RESUME

Rivka Hozinsky

rivrav18@gmail.com

(773) 885-2683

signlanguageinterpretingchicago.com

EMPLOYMENT

1989-Present

Self-Employed ASL Interpreter

Chicago, IL

Washington, DC, Berkeley, CA, Portland, OR

International Interpreting: Hungary, England, Chicago

Trilingual Interpreting: New York and Israel

2019-2020

Adjunct Faculty

Columbia College Chicago

2015-2019

Coordinator of ASL Interpreting and Staff Academic Interpreter

University of Chicago

1995-2015

Shiatsu Practitioner

AIDS Alternative Health Project

Urban Oasis Spa

Private Practice

1992-1993

Coordinator of Interpreting Services

Chicago Hearing Society

1988-1989

Research Assistant, Gallaudet University

Transcription and Analysis of Academic ASL Interpretations

1987-1988

Assistant House Manager, Perkins School for the Blind

Watertown, MA

Case Management, Daily Living Skills, Medication Disbursement, Advocacy

1986-1987

Volunteer

Afula, Israel

Hebrew and Academic Tutoring and Support, Cultural Activities

With recent Ethiopian Immigrants

1984-1985

Research Assistant, International Seminars on Training for Nonviolent Action

Waltham, MA

Action-Focused Research on Areas of Political Crisis Around the Globe

EDUCATION

2004-

Rabbinical Student

Hebrew Seminary (formerly Hebrew Seminary of the Deaf)

Skokie, IL

1991-1992

PARDES Institute

Jerusalem, Israel

1990

MA, ASL/English Interpreting

Department of Linguistics and Interpreting, Gallaudet University

Washington, DC

Research: Gender Differences in American Sign Language

Presented Master’s Paper to a National Committee of Grantors for

Interpreter Training Programs

1986

BA, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

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CERTIFICATIONS

2009

Illinois State Interpreting License, Master Level

Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission

National Interpreting Certification, Master Level

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

1991

Certificate of Interpretation

Certificate of Transliteration

Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf

1996

Yoga Instructor, International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre

Sivananda Ashram, Nassau, Bahamas

Reiki Master, Chicago, IL

1997

Shiatsu Practitioner, Ohashi Institute, New York

2011

Certified Zen Shiatsu Practitioner, Zen Shiatsu Chicago

Certified Asian Bodywork Practitioner, AOBTA