Josiah Murphy
Project Manager & Communications Specialist
josiahjmurphy @ gmail.com
Summary
Experience in academic and service administration, expanding small business operations, and running an educational consulting company. Graduate training in human systems, communication, and education with a focus on community collaboration. Language teacher and linguistics researcher.
Key Skills
Management
Communication
Funding
Research
Teaching
Languages
English (native)
Spanish (ILR 2)
American SL (ILR 1+)
‘Ōlelo Hawai‘I (ILR 1)
Education
PhD, Linguistics, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
MA, Teaching English as a Second Language, Kent State University
BA, Spanish and International Relations, Dordt University
Cert., Captioning-Transcribing, Rochester Institute Technology
Selected Work Experience
2022 - 2023 Program Director. Language Documentation Training Center, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, HI
2014 - 2020 Department Secretary. Modern and Classical Language Studies, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2008 - 2014 Office Administrator + Captionists Manager. Youngstown Community Center for the Deaf, Youngstown, OH
2006 - 2008 Claims Processor. Gallagher Bassett Services (AIG), Boardman, OH
2004 - 2006 Clerk / Office Manager. Aaron’s Books / Shipping Services Etc., Salem, OH
2003 - 2021 Owner, Consultant, Tutor, Translator. Eureka Language Services, Kent, OH & Honolulu, HI
Project Initiatives
Co-founded Graduate Organization for Teachers of English as a Second Language (GOTESL), planned events, secured funding
Co-founded the Mānoa Interdepartmental Language Symposium (MILS), planned conferences, secured funding