الدكتورة كاترين ميخائيل

::Katrin Michael, PhD
6008-B Ellesmere Court, Alexandria, VA 22315
   michkatrin@yahoo.com (202)549-4472 cell or 804 365 8464 (H)

 

EDUCATION:
PhD in Mineralogy and  Geology, Azerbaijan Institute,  1982

MS  Petroleum  Mining and Searching , Azerbaijan Institute, 1978

BS Geology, Musol, Iraq 1974

EXPERIENCE:
5/2003-Present   Kurdish Human Rights Watch, Inc., Fairfax, VA
Consultant
1 Advise the Board of Directors on women  issue

Refugee Resettlement Activities:
1 Refugee issues research
2 Life skills workshop about the aspects of life in America

2003~2004 Patton Boggs Law Firm :
           Cultural adviser for Iraqi Project
           Consultant for Education program in Iraq

5/2001 – 5/2003 Iraq Foundation Washington DC
1 Political researcher
2 Interpreter and translator

1994- 1998 Medical Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims, Athens Greece
1 Interpreter
2 Coordinator between refugees and the Center
3 Provided training to new refugees
4 Assisted new comers address health problem

1991 – 1994 Self Employed, Consultant, Varna, Bulgaria
4 Provided written and verbal interpretation of events and documents from the Arabic and Kurdish languages to Bulgarian language
5 Interpreter and translator

1989- 1991 Shlef Algerian University, Shlef, Algeria
6 Taught Geology courses to undergraduate students
7 Conducted scientific seminars
8 Attended various conferences both as a participant and speaker
9 Researcher
10 Trained students for geological field survey
11 Provided guidance to students conducting academic research

1982 – 1989 Self Employed, Syria and Iraq
6 Interpreted documents from Arabic and Kurdish into English
7 Worked as a social activist on women’s rights through various means such as writing media articles, magazine and newspaper articles, conducting TV interviews, and organizing protests against Iraq-Iran war and the Iraqi regime.

1974- 1976 Mosul University, Mosul Iraq 
7 Teacher Assistant
8 Taught Geology for undergraduate students
9 Conducted and facilitated various scientific seminars and conferences both as a participant and speaker
10 Leader of Iraqi Women League of Mosul, Iraq

LANGUAGES:
English, Arabic, Chaldean-Assyrian, Russian, Kurdish, Greek and Bulgarian

 

PUBLICATION:
Violent road to peace
I have published endless   articles in 50 news papers magazines  and websites around the globe concerning women issues in Arabic language.  
In media, I have provided more than 400 interviews in several languages in many countries both over the radio and television newspapers .

References:

Dr. – Emanuel Kamber  (269)-387-4939
Professor of Physics

Dr. Robert Rabil
Professor of university at Florida
(561) 302 0470

Simon Dance
Attorney , Foley and Lardner law firm
202 672 5543
 
Kelly koeppel
Attorney , foley and Lardner law firm
202 295 4760

Dr. Emanuel Rays- (248) – 788 9460
 Priest Writer

Attorney Robert Sheena
703 577 9482