MY EXPERIENCE
Background & Expertise
ACADEMIC AUTHOR
Aug 2019 - Present
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC and I.B. Tauris, https://www.bloomsbury.com/
• Write and edit my book Piracy in the Eastern Mediterranean for estimated 2021 publication
• Implement feedback received from peer review to further engage with cutting-edge academic literature
• Co-author an edited-volume chapter on Gender, Enslavement, and Trafficking
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
San Diego Mesa College, https://www.sdmesa.edu/
Course: Introduction to Western Civilization II
• Designed course, syllabus, lectures, assignments, and exams
• Gave lecture weekly to a class of 15 students
• Edited, provided constructive feedback, and graded students’ assignments on deadline
• Distributed course materials online through Canvas learning management system
CONSUMER INSIGHTS ANALYST
May 2019 - Jul 2019
Storiable, https://www.storiable.com/
• Develop customer-insight and market surveys
• Use Natural Language Processing to quantify customer feedback
• Produce data-driven reports and present findings and recommendations to leadership
• Assist with designing the company website
• Create promotional media (videos, images, social-media posts)
PYTHON DEVELOPER
Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
https://github.com/lancemylonakis
Create the Ottoman Turkish branch of the Classical Language Toolkit (CLTK). Use Python to do the following Natural Language Processing (NLP) functionality for the Ottoman Turkish language:
1. Transliterate between Ottoman-Perso-Arabic script and Latin script (modern Turkish variant).
2. Stemming/Lemmatization.
3. Assemble grammatical suffixes onto root words.
4. Create a list of stopwords
WEB DEVELOPER
Jan 2019 - Aug 2019
Historias Podcast, https://historiaspodcast.org/
• Deliver engaging and media-rich online learning content
• Evaluate suitability of various platforms and themes for website’s goals and ease of integration with existing system requirements
• Implement design changes to the website’s layout, background, and content
• Perform quality assurance (QA), interface design, functionality tests, and troubleshooting
LECTURER
Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
University of California San Diego
Course: Greece and the Balkans in the Age of Ottoman Expansion, 1300-1683
• Served as Instructor of Record: designed course, syllabus, lectures, assignments, and exams
• Gave lecture weekly to a class of 85 students, held office hours, created student assessments
• Edited, provided constructive feedback, and graded students’ assignments on deadline
• Distributed course materials online through Blackboard learning management system
HISTORICAL RESEARCHER
Sep 2010 - Jun 2018
• Wrote high quality academic research papers, participated in reading and research seminars, writing workshops, and academic conferences both domestically and internationally
• Was awarded research grants from the Fulbright Foundation, the Onassis Foundation, and the University of California San Diego for archival research in Greece and Turkey
• Communicated complex messages and ideas in written and spoken form
• Created databases of documents for my dissertation that enabled quick and accurate analysis
• Provided technical fixes for the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs Digital Archives
• Completed my dissertation: Transnational Piracy in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1821-1897
• Research Groups: Piracy, Middle Eastern History, Borderlands Studies, and Digital Humanities
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT
Sep 2010 - Jun 2018
University of California San Diego
• Led in-depth discussions on course material for undergraduate student classes ranging in size
from 30-60 students per academic quarter
• Edited, provided constructive feedback, and graded students’ research papers on deadline
• Taught and advised undergraduate students on how to effectively construct research papers
and how to create arguments supported by critical analysis of primary and secondary sources
Writing courses taught:
Making of the Modern World - a five quarter writing-intensive sequence covering all of world history that teaches students to conduct research to write argumentative with original arguments based off primary and secondary materials.
History courses taught:
Greece and the Balkans: 1683-1913, Greece and the Balkans: The Twentieth Century, The History of Ancient Greece, The History of Global Public Health, East Asia: The Great Tradition, East Asia and the West.
EDUCATION
PH.D. IN HISTORY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
Sep 2010 - Jun 2018
Dissertation:
Transnational Piracy in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1821-1897
M.A. IN HISTORY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
Sep 2010 - Jun 2014
Major Field:
Modern Europe - Greece
Minor Fields:
Late Ottoman Empire | International Piracy
B.A. IN HISTORY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
Jan 2006 - May 2010
Exchange Programs:
Bilkent University. Ankara, Turkey, Fall 2008
National University of Singapore. Singapore, Spring 2009
VOLUNTEER WORK
April 2019
WEB EDITOR
Participant in Ethical EdTech inaugural Edit-a-Thon. Identify and debate free-use and open-source sources for use in education and the digital humanities. https://ethicaledtech.info/wiki/Meta:Inaugural_Edit-a-Thon
Fall 2018
PALEOGRAPHER
Instructed a researcher in how to identify and transliterate the handwritten letters and ligatures in the Byzantine Greek minuscule script.
March 2018
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Delivered a joint keynote speech, “Becoming Greek: From the Revolution to Today”, for the Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church Annual Greek Independence Day Celebration.
2010-2018
FUNDRAISER
Delivered fundraising talks in support of University of California San Diego’s Center for Hellenic Studies. Conducted outreach for students to learn more about Fulbright research grants and the University of California Education Abroad Program.
2015
EDITOR
Corrected the English translation on historical signage for the towns of Casentino, Stia, and Pratovecchio, Italy.
Winter 2010
Aided 10th grade refugee students improve their literature and math skills. Crawford MVAS High School.
TUTOR
WEB PRESENCE
GITHUB
