Alumni
MLC alumni work in positions as diverse as conversational AI, user experience research, healthcare communication, higher education, nonprofit management, natural language processing, security & intelligence, language strategy, instructional design and more.
Class of 2024
Alexandra Berends
• Current Position: Analyst, Pamir Consulting, LLC
• Related Field(s): Chinese, intercultural communication, consulting
Emily Estrada
• Current Position: Assistant editor, Haymarket Media
• Related Field(s): communication, editing, medical discourse, language and health
Shayna Foote
• Current Position: Human Research Protection Official, U.S. Department of Defense
• Related Field(s): human rights and welfare, educational programs, research ethics
Roxane Robin
• Current Position: Assistant Associate, Impact Research
• Related Field(s): communication, consulting, applied research
Class of 2023
Kathrin Baumann
• Current Position: Clerical Assistant, Hypothekarbank Lenzburg, Switzerland
• Related Field(s): communication, consulting, content analysis
Dillon Call
• Current Position: Contracts Administrator, Federal Schedules, Inc. | FEDSched
• Related Field(s): Spanish, medical and legal interpretation and translation
Katelyn Carroll
• Current Position: Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA) Developer, Five9
• Related Field(s): conversational AI, language and technology
Stephanie Chen
• Current Position: Conversational AI Dialogue Writer, Mother Tongue
• Related Field(s): content writing, conversational AI
Imani Cleamons
• Current Position: Quality Assurance Editor & Content Curator, Mother Tongue
• Related Field(s): creative writing, user-centered design, conversation analysis, conversation design, conversational AI, quality assurance
Parker DiPaolo
• Current Position: Language Specialist, AI/LLM Practice, Innodata Inc.
• Related Field(s): generative AI, chatbot design, conversation analysis, communication
Sophie Henry
• Current Position: ChatBot and Conversation Designer, TOMIS
• Related Field(s): conversational AI, conversation analysis, ASL linguistics
Momoka Okamura
• Current Position: Communication Specialist, NAVEX Global
• Related Field(s): communication, intercultural communication
Virginia Stouse
• Current Position: Quality Assurance Specialist, Mother Tongue
• Related Field(s): conversational AI, quality assurance
Katherine Swindler
• Current Position: Quality Assurance Editor, Mother Tongue
• Related Field(s): discourse analysis, conversational AI, content editing, user-centered design, chatbot development
Dmitry Tereshenko
• Current Position: Conversational and Generative AI (LLM) Quality Assurance Lead, Mother Tongue
• Related Field(s): conversational AI, quality assurance, conversation design, conversation analysis, user experience (UX), project management
Nicole Rybak
• Current Position: Admissions Counselor, Drake University
• Related Field(s): communication, consulting, discourse analysis
Class of 2022
Victoria Becker
• Current Position: Associate, Orr Group
• Related Field(s): nonprofit management, fundraising & development
Lavon Davis
• Current Position: PhD student, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Related Field(s): discourse analysis, examining Black professionals’ identity construction in higher education roles
John Dudley
• Current Position: Senior Intelligence Analyst, Blue Halo
• Related Field(s): defense & security, natural language processing, Arabic and Somali linguistics
Kayla Garrett
• Current Position: Marketing & Communications Associate, Centene Corporation
• Related Field(s): discourse analysis; diversity, equity & inclusion, communications, discourse analysis
Aine McAlinden
• Current Position: Dialogue Designer, PolyAI
• Related Field(s): conversation design, user experience
Rachel Lorch
• Current Position: Events & Communications Associate, InnovateEDU
• Related Field(s): K-12 education, diversity, equity and accessibility, discourse analysis
Mario Moreno
• Current Position: Virtual Assistance Dialogue Writer, MotherTongue
• Related Field(s): conversation design, user experience, large language modelling, natural language processing
Marcus Robinson
• Current Position: Instructional Designer, Apple
• Related Field(s): discourse analysis, identity construction, inclusive language
Emily Schluper
• Current Position: Outreach Associate, Capstone
• Related Field(s): event management, language in the corporate workplace
Angelique Marie Southern
• Current Position: English Language Teacher, China
• Related Field(s): EFL, discourse analysis, creative writing, communication
Parker Strubhar
• Current Position: Certification Specialist, Relativity
• Related Field(s): media production
Class of 2021
Nicole Abou Samra
• Current Position: Researcher, Strategy & Insights, Insagic
• Related Field(s): Discourse analysis, health communication
Peri Beckerman
• Current Position: Membership Assistant, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
• Related Field(s): Museum studies, discourse analysis
Alexandra Chugunova Frazier
• Current Position: Senior Communications Associate, Convergence Center for Policy Resolution
• Related Field(s): Multimedia design, communications
Emily Fisher
• Current Position: Analyst, Listening & Linguistics, inVibe Labs
• Related Field(s): Digital discourse analysis
Michaela Fox
• Current Position: English Language Teacher, City of Alexandria Public Schools
• Related Field(s): Education, intercultural communication
Alix Kraminitz
• Current Position: Staff Interpreter (ASL) & Alternate Program Manager, Applied Development LLC
• Related Field(s): Discourse analysis, Narrative analysis, American Sign Language
Valentina Michelotti
• Current Position: ESOL Coordinator, New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs
• Related Field(s): Second language acquisition & multilingualism, language testing & assessment, critical language teaching and learning
