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Kusum Knapczyk

Senior Lecturer of Hindi Language of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
2204 Erwin Road,, Room 202, Durham, NC 27708

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Advising & Mentoring



Hindi Mentor, Durham Public Schools, Duke service-learning program, Weekly translation of school announcement in Hindi (Fall)2020


Hindi Mentor, Viewing the US through the Eyes of the World: the US in International News, Duke Language Central, October 19, 2020 

Hindi mentor, ACTFL mentoring program, 2018-19

Hindu Students Association, Diwali Committee, Duke University Undergraduate advising Asian & Middle Eastern Studies senior thesis evaluator on the project “Translation and Critical Analysis of Maithili Sharan Gupt’s Saket.” 2019


Hindi consultant, creating scoring protocol for a test of Hindi reading/listening proficiency, Defense Language Institute & ACTFL, Baltimore, MD, March 21-24, 2017

Evaluator, Critical Language Scholarship program, American Councils for International Education, 2014, 2015 & 2018