bita mousavi

About

Third-year undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley pursuing a B.A. in History, with a concentration in History of Empire, and a minor in Middle Eastern Studies. A product of California's system of community colleges, hoping to advance the opportunities of other underserved students through her own work. Research interests include social and environmental histories of the Iran-Iraq War, Arab separatism in Khuzestan, and policies of land reform pursued by Iran's Revolutionary Council.

Country

united states

City

pleasant hill

Industry

research

Skill

research, microsoft office, editing, community outreach, translation, social media, microsoft excel, data analysis

Experience

database researcher

arab studies institute

2018-1 - Present · 8 yrs 9 mos

litigation assistant

disability rights advocates

2017-9 - 2018-6 · 10 mos

editorial and administrative assistant

uc berkeley

2016-9 - 2017-8 · 1 yr

Copy-edited transcribed interviews, entered narrators' edits into Microsoft Word, developed tables of content -Transported printed transcripts, filed legal releases, and performed other administrative tasks

phd student

new york university

2018-9 - Present · 8 yrs 1 mo

course facilitator

decal program

2016-8 - 2016-12 · 5 mos

Designed course curriculum for the class "Iran: A History Through Film" -Assign readings, organize weekly film screenings, and lead lectures on contemporary Iranian history as represented in film to a class of seventeen undergraduate students -Original syllabus approved by a sponsoring faculty member and Chair of the Department of History

managing editor

uc berkeley

2015-11 - 2017-6 · 1 yr 8 mos

* Clio's Scroll is UC Berkeley's undergraduate history journal. * Review and assign submissions according to my own and other Editors' specialties * Communicate revisions and personalized feedback to accepted authors * Interview and select Associate Editors in congruence with Editor-in-Chief

peer advisor

uc berkeley

2016-4 - 2017-5 · 1 yr 2 mos

Received FERPA training to advise prospective and declared students on course offerings, major requirements, research opportunities, and campus resources -Offer students personal insight in hopes of fostering a sense of community within the Department of History

research apprentice

uc berkeley

2015-9 - 2016-5 · 9 mos

Research Apprentice to Assistant Professor Stephanie Jones-Rogers. Examined 148 pages of Schedule Two census records. Organized data on the slaveholdings of women living in Richmond, Virginia into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Scheduled biweekly meetings to discuss research progress, patterns in data, and any concerns.

copyeditor and research intern

visualizing impact

2015-12 - 2016-2 · 3 mos

Visualizing Impact is a multi-disciplinary team of researchers, designers, and technologists working in collaboration with civil society groups to promote social justice through the creation of accessible visual tools. Work with Visualizing Palestine team members to catalog successes in the BDS movement by editing, rewriting, and streamlining headlines and summaries documenting each success. Edit for accuracy, conciseness, and grammatical and stylistic consistency.

'voices of the middle east and north africa' intern

kpfa radio

2015-9 - 2015-12 · 4 mos

Worked with the Senior Producer of the Voices of the Middle East and North Africa program to brainstorm original segment ideas, analyze contemporary events affecting the region, and scrutinize coverage of those events -Formulated interview questions and edited audio files -Researched and produced an original fifteen minute segment on Palestinian olive farming and the Bay Area based Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA)