HENRY WIJAYA Jl. Dliko Indah XVI No. 220 • Salatiga, Jawa Tengah, 50715, Indonesia +62.859.431.85858 • [email protected] www.ourmultiplenarratives.wordpress.com EDUCATION Master of Arts in International Educational Development Concentration in International Policy and Planning Department of International and Transcultural Studies Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY

September 2012 to May 2014

Bachelor of Arts in English Education (with High Honors) Faculty of Language and Literature Satya Wacana Christian University Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia

September 2003 to September 2007

LANGUAGES Fluent in English and Indonesian; Knowledge of Javanese

RELATED COURSEWORKS • • • • • • • • • •

Education and Public Policy Comparative Policy Studies Comparative Policy Studies II: Case Study on Teachers Policy Issues and Institutions in International Educational Development Education Planning in International Educational Development Qualitative Research/Evaluation of International Educational Programs Quantitative Analysis in Comparative and International Education International Perspectives on Peace and Human Rights Education Curriculum and Pedagogy in International Contexts School Change

WORK EXPERIENCE Social Media and Public Relations Intern June 2014 to September 2014   Primera Languages for Business New York, NY • Optimized the company’s website, blog, and social media with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) • Wrote, published, and managed contents to promote language and intercultural learning • Produced videos in order to promote the company • Promoted company’s upcoming events to attract audience

Henry Wijaya, [email protected], +62 859 431 85858 Curriculum Development Intern February 2014 to May 2014   Connect to Learn (CTL), Earth Institute, Columbia University New York, NY • Carried out research on gender and education on African countries where CTL works in order to ensure that its initiatives are well coordinated with already-established local efforts • Managed the data of the scholarship recipients in order to enhance the scholarship program, as well as to help developing better management system for future work • Prepared the draft for curriculum that will be used by CTL in its sites in African countries

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Indonesian and English Instructor August 2011 to July 2012 Language Training Center, Satya Wacana Christian University Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia • Taught Indonesian to foreign students in two Indonesian programs, the Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian (COTI) and the Indonesian Language and Culture Intensive Program (Program Intensif Bahasa dan Budaya Indonesia - PIBBI), in order to foster students’ language proficiency and cultural knowledge • Taught General English and TOEFL preparation to Indonesian university students to foster better English proficiency • Developed communicative and collaborative lesson plans, teaching materials and assessment in order to enhance teaching - learning process for students • Observed new teachers’ performance and gave them feedback to help them with their professional development Indonesian Instructor August 2010 to July 2011 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) 2010 Language Resource Center, Columbia University New York, NY • Taught Indonesian to Columbia University students to help them conduct their research and to prepare them for their future works in Indonesia • Developed Indonesian curriculum, teaching materials and assessment in order to enhance the Indonesian language program at Columbia University • Coordinated first Indonesian Cultural Evening as Project Officer in order to promote Indonesia and the language program • Helped with the development of Indonesian Repository project to enhance the collaboration between Indonesian teachers from all around the world Lecturer August 2008 to July 2010 Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia • Taught Speaking, Reading, Writing, Introduction to Literature, and Microteaching course to prepare students to become English teachers • Developed teaching materials for Speaking and Reading course to enhance the courses • Conducted researches and presented the result in both national and international conferences to improve the teaching of English as a foreign language • Conducted workshops for local English teachers in order to help them with their professional development and as a part of the social responsibility as a lecturer to society

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Henry Wijaya, [email protected], +62 859 431 85858 Indonesian and English Instructor August 2008 to July 2010 Language Training Center, Satya Wacana Christian University Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia • Developed materials for first batch of Indonesian program of the Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian (COTI) to help establish the program at Satya Wacana Christian University • Taught American students who were studying in COTI program to help them acquire language competency needed for their research in Indonesia • Taught other foreign students who were involved in the Indonesian Language and Culture Intensive Program (Program Intensif Bahasa dan Budaya Indonesia - PIBBI), in order to foster students’ language proficiency and cultural knowledge • Taught General English, English Conversation, and TOEFL preparation to Indonesian university students to foster better English proficiency Indonesian Instructor August 2007 to July 2008 Margi Alit Foreign Language Training Institution Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia • Taught Indonesian language and culture to American missionaries to enable them to do their services in Banda Aceh, Yogyakarta, and Papua English Instructor and Program Coordinator August 2005 to July 2007 Kotabahasa Language Training Center Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia • Taught General English to Indonesian high school students to help them with their study • Taught English Conversation to help the students gain better communicative proficiency • Taught TOEFL preparation to help the students prepare themselves to take the test • Developed materials for English courses in order to enhance the courses

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Researcher 2009 (with Frances Sinanu and Christian Rudianto) The effectiveness of digital storytelling in a writing class Satya Wacana Christian University, Faculty of Language and Literature Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia Developed and conducted an experimental design to quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate the effectiveness of using digital storytelling in improving students’ writing skill • Introduced digital storytelling to students as an alternative to their media of expression • Assisted students with transferring writing to digital storytelling • Evaluated and interpreted quantitative data to see the difference in students who got the treatment and those who did not • Presented research result of in a conference to share findings and obtain feedback Researcher 2009 (with Frances Sinanu, Christian Rudianto, Petrus Ari Santoso, and Toar Sumakul) Developing a collaborative project to create an Indonesian repository using Drupal Satya Wacana Christian University, Faculty of Language and Literature Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia Developed an Indonesian repository using Drupal in collaboration between Columbia University and Satya Wacana Christian University and evaluated the impact of the repository 3

