Lucien Mensah

luciendmensah@gmail.com | lucienmensah.github.io |727-310-8480 | St. Petersburg, FL

About

Emerging Computational Linguist with professional interest in Data Science, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing.

Arranged a case study exploring differences in target language translation between native and non-Native speech from Twi to English
Conducted collaborative research of New Orleans Yat dialect to track non-rhoticity and th-stopping
As part of a 5-person team, produced a Python program to lemmatize affirmative words

Newcomb Institute | August 2020 - Present

Employing Agile software development methodologies to compose products for about 6 clients
Use analytical assessments to create technical solutions for non-technical clients to increase in faculty online presence
Create comprehensive weekly reports on project progress, presenting them to clients and product manager

Tulane Office of Gender and Sexual Diversity | March 2020 - Present

Secured $23,500 of funding to bring a guest speaker and moderated our conversation to over 300 people
Created and presented organization budget information with Excel, resulting in a 40% budget increase
Worked on a team of 5 faculty and students to redesign student housing portal UX, utilized by over 5000 students
Conducting qualitative research to discover 3 insufficient areas of university-wide policies

Tulane University Marching Band, 3 years

Gender and Sexuality Advisory Council, Council Chair and Treasurer, 2 years

Directed 5 student leaders through event planning, boosting event attendance by 60 students
Provided support for legislation created to increase Black student retention by 40%

Python, SQL, HTML, CSS

Leadership and management

TESL Certified

Problem-solving

Strategic thinking

Versatile communicator

Fast learner

Presentation & demonstration

Collaboration