Brian D. Bishop


4070 JKHB * Brigham Young University * Provo, UT 84604 / (801) 378-6401 / bd_bishop@hotmail.com

Education

June 1998-June 1999Fulbright Scholar at Center for Arabic Study Abroad
Cairo, Egypt
*Intensive Arabic language study under the auspices of a Fulbright Grant.
*GPA 4.00/4.00

August 1992-April 1998 Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
*Summa cum laude with a BA in Linguistics-GPA 3.99/4.00.
*Minor in Arabic and minor in 'Language and Computers' focusing on ToolBook and Visual Basic development.

Work Experience

September 1997-
April 1998
Teaching Assistant
Department of Asian and Near Eastern Lang., Brigham Young University.
*Instructed a beginning Arabic class three times a week.
*Met individually with students in the class weekly to provide help and feedback.

September 1995-
Dec. 1997
Research Assistant
History Department, Brigham Young University
*Conducted independent research including research into liquor regulation laws in early Utah state history.
*Verified and reviewed bibliographic references.

June 1997-August 1997Intern
United States Embassy, Cairo, Egypt
*Collaborated on the production of an English-Arabic dictionary and reference book for non-Arabic-speaking consular officers.

June 1996-August 1996Intern
Idaho School-to-Work, Boise, ID, USA
*Designed and produced public relations materials including a state newsletter and several informational brochures using Adobe PageMaker.
*Created and maintained the state School-to-Work web site.

Computer Skills

General Applications

WordPerfect; Word; Excel; Quattro Pro; Paradox; QuarkExpress; PageMaker; Netscape; Explorer (familiar with HTML).
Development Applications

Hypercard; ToolBook; VisualBASIC.
Programming LanguagesExperienced with both C and Pascal.

Language Skills

ArabicAdvanced ability including both Modern Standard Arabic and spoken Egyptian Arabic; basic proficiency in spoken Levantine Arabic.
SpanishAdvanced intermediate ability both oral and written.
PortugueseReading ability.


Last updated on June 25, 1999.