MLIS Projects 

Aisha attended Pratt Institute from Spring 2023 to Fall 2025. Throughout her time at Pratt, she worked on a variety of projects at the crossroads of Information and Knowledge Management, Accessibility, Design, Technology, Research, and more. This portfolio highlights a range of those complete projects, and is a non-exhaustive, but representative, sample of work that demonstrates competence with the Pratt MLIS learning outcomes: Foundations of Library & Information Studies, User-Centered Services, Technology, Research, and Ethical/Creative/Critical Practice. 

Better, Multilingual Library and Information Services are Possible
An Exploration of Cross-Language Information Exchange Among Researchers on the Web
Original research paper and presentation completed in Spring 2023 for INFO-601: Foundations of Information.

Cataloging for Representation
Considering Identity in Digital Collections at Thomas J. Watson Library
 A blog post and presentation describing work completed as a Library Fellow at Thomas J. Watson Library at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from Fall 2024 to Spring 2025.
A Metadata Application Profile (MAP)
for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
An original Metadata Application Profile, along with documentation, and a presentation for INFO-663: Metadata Design Spring 2025. This was a group project completed with Nene Villalobos and Collin O'Connell.

Reference Services to Incarcerated People
Answers to a series of 3 reference questions from incarcerated folks in the form of written letters. A brief reflection on the work is also included. This work was completed in Spring 2023 for INFO-652: Reference and Instruction.






Poetry

Aisha’s work has appeared in Womanly Magazine, and other places in time and space. She is currently assembling her debut poetry collection, Ritoru Shi. Aisha is a 2025-26 Poetry Coalition Fellow hosted by Asian American Writers’ Workshop in NYC.


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Jade Fortress Martial Arts

Aisha owns and operates Jade Fortress Martial Arts, a private martial arts and fitness studio, with her partner, Barclay, in Williamsburg, BK.







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A. Khan


Information professional and creative with a passion for language and a commitment to creating accessible media, technologies, and programs. She lives and works in New York City with her cat, Bingo.

Aisha Khan 





Aisha is a 2025 MLIS Graduate from Pratt Institute's School of Information, a 2025-2026 Poetry Coalition Fellow and Librarian at Asian American Writers' Workshop, and co-owner of Jade Fortress Martial Arts. 







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Education
Pratt Institute, MS: Library and Information Science
New York, NY
2023-2025

The Linguistic Summer Institute at University of Chicago, Extended Learning: Theme - Linguistic Theory in a World of Big Data
Chicago, IL
Summer 2015

San Francisco State University, BA: English Literature, Concentration Linguistics
San Francisco, CA
2009-2013
Experience Digital Collections Associate at The City University of New York Dominican Studies Institute Library
New York, NY
March 2026-Present

Poetry Coalition Fellow and Librarian  at Asian American Writers’ Workshop
New York, NY
October 2025-Present (1 academic year fellowship)

Thomas J. Watson Library Fellow at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (via Pratt)
New York, NY
September 2024-May 2025 (1 academic year fellowship)

Lead Program Manager, Localization at Dropbox
New York, NY (remote)
February 2022-August 2024

Digital Product Director, Womanly Magazine (Volunteer)
Brooklyn, NY
April 2017-December 2022

Technical Project Manager Senior Manager, Globalization at WeWork
New York, NY
November 2016-May 2020

Localization Project Coordinator Associate Localization Project Manager (aLPM) and Training Specialist at Google (Contract via Artech Information Systems)
New York, NY
February 2016-November 2016

Foreign Patent Filing Project Manager at Park IP Translations
New York, NY
March 2015-July 2015

Onsite Localization Project Coordinator (oLPC) at Google (Vendor via thebigword)
Mountain View, CA
October 2013-December 2014

PanLex Project Intern at The Long Now Foundation
San Francisco, CA
Summer 2013 (Summer Internship)

Offline Captioner (Student Assistant at the Disability Programs & Resource Center)
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
August 2011-May 2013
Digital ProjectsMan Without Plan, since 2025

Lesbian Herstory Archives Audio/Visual Collections: WBAI Radio Programs, circa 1970s, Fall 2025

Jade Fortress Martial Arts, since 2024

Womanly Magazine, 2017-2022
Skills
Technical Documentataion
Knowledge Organization
Program Management
Team Management
Accessibility
Localization
Translation
Linguistics
Cataloging
Languages
Archives
Metadata
Research
Teaching
Poetry




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