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Patricia Rose Owens

@patriciaroseowens

Academic editor and curriculum specialist at SIT Study Abroad Nepal; designed its Nepal: Tibetan & Himalayan Peoples program.

United States

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At SIT Study Abroad Nepal, I designed and coordinated the semester-long Nepal: Tibetan & Himalayan Peoples undergraduate program for 10 consecutive years. I managed its academic, logistical, and student welfare components.

I also developed and taught synchronous and asynchronous curricula for SIT Nepal: Online Tibetan Language, and served as a teaching assistant and Tibetan language class coordinator. My academic editing includes The Tibetic Languages: An Introduction to the Family of Languages Derived from Old Tibetan, where I managed complex phonetic transcriptions, linguistic notation, and multilingual syntax.

At Language Master, I provide personalized ESL and exam prep tutoring, with a focus on IELTS, TOEFL, and SAT writing. I’m currently publishing a Substack newsletter about biodiversity in the Eastern Himalayas and building a bioregional education project.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

ESL Instructor

Current

Language Master

Apr 2026 - Present (6 months)

Provides personalized ESL and exam prep tutoring with a focus on IELTS, TOEFL, and SAT writing.

ESL IELTS TOEFL SAT English Tutoring

Senior Program Coordinator & Teaching Assistant

SIT Study Abroad Nepal

Jan 2015 - Dec 2025 (10 years 11 months)

Designed and coordinated the semester-long undergraduate program Nepal: Tibetan & Himalayan Peoples for 10 consecutive years, managing academic, logistical, and student welfare components. Served as teaching assistant and Tibetan language class coordinator, and developed synchronous and asynchronous curricula for online Tibetan language courses.

Program Coordination Curriculum Design Teaching Tibetan Language Canvas Learning Management System Student Welfare

ESL Instructor

Metropolitan Community College

May 2015 - Aug 2015 (3 months)

Independently designed curriculum and taught two courses: English Language & Civics and a foundational ESL course, without a co-instructor.

ESL Curriculum Design Teaching

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

ATREE & Pitchandikulam Forest

Certificate, Bioregionalism

2025 - 2025

Completed a 3-day intensive Bioregionalism Certificate Course hosted by Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment.

Cornell University

Certificate, Medicinal Plants

2024 - 2024

Completed a 12-week, 6-course Medicinal Plants Certificate Program covering plant-based medicine, ethnobotany, and pharmacological mechanisms of action.

Boston College

Bachelor of Arts, English Literature

2011 - 2015

Grade: 3.8

Activities and societies: Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program; Cardinal Cushing Award; editorial staff for Elements and Stylus.

B.A. in English Literature with a Creative Writing concentration and a Linguistics minor, graduating with a GPA of 3.8 and membership in Phi Beta Kappa.