organization of the first International Student Talent Show and Party at UNC-CH; Treasurer; Appropriations committee member; Senator, Graduate and Professional Student Federation, Chapel Hill, NC (Fall 2002 - Spring 2004)
• Responsible for organization of department showcase events and for program design and production, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2001-2002)
• Member of the Graduate Student Honor Court and University Hearings Board at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2002-2005)
• As Chapter President of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL), organized a local conference, including sending abstract invitations and reminders, organizing selection committees, corresponding with the selected presenters, designing the conference flyers and programs, finding funding and other aspects of the conference (Fall 2002-Spring 2003)
• President of Alpha Epsilon Lambda National Academic Honor Society for Graduate and Professional Students, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2004)
• President of Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Student Honor Society, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2004)
• Webmaster and responsible for design and production of flyers, invitations, and programs for departmental events and award ceremonies for the Department of English, University of Memphis, TN (Spring 2001)

Grants

• Travel Grant for presenting the paper "Reading and Pronouncing Macedonian: An Interactive Tutorial" at the Fifth Macedonian-North American Conference on Macedonian Studies in Columbus, OH (Spring 2003)
• Intellectual Life Grant for the organization of the Slavic Spektakl', an annual event showcasing skits and music performed by the students of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures (Spring 2002)

Language and Software Proficiencies

Language Proficiencies

• Native reading, writing, and speaking proficiency of English, Macedonian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
• Reading, writing, and speaking proficiency of Russian
• Reading proficiency of Czech, French, German, and Latin
• Currently studying Hungarian

Software Proficiencies

• Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, OneNote, Visio; Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader
• Website design: Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash; html-programming; WS-FTP
• Familiarity with SAS9

Education and Certification

• M.A. Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (2003)
• M.A. English as a Second Language, University of Memphis, TN (2001)
• B.M. Music Performance, Summa Cum Laude, University of Memphis, TN (2000)
• Certified Grant Writer, The Grant Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (Summer 2005)
• Human Subject Research Certification by completing the Human Participants Protection Education for Research Teams online course, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (Spring 2004)
• English as a Foreign Language Teacher Certification from the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic, and UNESCO (Summer 2001)

Selected Honors

• University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill:
• Alpha Epsilon Lambda National Academic Honor Society for Graduate and Professional Students, President (2004)
• Frank Porter Graham Graduate and Professional Student Honor Society, President (2004)
• Merit Award Graduate Assistantship (Fall 2001-Spring 2002)
• University of Memphis:
• Graduate Award in English as a Second Language (Spring 2001) for the paper "The Native/Non-native ESL/EFL Teacher Dilemma: Perceptions and Facts"
• Commencement Ceremony Marshal for the Department of Communication and Fine Arts (Spring 2000)
• Dean's Academic Achievement Award (Spring 2000)
• American Chemical Society co-chair (Spring 2000)
• Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society member, scholarship winner, and scholastic achievement award winner (1999)
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society member and Scholarship winner (1999)
• Study Abroad Scholarship winner (1999)
• Olswanger Piano Scholarship winner (1999)
• All-American scholar (1998, 1999, 2000)
• Sigma Tau Delta English club (1999)
• Gamma Beta Phi member and historian (1998-2000)
• Phi Eta Sigma freshman honor society (1997)