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Designed the repository as a place for teachers to share their lesson plans and materials and to give feedback to each other Developed materials for the repository as examples for other teachers and to develop material bank Monitored the user logs of the repository to see users’ participation Shared findings in international conference and promoted repository to participants

PUBLICATION Wijaya, H. (2014, September 20). What is wrong with our education?. The Jakarta Post. Available from http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/09/20/what-wrong-with-our-education.html Wijaya, H. (2011, August). The remark that forever dwells in my memory: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Fulbright teaching assistants. Fulbright Newsletter, 1(1), 3

PRESENTATIONS Wijaya, H. (2011, February 19). Integrated Performance Assessment for Indonesian class: Like? Comment? Share? Poster presentation at Cornell – Yale Sixth Biannual Northeastern Conference on Indonesian Studies at Yale University, New Haven, CT Wijaya, H. (2010, December 11). The use of VoiceThread to help teaching language. Presented at Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Conference 2010, Washington, D.C. Wijaya, H. (2010, October 16). Developing collaboration among the Indonesian instructors using the Indonesian repository. Presented at Cornell – Yale Fifth Biannual Northeastern Conference on Indonesian Studies at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Rudianto, C., Sinanu, F., & Wijaya, H. (2009, December 10). Introducing digital storytelling to non-digital natives. Poster presentation at the Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (GloCALL) Conference 2009, Chiang Mai, Thailand Sinanu, F., Rudianto, C., Wijaya, H., Santoso, P., & Sumakul, T. (2009, December 10). Developing a collaborative project to create an Indonesian repository using Drupal. Presented at the Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (GloCALL) Conference 2009, Chiang Mai, Thailand Wijaya, H., Rudianto, C., & Sinanu, F. (2009, December 9). The effectiveness of digital storytelling in a writing class. Presented at the Globalization and Localization in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (GloCALL) Conference 2009, Chiang Mai, Thailand Sinanu, F., Rudianto, C., & Wijaya, H. (2009, October 27). Introducing digital storytelling to non-digital natives. Presented at Round Table Discussion at Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia Wijaya, H., Sinanu, F., Palupi, V., Timotius, A., & Sumakul, T. (2009, January 22). The mind is a terrible thing to waste: The use of students’ self-reflection cards in Speaking classes. Poster presentation at Faculty of Language and Literature – Language Training Center International Seminar 2009 in Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia

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AWARDS AND HONORS • • •

Riady Scholarship, 2012 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, 2010 The Best Graduate of Satya Wacana Christian University, 2007

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Project Officer The Indonesian Cultural Evening 2011, Columbia University New York, NY Project Officer and Deputy Chair of Adjudicator National University English Debating Championship (NUEDC) Region VI 2010 Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia Judge English Speech Contest “Share Your Mind”, Faculty of Teaching and Education, Satya Wacana Christian University Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia Project Officer and Deputy Chair of Adjudicator National University English Debating Championship (NUEDC) Region VI 2009 Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia

March 31st, 2011

April 20th to 22nd, 2010

April 28th, 2010

June 16th to 18th, 2009

Judge 2009 Central Java & Yogyakarta Students’ Science Week Varsity English Competition (CVEC), Faculty of Language and Literature Satya Wacana Christian University Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia

May 29th, 2009

Judge 2009 Central Java Students’ Science Week Guiding Competition, Professional Program, Satya Wacana Christian University Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia

May 27th, 2009

Adjudicator English Competition Days 2009 “Have Fun with English”, Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia

February 21st, 2009

Committee Faculty of Language and Literature – Language Training Center International Seminar 2009, Satya Wacana Christian University Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia

January 22nd, 2009

Facilitator Workshop and Training “Enhancing Creative EFL Teaching for Adolescents”, Yayasan Lembaga Perencanaan dan Pembinaan Pendidikan

September 11th to 12th, 2008, November 20th to 21st, 2008 and November 27th to 28th, 2008 5

Henry Wijaya, [email protected], +62 859 431 85858 Kristen Sinode Gereja-gereja Kristen Jawa dan Gereja Kristen Indonesia Jawa Tengah (LPPPK Sinode) Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia Adjudicator English Competition Days 2008 “Explore the World through English”, Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian Universitiy Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia

February 23rd to 24th, 2009

Invited Adjudicator The 11th Indonesian Varsities English Debate 2008, Udayana University Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

January 27th to 31st, 2008

Invited Adjudicator The 11th Java Overland Inter-Varsities English Debate 2007, Indonesian Islamic University Yogyakarta, Indonesia

July 13th to 17th, 2007

Committee The 54th TEFLIN International Conference on English Language Education Policies: Responding to National and Global Challenges, Satya Wacana Christian University Salatiga, Central Java, Indonesia

December 5th to 7th, 2006

COMPUTER SKILLS Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), iWork Suite (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote), SPSS, Adobe Photoshop, WordPress, and Web 2.0 Presentation Tools (GoogleDocs and Prezi)

REFERENCES •

Stéphane Charitos Director of Language Resource Center, Columbia University +1 (212) 854-6341 [email protected]

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Dr. Felisa Tibbitts Founder and Senior Advisor of Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) +1 (978) 201-3212 [email protected]

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Gita Steiner-Khamsi Professor of Education and Department Chair Department of International and Transcultural Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University +1 (212) 678-3179 [email protected]

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