Marcus Robinson II
• Current Position: Instructional Designer, Apple
• Related Field(s): Instructional design, Content writing, Document design
Class of 2020
Jordana Bickel
• Current Position: Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Czech Republic
• Related Field(s): Museum studies, discourse analysis
Sara Grzywacz
• Current Position: Assistant Director of Campus Recreation, Georgetown University
• Related Field(s): Language and health, discourse analysis of yoga, language and politics
Janine Karo
• Current Position: Senior Analyst, Listening & Linguistics, inVibe Labs
• Related Field(s): Mandarin, identity construction in digital media, multimodal discourse analysis
Jungyoon Koh
• Current Position: PhD candidate, Sociolinguistics, Georgetown University Department of Linguistics
• Related Field(s): Computer-mediated discourse analysis, language and identity, multimodal interaction, conversation design
Class of 2019
Tanner Call
• Current Position: Applied Linguist, Language Training & Assessment Unit, FBI, US Department of Justice
• Related Field(s): Language Assessment, Government
Alannah Connolly
• Current Position: Director, maslansky + partners
• Related Field(s): Communication, Consulting
Rebecca Farkas
• Current Position: Digital Media Manager, Planet Word
• Related Field(s) : Technology, Education
Serena Gleklen
• Current Position: Manager, Human Resources, Purple Strategies
• Related Field(s): Communication, Consulting
Shelby Lake
• Current Position: PhD candidate, Media & Communication, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Related Field(s): Communication, Consulting, Digital media
Tripp Maloney
• Current Position: Analyst, Listening & Linguistics, inVibe
• Related Field(s): Health Communication, Technology, Research
Katie Mikalnik
• Current Position: Management and Program Analyst/Editor, U.S. Department of Justice
• Related Field(s): Government, Management
Kenzie Offley
• Current Position: Digital/online Products Assistant, SAGE Publishing
• Related Field(s): Publishing, Technology
Jade Ponciano
• Current Position: Academic Services Coordinator, Elsmere Education
• Related Field(s): Education, Program Coordination
Margaret Rowe
• Current Position: Research Analyst at National Association of Independent Schools
• Related Field(s): Non-profit, Research, Education
Class of 2018
Gabriel Rodriguez
• Current Position: Writer & copyeditor
• Related Field(s): Communication, Consulting
Class of 2017
Cally Alessi
• Current Position: Data Scientist, Nielsen
• Related Field(s): Marketing, Data Science, Qualitative Research
Anne Butler
• Current Position: Qualitative Research Manager, Market & Communications Intelligence, Ascension
• Related Field(s): Health Communications, Program Coordination
Anne Musica
• Current Position: Program Coordinator, MA in Educational Transformation and MA in Learning, Design and Technology, Georgetown University
• Related Field(s): Education, Program Coordination
Julia Rayhill
• Current Position: Spanish Instructor, The Hotchkiss School
• Related Field(s): Education, Teaching
Hannah Sullivan
• Current Position: Language Strategist, maslansky + partners
• Related Field(s): Communication, Consulting
Emily Summers
• Current Position: Behavioral Methodologist, Nielsen
• Related Field(s): Marketing, Data Science
Peter Tontillo
• Current Position: Senior Associate, Hattaway Communications
• Related Field(s): Communication, Consulting
Ping-Hsuan Wang
• Current Position: Private English Teacher
• Related Field(s): Education, Teaching
Class of 2016
Katarina Starcevic
• Current Position: Director of Language Strategy, maslansky + partners
• Related Field(s): Communication, Consulting
Amy-Gabrielle Bartolac
• Current Position: Public Affairs Manager, Wireless Infrastructure Association
• Related Field(s): Management, Technology
Katherine Lucey
• Current Position: Vice President of Language Science and Communication, H.S. Dracones LLC
• Related Field(s): Communication, Consulting
Xiaopei Wu
• Current Position: Machine Learning Engineer, Red Marker
• Related Field(s): Computational linguistics, Natural Language Processing
Class of 2015
Gwynne Mapes
• Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher & Lecturer, Department of English, University of Bern
• Related Field(s): Education, Research, Teaching
Andrea P. Ferguson
• Current Position: Health Education Specialist, Lorain County General Health District
• Related Field(s): Government, Health Communication & Education
Hanwool Choe
• Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Hong Kong (PhD Linguistics, Georgetown University)
• Related Field(s): Multimodal discourse analysis, family discourse, food vlogging
Matthew Mermel
• Current Position: Data & Quality Assurance Lead, Public Safety Response, Uber
• Related Field(s): Arabic interpretation & translation, US intelligence & defense, trust & safety
Kristine Bundschuh
• Current Position: Senior Institutional Research Analyst, University of New Hampshire (PhD Sociology, University of New Hampshire)
• Related Field(s): Higher education, applied research
Glenn Abastillas
• Current Position: Senior Data Scientist, Booz Allen Hamilton
• Related Field(s): Data science, Natural Language Processing, Communication, Consulting
Lauren J. Milligan
• Current Position: Statistician, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Related Field(s): Information Technology, Data Science, Research, Medical Sciences
Paige Arthur
• Current Position: Senior Lead, Venture Insights, Redesign Health
• Related Field(s): Communication, Consulting, Healthcare market research, insights & analytics
Jehan Almahmoud
• Current Position: Assistant Professor & Head of International Strategic Partnershps, Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman University (PhD Linguistics Georgetown University)
• Related Field(s): Higher Education