Professional Summary
Interdisciplinary professional with expertise at the intersection of languages, literature, and artificial intelligence. Specializing in leveraging computational methods to enhance linguistic research, develop educational tools, and build innovative language technology solutions.
Education
Master of Arts in Comparative Literature
Focus on digital humanities, computational linguistics, and African literature. Thesis on machine learning applications in literary analysis.
Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics
Specialization in Hausa language and literature, with coursework in natural language processing.
Professional Experience
Language Technology Specialist
- Developed educational web applications for language learning, reaching 10,000+ users
- Created NLP tools for low-resource African languages
- Consulted on AI-powered translation and localization projects
- Published research on computational approaches to literary analysis
Research Assistant in Digital Humanities
- Built text analysis pipelines for multilingual literary corpora
- Developed interactive visualizations for linguistic research data
- Collaborated with linguists and computer scientists on interdisciplinary projects
Technical Skills
Languages: Hausa (Native), English (Fluent), French (Intermediate), Arabic (Reading)
Programming: Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL
AI/ML: Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models (GPT, Claude), TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers
Web Development: Jekyll, React, Node.js, Static Site Generators
Tools: Git, GitHub, VS Code, Jupyter Notebooks, AWS
Projects
Hausa Language Explorer - Comprehensive web application for learning Hausa language and culture, featuring interactive lessons, dictionary with 500+ entries, and quizzes.
Multilingual Literary Analysis Toolkit - Python library for computational analysis of African literary texts, supporting multiple languages and traditional NLP techniques.
AI Translation Assistant - Fine-tuned language models for English-Hausa translation with cultural context awareness.
Publications & Writing
- “Computational Approaches to African Oral Literature” - Digital Humanities Quarterly, 2023
- “Bridging Languages with AI: A Practical Guide” - Medium, ongoing series
- Regular contributor to linguistics and AI blogs
Awards & Recognition
- Digital Humanities Fellowship, 2022
- Best Student Research Project, Linguistics Department, 2020
Languages & Certifications
- Certificate in Natural Language Processing (Coursera)
- Advanced Web Development (freeCodeCamp)
- Technical Writing Certification